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	16.82%
GeForce GTX 280	125	16.82%
Radeon HD 4870 X2	120	12.15%
Radeon HD 4850 X2	115	7.48%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)	107
Radeon HD 4870	101	5.94%
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)	99	8.08%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	91	17.58%
GeForce 9800 GTX	84	27.38%
Radeon HD 4850	84	27.38%
GeForce 9800 GX2	75	42.67%
GeForce 9800 GT	75	42.67%
Radeon HD 4830	74	44.59%
Radeon HD 3870	71	50.70%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - Low	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	119	30.77%
GeForce GTX 280	115	26.37%
Radeon HD 4850 X2	115	26.37%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	108	18.68%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)	91
Radeon HD 4870	84	8.33%
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)	83	9.64%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	76	19.74%
GeForce 9800 GTX	69	31.88%
Radeon HD 4850	67	35.82%
GeForce 9800 GX2	63	44.44%
GeForce 9800 GT	61	49.18%
Radeon HD 4830	61	49.18%
Radeon HD 3870	58	56.90%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 2560x1600 - Low	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	103	71.67%
GeForce GTX 280	95	58.33%
Radeon HD 4850 X2	86	43.33%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	71	18.33%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)	60
Radeon HD 4870	53	13.21%
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)	52	15.38%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	49	22.45%
GeForce 9800 GTX	44	36.36%
Radeon HD 4850	43	39.53%
GeForce 9800 GX2	42	42.86%
GeForce 9800 GT	39	53.85%
Radeon HD 4830	38	57.89%
Radeon HD 3870	35	71.43%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1680x1050 - High	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	57	54.05%
Radeon HD 4850 X2	47	27.03%
GeForce GTX 280	42	13.51%
Radeon HD 4870	37	0.00%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)	37
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)	32	15.63%
GeForce 9800 GTX	29	27.59%
Radeon HD 4850	29	27.59%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	29	27.59%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	26	42.31%
GeForce 9800 GX2	25	48.00%
GeForce 9800 GT	25	48.00%
Radeon HD 4830	25	48.00%
Radeon HD 3870	19	94.74%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - High	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	47	56.67%
Radeon HD 4850 X2	39	30.00%
GeForce GTX 280	34	13.33%
Radeon HD 4870	30	0.00%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)	30
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)	26	15.38%
Radeon HD 4850	23	30.43%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	23	30.43%
GeForce 9800 GTX	22	36.36%
GeForce 9800 GX2	21	42.86%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	20	50.00%
GeForce 9800 GT	20	50.00%
Radeon HD 4830	20	50.00%
Radeon HD 3870	16	87.50%