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	66.67%
GeForce GTX 280	125	66.67%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	101	34.67%
GeForce GTX 260	99	32.00%
GeForce 9800 GTX	84	12.00%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	84	12.00%
GeForce 9800 GX2	75	0.00%
GeForce 9800 GT	75
GeForce 8800 GT	73	2.74%
Radeon HD 3870	71	5.63%
GeForce 8800 GTS	51	47.06%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - Low	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	115	88.52%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	108	77.05%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	84	37.70%
GeForce GTX 260	83	36.07%
GeForce 9800 GTX	69	13.11%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	67	9.84%
GeForce 9800 GX2	63	3.28%
GeForce 9800 GT	61
GeForce 8800 GT	61	0.00%
Radeon HD 3870	58	5.17%
GeForce 8800 GTS	43	41.86%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 2560x1600 - Low	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	95	143.59%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	71	82.05%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	53	35.90%
GeForce GTX 260	52	33.33%
GeForce 9800 GTX	44	12.82%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	43	10.26%
GeForce 9800 GX2	42	7.69%
GeForce 9800 GT	39
GeForce 8800 GT	39	0.00%
Radeon HD 3870	35	11.43%
GeForce 8800 GTS	27	44.44%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1680x1050 - High	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	42	68.00%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	37	48.00%
GeForce GTX 260	32	28.00%
GeForce 9800 GTX	29	16.00%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	29	16.00%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	26	4.00%
GeForce 9800 GX2	25	0.00%
GeForce 9800 GT	25
GeForce 8800 GT	24	4.17%
Radeon HD 3870	19	31.58%
GeForce 8800 GTS	16	56.25%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - High	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	34	70.00%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	30	50.00%
GeForce GTX 260	26	30.00%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	23	15.00%
GeForce 9800 GTX	22	10.00%
GeForce 9800 GX2	21	5.00%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	20	0.00%
GeForce 9800 GT	20
GeForce 8800 GT	19	5.26%
Radeon HD 3870	16	25.00%
GeForce 8800 GTS	12	66.67%