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	68.92%
GeForce GTX 280	125	68.92%
Radeon HD 4870 X2	120	62.16%
Radeon HD 4870	101	36.49%
GeForce GTX 260	99	33.78%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	91	22.97%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	91	22.97%
GeForce 9800 GTX	84	13.51%
Radeon HD 4850	84	13.51%
GeForce 9800 GX2	75	1.35%
GeForce 9800 GT	75	1.35%
Radeon HD 4830	74
Radeon HD 3870	71	4.23%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - Low	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	119	95.08%
GeForce GTX 280	115	88.52%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	108	77.05%
Radeon HD 4870	84	37.70%
GeForce GTX 260	83	36.07%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	76	24.59%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	76	24.59%
GeForce 9800 GTX	69	13.11%
Radeon HD 4850	67	9.84%
GeForce 9800 GX2	63	3.28%
GeForce 9800 GT	61	0.00%
Radeon HD 4830	61
Radeon HD 3870	58	5.17%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 2560x1600 - Low	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	103	171.05%
GeForce GTX 280	95	150.00%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	71	86.84%
Radeon HD 4870	53	39.47%
GeForce GTX 260	52	36.84%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	49	28.95%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	49	28.95%
GeForce 9800 GTX	44	15.79%
Radeon HD 4850	43	13.16%
GeForce 9800 GX2	42	10.53%
GeForce 9800 GT	39	2.63%
Radeon HD 4830	38
Radeon HD 3870	35	8.57%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1680x1050 - High	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	57	128.00%
GeForce GTX 280	42	68.00%
Radeon HD 4870	37	48.00%
GeForce GTX 260	32	28.00%
GeForce 9800 GTX	29	16.00%
Radeon HD 4850	29	16.00%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	29	16.00%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	28	12.00%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	26	4.00%
GeForce 9800 GX2	25	0.00%
GeForce 9800 GT	25	0.00%
Radeon HD 4830	25
Radeon HD 3870	19	31.58%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - High	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	47	135.00%
GeForce GTX 280	34	70.00%
Radeon HD 4870	30	50.00%
GeForce GTX 260	26	30.00%
Radeon HD 4850	23	15.00%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	23	15.00%
GeForce 9800 GTX	22	10.00%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	21	5.00%
GeForce 9800 GX2	21	5.00%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	20	0.00%
GeForce 9800 GT	20	0.00%
Radeon HD 4830	20
Radeon HD 3870	16	25.00%