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	14.68%
GeForce GTX 280	125	14.68%
XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC)	109
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	101	7.92%
GeForce GTX 260	99	10.10%
GeForce 9800 GTX	84	29.76%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	84	29.76%
GeForce 9800 GX2	75	45.33%
Radeon HD 3870	71	53.52%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - Low	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	115	19.79%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	108	12.50%
XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC)	96
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	84	14.29%
GeForce GTX 260	83	15.66%
GeForce 9800 GTX	69	39.13%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	67	43.28%
GeForce 9800 GX2	63	52.38%
Radeon HD 3870	58	65.52%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 2560x1600 - Low	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	95	53.23%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	71	14.52%
XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC)	62
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	53	16.98%
GeForce GTX 260	52	19.23%
GeForce 9800 GTX	44	40.91%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	43	44.19%
GeForce 9800 GX2	42	47.62%
Radeon HD 3870	35	77.14%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1680x1050 - High	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	42	10.53%
XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC)	38
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	37	2.70%
GeForce GTX 260	32	18.75%
GeForce 9800 GTX	29	31.03%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	29	31.03%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	26	46.15%
GeForce 9800 GX2	25	52.00%
Radeon HD 3870	19	100.00%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - High	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	34	13.33%
XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC)	30
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	30	0.00%
GeForce GTX 260	26	15.38%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	23	30.43%
GeForce 9800 GTX	22	36.36%
GeForce 9800 GX2	21	42.86%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	20	50.00%
Radeon HD 3870	16	87.50%