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 Minimum 640x480: Points Ranking MSI X58 Platinum (X58 133/1066) 646 MSI Eclipse Plus (X58 133/1066) 646 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 628 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 635 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 (P55 133/1333) 656 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P (P55 133/1333) 636 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R (P55 133/1333) 637 ASUS P7P55D-E Pro (P55 133/1333) 583 ASUS P7P55D Deluxe (P55 133/1333) 636 ASUS P7P55D Premium (P55 133/1333) 644 MSI 890FXA-GD70 (AMD 890FX 200/1066 PIIX6 1090T) 576 Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 (AMD 890FX 200/1066 PIIX6 1090T) 477 Biostar TA890GXE (AMD 890GX 200/1066) 575 ASUS M4A89GTD-Pro (AMD 890GX 200/1066) 589 Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX 200/1066) 656 MSI 785GM-E65 (785G 200/1066) 572 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (785G 200/1066) 580 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (785G 200/1066) 577 Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H (785G 200/1066) 598 Maximum 1024x768: Points Ranking MSI X58 Platinum (X58 133/1066) 172 MSI Eclipse Plus (X58 133/1066) 174 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 171 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 173 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 (P55 133/1333) 172 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P (P55 133/1333) 173 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R (P55 133/1333) 175 ASUS P7P55D-E Pro (P55 133/1333) 176 ASUS P7P55D Deluxe (P55 133/1333) 174 ASUS P7P55D Premium (P55 133/1333) 174 MSI 890FXA-GD70 (AMD 890FX 200/1066 PIIX6 1090T) 176 Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 (AMD 890FX 200/1066 PIIX6 1090T) 174 Biostar TA890GXE (AMD 890GX 200/1066) 171 ASUS M4A89GTD-Pro (AMD 890GX 200/1066) 172 Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX 200/1066) 172 MSI 785GM-E65 (785G 200/1066) 171 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (785G 200/1066) 172 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (785G 200/1066) 171 Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H (785G 200/1066) 168

At low resolutions FEAR shows the 890FXA-GD70 as being right around average when compared to other AMD chipset solutions. At higher resolutions performance becomes GPU-bound.