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	8.70%
GeForce GTX 280	125	8.70%
Radeon HD 4870 X2	120	4.35%
Radeon HD 4850 X2	115
Radeon HD 4870	101	13.86%
GeForce GTX 260	99	16.16%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	91	26.37%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	91	26.37%
GeForce 9800 GTX	84	36.90%
Radeon HD 4850	84	36.90%
GeForce 9800 GX2	75	53.33%
GeForce 9800 GT	75	53.33%
Radeon HD 4830	74	55.41%
Radeon HD 3870	71	61.97%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - Low	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	119	3.48%
GeForce GTX 280	115	0.00%
Radeon HD 4850 X2	115
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	108	6.48%
Radeon HD 4870	84	36.90%
GeForce GTX 260	83	38.55%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	76	51.32%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	76	51.32%
GeForce 9800 GTX	69	66.67%
Radeon HD 4850	67	71.64%
GeForce 9800 GX2	63	82.54%
GeForce 9800 GT	61	88.52%
Radeon HD 4830	61	88.52%
Radeon HD 3870	58	98.28%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 2560x1600 - Low	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	103	19.77%
GeForce GTX 280	95	10.47%
Radeon HD 4850 X2	86
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	71	21.13%
Radeon HD 4870	53	62.26%
GeForce GTX 260	52	65.38%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	49	75.51%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	49	75.51%
GeForce 9800 GTX	44	95.45%
Radeon HD 4850	43	100.00%
GeForce 9800 GX2	42	104.76%
GeForce 9800 GT	39	120.51%
Radeon HD 4830	38	126.32%
Radeon HD 3870	35	145.71%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1680x1050 - High	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	57	21.28%
Radeon HD 4850 X2	47
GeForce GTX 280	42	11.90%
Radeon HD 4870	37	27.03%
GeForce GTX 260	32	46.88%
GeForce 9800 GTX	29	62.07%
Radeon HD 4850	29	62.07%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	29	62.07%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	28	67.86%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	26	80.77%
GeForce 9800 GX2	25	88.00%
GeForce 9800 GT	25	88.00%
Radeon HD 4830	25	88.00%
Radeon HD 3870	19	147.37%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - High	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	47	20.51%
Radeon HD 4850 X2	39
GeForce GTX 280	34	14.71%
Radeon HD 4870	30	30.00%
GeForce GTX 260	26	50.00%
Radeon HD 4850	23	69.57%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	23	69.57%
GeForce 9800 GTX	22	77.27%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	21	85.71%
GeForce 9800 GX2	21	85.71%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	20	95.00%
GeForce 9800 GT	20	95.00%
Radeon HD 4830	20	95.00%
Radeon HD 3870	16	143.75%