ID Software Doom 3 1.3	Source: id Software

Doom 3 takes advantage of the latest videocard technology and pushes the processing power of the CPU to its absolute limit. At its highest setting, Ultra quality, texture sizes pass the 500MB mark which means even tomorrow's videocards will have a hard time running everything. The frame rates in the game itself are locked at 60 fps so anything above that point is wasted. Each test is run three times with the third run being recorded.

ID Software Doom 3 1.3
HQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
ECS G33T-M2 (Intel G33 200/800 C2D E6600 Onboard Video)	15.6
ECS G33T-M2 (Intel G33 200/800 C2D E6600 GF 8800GTS 320MB)	173.2
Asus A8N-VM (GF 6150 200/400 939 FX-60 Onboard Video)	8.2
Asus A8N-VM (GF 6150 200/400 939 FX-60 GF 8800GTS 320MB)	122.7
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF 6150 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+ Onboard Video)	8.9
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF 6150 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+ GF 8800GTS 320MB)	142.6
ECS AMD690GM-M2 (AMD 690G 200/800 Onboard Video)	9.6
ECS AMD690GM-M2 (AMD 690G 200/800 GF 8800GTS 320MB)	141.5
MSI K9AGM2-FIH (AMD 690G 200/800 Onboard Video)	9.9
MSI K9AGM2-FIH (AMD 690G 200/800 GF8800GTS 320MB)	140.7
Biostar TF7050-MM2 (GF7050 200/800 Onboard Video)	12.4
Biostar TF7050-M2 (GF7050 200/800 GF 8800GTS 320MB)	144.3
ASRock AliveNF7G-HDready (GF 7050PV 200/800 Onboard Video)	12.5
ASRock AliveNF7G-HDready (GF 7050PV 200/800 GF 8800GTS 320MB)	145.6
Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3G (AMD 690G 200/800 Onboard Video)	9.5
Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3G (AMD 690G 200/800 GF 8800GTS 320MB)	141.6

Doom 3 framerates when using the GeForce 8800GTS 320MB videocard are very strong and you're certainly going to be happy with the performance of the system. Forget about running this game on the ATI integrated videocard though, it simply doesn't have enough power.

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
ECS G33T-M2 (Intel G33 200/800 C2D E6600 Onboard Video)	5
ECS G33T-M2 (Intel G33 200/800 C2D E6600 GF 8800GTS 320MB)	185
Asus A8N-VM (GF 6150 200/400 939 FX-60 Onboard Video)	4
Asus A8N-VM (GF 6150 200/400 939 FX-60 GF 8800GTS 320MB)	167
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF 6150 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+ Onboard Video)	4
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF 6150 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+ GF 8800GTS 320MB)	163
ECS AMD690GM-M2 (AMD 690G 200/800 Onboard Video)	3
ECS AMD690GM-M2 (AMD 690G 200/800 GF 8800GTS 320MB)	157
MSI K9AGM2-FIH (AMD 690G 200/800 Onboard Video)	4
MSI K9AGM2-FIH (AMD 690G 200/800 GF8800GTS 320MB)	160
Biostar TF7050-MM2 (GF7050 200/800 Onboard Video)	5
Biostar TF7050-M2 (GF7050 200/800 GF 8800GTS 320MB)	167
ASRock AliveNF7G-HDready (GF 7050PV 200/800 Onboard Video)	5
ASRock AliveNF7G-HDready (GF 7050PV 200/800 GF 8800GTS 320MB)	169
Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3G (AMD 690G 200/800 Onboard Video)	4
Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3G (AMD 690G 200/800 GF 8800GTS 320MB)	162

Forget about playing FEAR on the onboard ATI videocard unless you like watching a slide show. Framerates with a GeForce 8800GTS 320MB videocard are pretty nice, and only then does the Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3G as a gaming platform take off.