Far Cry 2 - AA/AF Tests	Source: Ubisoft

Far Cry 2 takes place in a fictonal modern-dar East African nation in a state of anarchy and civil war. The player takes control of a mercenary on a lengthy journey to locare and assassinate 'the Jackal," a notorious arms dealer. Far Cry 2 has extensive benchmarking tests that can be configured to break down system performance in several ways.

Far Cry 2 - Ultra HQ, DX10, 4AA/8AA 1600x1200 4xAA FPS Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 56.25 ASUS EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 47.31 ASUS EAH4850 HTDI/512M 31.12 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 30.36 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 52.27 ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A 44.94 Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA 46.48 Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 44.9 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 22.17 1600x1200 8xAA FPS Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 47.95 ASUS EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 35.53 ASUS EAH4850 HTDI/512M 22.51 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 21.33 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 39.68 ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A 37.94 Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA 39.45 Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 32.7 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 13.92 1900x1200 4xAA FPS Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 55.43 ASUS EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 42.93 ASUS EAH4850 HTDI/512M 28.46 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 26.71 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 46.53 ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A 41.94 Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA 43.51 Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 41.94 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 17.56 1900x1200 8xAA FPS Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 43.9 ASUS EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 31.73 ASUS EAH4850 HTDI/512M 19.37 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 17.77 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 30.98 ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A 34.51 Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA 35.89 Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 34.38 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 10.91

With 8xAA turned on, the ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A videocard manages to snatch the performance lead back from the Radeon HD 4890, although Gigabyte's overclocked version is still good for an extra frame per second or so.

Crysis is a science fiction first-person shooter developed by Crytek. Crysis uses Microsoft's new API, DirectX 10 for graphics rendering, and includes the new engine—the CryEngine 2—that is the successor to Far Cry's CryEngine. CryEngine 2 is among the first engines to use the DirectX 10 framework of Windows Vista, but can also run using DirectX 9, both on Vista and Windows XP.

Crysis 1.2 HQ - 4xAA/8xAA Tests 1600x1200 4xAA FPS Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 36.8 ASUS EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 21.8 ASUS EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 27.95 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 25.2 ASUS EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 39.75 ASUS EAH4850 HTDI/512M 24.7 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 22.01 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 23.2 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 42.23 ASUS EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 23.21 ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A 34.25 Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA 36.2 Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 34.1 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 25.09 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 35.28 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 17.12 1600x1200 8xAA FPS Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 37.2 ASUS EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 28.2 ASUS EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 34.52 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 28.8 ASUS EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 42.89 ASUS EAH4850 HTDI/512M 26.9 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 24.22 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 28.19 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 46.73 ASUS EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 27.97 ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A 32.94 Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA 34.74 Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 32.96 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 21.25 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 26.59 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 16.5 1900x1200 4xAA FPS Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 33.8 ASUS EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 20.3 ASUS EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 24.69 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 14.5 ASUS EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 35.43 ASUS EAH4850 HTDI/512M 18 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 18.41 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 20.24 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 28.76 ASUS EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 20.58 ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A 28.71 Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA 30.42 Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 28.71 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 19.78 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 26.21 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 14.2 1900x1200 8xAA FPS Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 34.2 ASUS EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 24 ASUS EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 30.88 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 24.3 ASUS EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 38.19 ASUS EAH4850 HTDI/512M 23.4 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 21.02 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 24.52 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 41.25 ASUS EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 23.81 ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A 27.81 Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA 29.32 Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 27.79 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 18.56 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 21.33 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 13.58

And things swap back in Crysis, where the Radeon HD 4890 does considerably better than the ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A videocard...

Now that we've run the ASUS ENGTX260 through its paces, the only thing left to do is put everything together in our conclusion...