F.E.A.R. is a heavy game and we used its internal benchmarking module. We upgraded it to version 1.08 and since we are comparing high-end cards, we ran this program in higher resolutions, as performance difference between high-end video cards is more expressive on such resolutions. We chose three resolutions, 1600x1200, 1920x1440 and 2048x1536. We set “computer settings” to “maximum” and then ran each resolution in two scenarios, first with “graphics card” set at “low” and then with this item set at “maximum”. Let’s take a look on the results, given in frames per second. All video cards listed below were running with the default clock rates defined by the chip manufacturer.

F.E.A.R. 1.08 - 1600x1200 - Low Quality	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	284	69.05%
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	237	41.07%
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	191	13.69%
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	168
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	140	20.00%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	135	24.44%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	109	54.13%

F.E.A.R. 1.08 - 1920x1440 - Low Quality	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	215	73.39%
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	175	41.13%
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	139	12.10%
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	124
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	102	21.57%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	98	26.53%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	80	55.00%

F.E.A.R. 1.08 - 2048x1536 - Low Quality	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	192	72.97%
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	158	42.34%
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	122	9.91%
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	111
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	91	21.98%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	87	27.59%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	70	58.57%

F.E.A.R. 1.08 - 1600x1200 - Maximum Quality	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	65	54.76%
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	45	7.14%
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	42
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	37	13.51%
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	36	16.67%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	34	23.53%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	30	40.00%

F.E.A.R. 1.08 - 1920x1440 - Maximum Quality	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	48	54.84%
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	31	0.00%
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	31
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	28	10.71%
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	25	24.00%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	24	29.17%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	21	47.62%

F.E.A.R. 1.08 - 2048x1536 - Maximum Quality	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	42	50.00%
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	28
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	27	3.70%
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	23	21.74%
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	22	27.27%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	22	27.27%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	17	64.71%