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
1024x768:	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	120
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	97
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	81
PowerColor X1600 XT Bravo	55
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	78
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	73
ATi Radeon X800 XL	66
PowerColor X700 Pro	38
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	132
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E	127
Asus EN7900GT TOP/2DHT/256M/A	118
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 NX7600GT-VT2D256E	80
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	62
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	41
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	62
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	80
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH (628/1612)	84
1600x1200:	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	72
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	54
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	44
PowerColor X1600 XT Bravo	26
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	41
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	36
ATi Radeon X800 XL	32
PowerColor X700 Pro	16
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	107
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E	91
Asus EN7900GT TOP/2DHT/256M/A	64
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 NX7600GT-VT2D256E	41
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	32
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	20
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	31
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	41
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH (628/1612)	44
1024x768 w/Soft Shadows Enabled:	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	83
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	57
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	45
PowerColor X1600 XT Bravo	27
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	39
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	35
ATi Radeon X800 XL	30
PowerColor X700 Pro	16
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	109
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E	79
Asus EN7900GT TOP/2DHT/256M/A	68
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 NX7600GT-VT2D256E	41
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	33
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	22
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	20
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	41
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH (628/1612)	44
1600x1200 w/Soft Shadows Enabled:	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	41
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	26
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	20
PowerColor X1600 XT Bravo	12
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	17
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	15
ATi Radeon X800 XL	13
PowerColor X700 Pro	6
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE	59
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E	37
Asus EN7900GT TOP/2DHT/256M/A	32
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)	27
MSI NX7600GT-VT2D256E	19
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	15
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	9
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	9
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH	19
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH (628/1612)	22

At lower resolutions FEAR is not a hard game to handle so the mainstream videocards do relatively well. However, when the resolution is turned up (like Soft Shadows), the Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH starts to choke due to having less memory bandwidth. At a resolution of 1600x1200 w/Soft Shadows Enabled, the Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH is not a playable option. For the best of this world, you'd need something like the MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE videocard.