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 below are the average number of frames per second (FPS) achieved by each card.

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1680x1050 - Low	Score	Difference
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	125	37.36%
GeForce GTX 280	125	37.36%
Radeon HD 4870 X2	120	31.87%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	101	10.99%
GeForce GTX 260	99	8.79%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	91
GeForce 9800 GTX+	91	0.00%
GeForce 9800 GTX	84	8.33%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	84	8.33%
GeForce 9800 GX2	75	21.33%
GeForce 9800 GT	75	21.33%
Radeon HD 3870	71	28.17%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - Low	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	119	56.58%
GeForce GTX 280	115	51.32%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	108	42.11%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	84	10.53%
GeForce GTX 260	83	9.21%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	76
GeForce 9800 GTX+	76	0.00%
GeForce 9800 GTX	69	10.14%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	67	13.43%
GeForce 9800 GX2	63	20.63%
GeForce 9800 GT	61	24.59%
Radeon HD 3870	58	31.03%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 2560x1600 - Low	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	103	110.20%
GeForce GTX 280	95	93.88%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	71	44.90%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	53	8.16%
GeForce GTX 260	52	6.12%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	49
GeForce 9800 GTX+	49	0.00%
GeForce 9800 GTX	44	11.36%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	43	13.95%
GeForce 9800 GX2	42	16.67%
GeForce 9800 GT	39	25.64%
Radeon HD 3870	35	40.00%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1680x1050 - High	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	57	103.57%
GeForce GTX 280	42	50.00%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	37	32.14%
GeForce GTX 260	32	14.29%
GeForce 9800 GTX	29	3.57%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	29	3.57%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	29	3.57%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	28
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	26	7.69%
GeForce 9800 GX2	25	12.00%
GeForce 9800 GT	25	12.00%
Radeon HD 3870	19	47.37%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - High	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	47	123.81%
GeForce GTX 280	34	61.90%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	30	42.86%
GeForce GTX 260	26	23.81%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	23	9.52%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	23	9.52%
GeForce 9800 GTX	22	4.76%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	21
GeForce 9800 GX2	21	0.00%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	20	5.00%
GeForce 9800 GT	20	5.00%
Radeon HD 3870	16	31.25%