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
EVGA GeForce GTX 285 FTW	134	20.72%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	125	12.61%
GeForce GTX 280	125	12.61%
GeForce GTX 285	124	11.71%
Radeon HD 4870 X2	120	8.11%
Radeon HD 4850 X2	115	3.60%
GeForce GTX 295	111
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)	107	3.74%
Radeon HD 4870	101	9.90%
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)	99	12.12%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	91	21.98%
GeForce 9800 GTX	84	32.14%
Radeon HD 4850	84	32.14%
GeForce 9800 GX2	75	48.00%
GeForce 9800 GT	75	48.00%
Radeon HD 4830	74	50.00%
Radeon HD 3870	71	56.34%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - Low	Score	Difference
EVGA GeForce GTX 285 FTW	122	28.42%
Radeon HD 4870 X2	119	25.26%
GeForce GTX 280	115	21.05%
Radeon HD 4850 X2	115	21.05%
GeForce GTX 285	113	18.95%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	108	13.68%
GeForce GTX 295	95
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)	91	4.40%
Radeon HD 4870	84	13.10%
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)	83	14.46%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	76	25.00%
GeForce 9800 GTX	69	37.68%
Radeon HD 4850	67	41.79%
GeForce 9800 GX2	63	50.79%
GeForce 9800 GT	61	55.74%
Radeon HD 4830	61	55.74%
Radeon HD 3870	58	63.79%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 2560x1600 - Low	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	103	60.94%
GeForce GTX 280	95	48.44%
Radeon HD 4850 X2	86	34.38%
EVGA GeForce GTX 285 FTW	85	32.81%
GeForce GTX 285	77	20.31%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	71	10.94%
GeForce GTX 295	64
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)	60	6.67%
Radeon HD 4870	53	20.75%
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)	52	23.08%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	49	30.61%
GeForce 9800 GTX	44	45.45%
Radeon HD 4850	43	48.84%
GeForce 9800 GX2	42	52.38%
GeForce 9800 GT	39	64.10%
Radeon HD 4830	38	68.42%
Radeon HD 3870	35	82.86%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1680x1050 - High	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	57	39.02%
EVGA GeForce GTX 285 FTW	55	34.15%
GeForce GTX 285	50	21.95%
Radeon HD 4850 X2	47	14.63%
GeForce GTX 280	42	2.44%
GeForce GTX 295	41
Radeon HD 4870	37	10.81%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)	37	10.81%
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)	32	28.13%
GeForce 9800 GTX	29	41.38%
Radeon HD 4850	29	41.38%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	29	41.38%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	26	57.69%
GeForce 9800 GX2	25	64.00%
GeForce 9800 GT	25	64.00%
Radeon HD 4830	25	64.00%
Radeon HD 3870	19	115.79%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - High	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	47	38.24%
EVGA GeForce GTX 285 FTW	45	32.35%
GeForce GTX 285	41	20.59%
Radeon HD 4850 X2	39	14.71%
GeForce GTX 280	34	0.00%
GeForce GTX 295	34
Radeon HD 4870	30	13.33%
GeForce GTX 260 (216 Proc.)	30	13.33%
GeForce GTX 260 (192 Proc.)	26	30.77%
Radeon HD 4850	23	47.83%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	23	47.83%
GeForce 9800 GTX	22	54.55%
GeForce 9800 GX2	21	61.90%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	20	70.00%
GeForce 9800 GT	20	70.00%
Radeon HD 4830	20	70.00%
Radeon HD 3870	16	112.50%