Crysis is a very heavy DirectX 10 game. We updated this game to version 1.2.1 and used the HOC Crysis Benchmarking Utility to help us collecting data. Since we don’t think the default demo based on the island map stresses the video card the way we want, we used the HOC core demo available with the abovementioned utility. We ran this demo under three 16:10 widescreen resolutions, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, and 2560x1600, first with image quality set to “low” and then with image quality set to “high.” Since all video cards achieved a number of frames per second below 10 at 2560x1600 with image details set to “high,” we are not including this test as the results aren’t reliable. We ran each test twice and discarded the first result, as usually the first run achieves a lower score compared to the subsequent runs since the game loses time loading files. The results are below, in frames per second (FPS).

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1680x1050 – Low	Score	Difference
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	125	0%
GeForce GTX 280	125
GeForce 9800 GTX	84	48.81%
GeForce 9800 GX2	75	66.67%
Radeon HD 3870	71	76.06%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 – Low	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	115
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	108	6.48%
GeForce 9800 GTX	69	66.67%
GeForce 9800 GX2	63	82.54%
Radeon HD 3870	58	98.28%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 2560x1600 – Low	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	95
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	71	33.80%
GeForce 9800 GTX	44	115.91%
GeForce 9800 GX2	42	126.19%
Radeon HD 3870	35	171.43%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1680x1050 – High	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	42
GeForce 9800 GTX	29	44.83%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	26	61.54%
GeForce 9800 GX2	25	68.00%
Radeon HD 3870	19	121.05%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 – High	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	34
GeForce 9800 GTX	22	54.55%
GeForce 9800 GX2	21	61.90%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	20	70.00%
Radeon HD 3870	16	112.50%