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
1024x768:	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	188
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	109
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	157
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	150
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	143
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	107
nVidia Geforce 8600GTS Reference (SLI)	149
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	143
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	138
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	112
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	78
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	68
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	111
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 (763/2242)	120
1600x1200:	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	114
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	59
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	132
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	108
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	103
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	54
nVidia Geforce 8600GTS Reference (SLI)	97
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	110
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	79
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	60
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	39
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	34
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	56
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 (763/2242)	61
1024x768 w/Soft Shadows Enabled:	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	91
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	66
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	134
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	113
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	112
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	60
nVidia Geforce 8600GTS Reference (SLI)	110
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	114
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	85
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	63
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	40
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	31
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	61
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 (763/2242)	67
1600x1200 w/Soft Shadows Enabled:	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A	42
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	30
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E	74
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC	55
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC	57
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	26
nVidia Geforce 8600GTS Reference (SLI)	51
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	59
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	39
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	30
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	18
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	14
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	27
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 (763/2242)	30

Enabling Soft Shadows is difficult for all videocards but the Foxconn 8600GTS-256 is gets by well enough at 1024x768. Overclocking will boost performance nicely.