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
GeForce GTX 280	125	0.00%
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	6.48%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	108
GeForce 9800 GTX	69	56.52%
GeForce 9800 GX2	63	71.43%
Radeon HD 3870	58	86.21%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 2560x1600 – Low	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	95	33.80%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	71
GeForce 9800 GTX	44	61.36%
GeForce 9800 GX2	42	69.05%
Radeon HD 3870	35	102.86%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1680x1050 - High	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	42	61.54%
GeForce 9800 GTX	29	11.54%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	26
GeForce 9800 GX2	25	4.00%
Radeon HD 3870	19	36.84%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - High	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	34	70.00%
GeForce 9800 GTX	22	10.00%
GeForce 9800 GX2	21	5.00%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	20
Radeon HD 3870	16	25.00%