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	4.17%
GeForce GTX 280	125	4.17%
Radeon HD 4870 X2	120
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	101	18.81%
GeForce GTX 260	99	21.21%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	91	31.87%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	91	31.87%
GeForce 9800 GTX	84	42.86%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	84	42.86%
GeForce 9800 GX2	75	60.00%
GeForce 9800 GT	75	60.00%
Radeon HD 3870	71	69.01%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - Low	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	119
GeForce GTX 280	115	3.48%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	108	10.19%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	84	41.67%
GeForce GTX 260	83	43.37%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	76	56.58%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	76	56.58%
GeForce 9800 GTX	69	72.46%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	67	77.61%
GeForce 9800 GX2	63	88.89%
GeForce 9800 GT	61	95.08%
Radeon HD 3870	58	105.17%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 2560x1600 - Low	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	103
GeForce GTX 280	95	8.42%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	71	45.07%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	53	94.34%
GeForce GTX 260	52	98.08%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	49	110.20%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	49	110.20%
GeForce 9800 GTX	44	134.09%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	43	139.53%
GeForce 9800 GX2	42	145.24%
GeForce 9800 GT	39	164.10%
Radeon HD 3870	35	194.29%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1680x1050 - High	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	57
GeForce GTX 280	42	35.71%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	37	54.05%
GeForce GTX 260	32	78.13%
GeForce 9800 GTX	29	96.55%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	29	96.55%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	29	96.55%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	28	103.57%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	26	119.23%
GeForce 9800 GX2	25	128.00%
GeForce 9800 GT	25	128.00%
Radeon HD 3870	19	200.00%

Crysis 1.2.1 - 1920x1200 - High	Score	Difference
Radeon HD 4870 X2	47
GeForce GTX 280	34	38.24%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870	30	56.67%
GeForce GTX 260	26	80.77%
Sapphire Radeon HD 4850	23	104.35%
GeForce 9800 GTX+	23	104.35%
GeForce 9800 GTX	22	113.64%
GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI	21	123.81%
GeForce 9800 GX2	21	123.81%
Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2	20	135.00%
GeForce 9800 GT	20	135.00%
Radeon HD 3870	16	193.75%