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	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
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	115
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A (606/1485)	116
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
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	60
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A (606/1485)	61
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
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	62
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A (606/1485)	66
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
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A	30
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A (606/1485)	31

FEAR is one of the hardest games on videocards these days, when the Soft Shadows are enabled every videocard performs poorly. The Asus EAX1950PRO is able to maintain relatively decent framerates when pushed to the max. Only the MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE really provides playable results in this last test, however.