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	48.81%
GeForce GTX 280	125	48.81%
GeForce 9800 GTX	84	0.00%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	84
GeForce 9800 GX2	75	12.00%
Radeon HD 3870	71	18.31%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - Low	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	115	71.64%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	108	61.19%
GeForce 9800 GTX	69	2.99%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	67
GeForce 9800 GX2	63	6.35%
Radeon HD 3870	58	15.52%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 2560x1600 - Low	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	95	120.93%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	71	65.12%
GeForce 9800 GTX	44	2.33%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	43
GeForce 9800 GX2	42	2.38%
Radeon HD 3870	35	22.86%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1680x1050 - High	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	42	44.83%
GeForce 9800 GTX	29	0.00%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	29
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	26	11.54%
GeForce 9800 GX2	25	16.00%
Radeon HD 3870	19	52.63%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - High	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	34	47.83%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	23
GeForce 9800 GTX	22	4.55%
GeForce 9800 GX2	21	9.52%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	20	15.00%
Radeon HD 3870	16	43.75%