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 Gigabyte G1.Assassin (X58 133/1333) 631 MSI Eclipse Plus (X58 133/1066) 646 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 (Z68 100/1333) 713 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (Z68 100/1333) 728 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 (P67 100/1333) 744 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7-B3 (P67 100/1333) 720 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 (P67 100/1333) 730 ASUS P8P67 Pro (P67 100/1333) 708 MSI P67A-GD65 (P67 100/1333) 734 ECS P67H2-A (P67 100/1333) 735 Biostar TH67XE (H67 100/1333) 749 ECS H67H2-M (H67 100/1333) 734 Intel DH67BL (H67 100/1333) 746 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 ASUS Crosshair IV Formula (AMD 890FX 200/1066 PIIX6 1090T) 587 Biostar TA890FXE (AMD 890FX 200/1066 PIIX6 1090T) 554 MSI 890FXA-GD70 (AMD 890FX 200/1066 PIIX6 1090T) 576 Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 (AMD 890FX 200/1066 PIIX6 1090T) 477 Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX 200/1066) 656 MSI 785GM-E65 (785G 200/1066) 572 Maximum 1024x768: Points Ranking Gigabyte G1.Assassin (X58 133/1333) 278 MSI Eclipse Plus (X58 133/1066) 174 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 (Z68 100/1333) 328 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (Z68 100/1333) 325 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 (P67 100/1333) 323 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7-B3 (P67 100/1333) 327 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 (P67 100/1333) 319 ASUS P8P67 Pro (P67 100/1333) 318 MSI P67A-GD65 (P67 100/1333) 314 ECS P67H2-A (P67 100/1333) 303 Biostar TH67XE (H67 100/1333) 306 ECS H67H2-M (H67 100/1333) 286 Intel DH67BL (H67 100/1333) 307 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 ASUS Crosshair IV Formula (AMD 890FX 200/1066 PIIX6 1090T) 175 Biostar TA890FXE (AMD 890FX 200/1066 PIIX6 1090T) 173 MSI 890FXA-GD70 (AMD 890FX 200/1066 PIIX6 1090T) 176 Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 (AMD 890FX 200/1066 PIIX6 1090T) 174 Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX 200/1066) 172 MSI 785GM-E65 (785G 200/1066) 171

Again, the motherboard's performance has little influence on this DX9 benchmark. At these levels the performance is almost entirely dictated by the CPU and videocard.