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
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	149
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	111
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	107
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	143
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	138
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	112
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	78
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	68
Asus EN8800GTS/HTDP/320M	150
Asus EN8800GTS/HTDP/320M (675/2060)	159
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 8600GTS	111
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 8600GTS (755/2210)	122
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 8600GTS (830/2425)	131
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
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	97
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	56
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	54
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	110
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	79
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	60
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	39
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	34
Asus EN8800GTS/HTDP/320M	108
Asus EN8800GTS/HTDP/320M (675/2060)	116
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 8600GTS	55
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 8600GTS (755/2210)	62
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 8600GTS (830/2425)	71
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
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	110
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	61
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	60
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	114
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	85
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	63
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	40
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	31
Asus EN8800GTS/HTDP/320M	111
Asus EN8800GTS/HTDP/320M (675/2060)	121
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 8600GTS	60
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 8600GTS (755/2210)	69
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 8600GTS (830/2425)	74
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
GeForce 8600GTS SLI	51
Foxconn 8600GTS-256	27
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC	26
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	59
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	39
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC	30
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	18
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS	14
Asus EN8800GTS/HTDP/320M	55
Asus EN8800GTS/HTDP/320M (675/2060)	62
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 8600GTS	27
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 8600GTS (755/2210)	32
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 8600GTS (830/2425)	40

FEAR results place the Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 8600GTS in a decent light. With Soft Shadows enabled, all but the highest end videocards provide decent framerates, when heavily overclocked the Biostar card does pretty well.