Sierra FEAR 1.08	Source: Sierra

FEAR is Sierra's latest first person shooter which relies heavily on DirectX 9 features. With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled, even the fastest videocards run at a crawl, FEAR is definitely the new benchmark for future FPS games to follow.

Sierra FEAR 1.08 (High Quality) 1024x768: FPS Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 266 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 290 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 256 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 294 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 247 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 259 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 243 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 150 ASUS EAH4550 512M 60 Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 56 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 177 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 207 MSI RX2600XT Diamond 103 Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 188 Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 109 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 173 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 270 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 132 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 210 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 179 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 195 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 183 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 197 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 168 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 150 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 143 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 209 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 159 Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A 160 Gigabyte GV-NX85T256H SLI 97 MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 54 MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 143 MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 138 MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 112 Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 78 Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 68 1600x1200: FPS Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 203 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 213 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 189 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 209 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 135 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 144 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 136 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 78 ASUS EAH4550 512M 28 Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 27 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 119 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 153 MSI RX2600XT Diamond 49 Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 114 Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 59 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 171 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 164 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 68 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 190 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 126 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 138 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 128 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 125 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 143 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 108 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 103 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 149 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 135 Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A 138 Gigabyte GV-NX85T256H SLI 39 MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 28 MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 110 MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 79 MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 60 Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 39 Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 34 1024x768 w/Soft Shadows Enabled: FPS Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 272 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 213 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 260 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 209 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 248 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 166 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 154 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 152 ASUS EAH4550 512M 38 Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 40 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 143 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 167 MSI RX2600XT Diamond 53 Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 91 Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 66 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 173 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 267 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 133 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 184 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 125 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 134 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 134 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 122 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 144 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 113 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 112 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 158 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 136 Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A 139 Gigabyte GV-NX85T256H SLI 58 MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 23 MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 114 MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 85 MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 63 Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 40 Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 31 1600x1200 w/Soft Shadows Enabled: FPS Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 201 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 133 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 186 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 132 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 135 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 85 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 78 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 79 ASUS EAH4550 512M 18 Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 18 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 75 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 104 MSI RX2600XT Diamond 18 Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 42 Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 30 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 89 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 165 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 66 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 109 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 58 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 61 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 57 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 56 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 82 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 55 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 57 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 73 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 75 Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A 76 Gigabyte GV-NX85T256H SLI 17 MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 10 MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 59 MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 39 MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 30 Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 18 Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 14

FEAR makes good use of extra GPU power, with the Radeon HD 4850 and the Geforce GTS 250 pushing past the ASUS EAH4770 at the highest resolution.