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 at 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
Radeon HD 2900 XT (AMD)	368
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	284	29.58%
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	237	55.27%
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	191	92.67%
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	168	119.05%
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	140	162.86%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	135	172.59%
GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA)	109	237.61%

F.E.A.R. 1.08 - 1920x1440 - Low Quality	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 2900 XT (AMD)	270
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	215	25.58%
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	175	54.29%
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	139	94.24%
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	124	117.74%
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	102	164.71%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	98	175.51%
GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA)	80	237.50%

F.E.A.R. 1.08 - 2048x1536 - Low Quality	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 2900 XT (AMD)	242
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	192	26.04%
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	158	53.16%
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	122	98.36%
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	111	118.02%
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	91	165.93%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	87	178.16%
GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA)	70	245.71%

F.E.A.R. 1.08 - 1600x1200 - Maximum Quality	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	65	1.56%
Radeon HD 2900 XT (AMD)	64
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	45	42.22%
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	42	52.38%
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	37	72.97%
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	36	77.78%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	34	88.24%
GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA)	30	113.33%

F.E.A.R. 1.08 - 1920x1440 - Maximum Quality	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	48	2.13%
Radeon HD 2900 XT (AMD)	47
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	31	51.61%
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	31	51.61%
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	28	67.86%
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	25	88.00%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	24	95.83%
GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA)	21	123.81%

F.E.A.R. 1.08 - 2048x1536 - Maximum Quality	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	42	0.00%
Radeon HD 2900 XT (AMD)	42
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	28	50.00%
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	27	55.56%
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	23	82.61%
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	22	90.91%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	22	90.91%
GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA)	17	147.06%