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 are below, in frames per second (FPS).

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1680x1050 - Low	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	125	23.76%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	125	23.76%
XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC)	109	7.92%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	101
GeForce GTX 260	99	2.02%
GeForce 9800 GTX	84	20.24%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	84	20.24%
GeForce 9800 GX2	75	34.67%
Radeon HD 3870	71	42.25%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - Low	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	115	36.90%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	108	28.57%
XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC)	96	14.29%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	84
GeForce GTX 260	83	1.20%
GeForce 9800 GTX	69	21.74%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	67	25.37%
GeForce 9800 GX2	63	33.33%
Radeon HD 3870	58	44.83%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 2560x1600 - Low	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	95	79.25%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	71	33.96%
XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC)	62	16.98%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	53
GeForce GTX 260	52	1.92%
GeForce 9800 GTX	44	20.45%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	43	23.26%
GeForce 9800 GX2	42	26.19%
Radeon HD 3870	35	51.43%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1680x1050 - High	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	42	13.51%
XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC)	38	2.70%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	37
GeForce GTX 260	32	15.63%
Sapphire 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%
Radeon HD 3870	19	94.74%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - High	Score	Difference
GeForce GTX 280	34	13.33%
XFX GeForce GTX 260 640M XXX (OC)	30	0.00%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	30
GeForce GTX 260	26	15.38%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	23	30.43%
GeForce 9800 GTX	22	36.36%
GeForce 9800 GX2	21	42.86%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	20	50.00%
Radeon HD 3870	16	87.50%