Sierra FEAR 1.08 - AA/AF Tests	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 SS Disabled 1600x1200 - AA/AF Tests 8x AA: Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 145 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 69 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 126 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 38 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 91 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 52 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 57 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 54 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 100 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 54 Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 26.7 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 37 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 73 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 143 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 59 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 120 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 65 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 69 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 69 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 63 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 65 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 39 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 36 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 131 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 63 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 25 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 25 Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 21 16x AA: Points Ranking Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 41 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 39 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 22 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 54 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 74 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 142 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 59 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 121 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 65 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 69 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 68 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 62 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 65 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 39 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 36 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 63 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 63 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 25 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 25 8xQ AA / 8x AF Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 144 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 68 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 125 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 39 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 90 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 52 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 56 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 55 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 103 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 55 ASUS EAH4550 512M 17 Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 8 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 59 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 52 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 102 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 43 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 82 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 43 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 46 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 46 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 42 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 64 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 29 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 27 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 40 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 44 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 13 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 13 Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 20 16xQ AA / 16x AF Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 75 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 40 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 40 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 41 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 52 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 54 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 53 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 36 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 41 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 78 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 36 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 63 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 37 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 36 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 40 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 36 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 33 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 38.5 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 34 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 36 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 10 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 10 Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 29

Cranking up the IQ settings on fear leaves the Gigabyte GV-R477DR5-512H-B playable, but not quite as fast as the Geforce GTS 250 in SLI. FEAR disables 16x AA settings for certain videocards, so while the Crossfire Radeon HD 4770s could be run at the highest quality AA modes, the single videocard did not have this image quality option.