FEAR	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.

FEAR MP Player Demo
1024x768:	FPS	Ranking
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	78
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	78
MSI RX850XT-TD256E	76
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	73
ATi Radeon X800 XL	66
PowerColor X700 Pro	38
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	126
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	125
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	125
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	84
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	117
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	62
MSI NX6800-TD128E (Single)	42
MSI NX6800-TD128E (6800 SLI)	62
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	41
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	62
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	91
1600x1200:	FPS	Ranking
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	40
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	41
MSI RX850XT-TD256E	38
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	36
ATi Radeon X800 XL	32
PowerColor X700 Pro	16
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	93
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	76
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	51
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	42
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	66
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	32
MSI NX6800-TD128E (Single)	21
MSI NX6800-TD128E (6800 SLI)	31
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	20
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	31
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	55
1024x768 w/Soft Shadows Enabled:	FPS	Ranking
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	44
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	39
MSI RX850XT-TD256E	37
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	35
ATi Radeon X800 XL	30
PowerColor X700 Pro	16
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	84
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	55
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	55
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	46
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	32
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	33
MSI NX6800-TD128E (Single)	22
MSI NX6800-TD128E (6800 SLI)	20
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	22
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	20
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	51
1600x1200 w/Soft Shadows Enabled:	FPS	Ranking
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	19
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	17
MSI RX850XT-TD256E	16
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	15
ATi Radeon X800 XL	13
PowerColor X700 Pro	6
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	41
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	26
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	31
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	21
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	15
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	15
MSI NX6800-TD128E (Single)	10
MSI NX6800-TD128E (6800 SLI)	9
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	9
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	9
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	25

While the MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E performs relatively well here in FEAR, it still lags behind the GeForce 7800GTX (256MB and 512MB) models by several FPS.