The story begins as an unidentified paramilitary force infiltrates a multi-billion dollar aerospace compound. The government responds by sending in Special Forces, but loses contact as an eerie signal interrupts radio communications. When the interference subsides moments later, the team has been literally torn apart. As part of a classified strike team created to deal with threats no one else can handle, your mission is simple: Eliminate the intruders at any cost. Determine the origin of the signal. And contain this crisis before it spirals out of control.

For all tests, we used the latest available patch that updates the gaming engine to v1.08. The game offers 1280x1024 resolution, which was used for all tests. We maxed all details for both CPU and VGA card, except for Soft Shadows and AA/AF. We used Nvidia's 3D Control panel to enable AA/AF as shown in each graph.

Below are the results after using the built-in benchmark test:

F.E.A.R is a demanding game and the Asus EN7900GS Top performed very well. It surpassed the "generic" 7900GS and was only 7FPS "slower" than the XFX7950GT Silent. Pairing two Asus EN7900GS Tops in SLI gives almost the same performance as a 7950GT SLI combination. It is interesting to see which card is less affected after enabling AA/AF:

Enabling AA/AF impacts on the performance of all tested cards. As we can see, either in single or in SLI mode, the Asus EN7900GS Top is a good performer. In SLI mode, it matches the 7950GT SLI's performance with a very slight difference. The green line represents the "generic" 7900GS SLI mode, where we can see a difference of around 10+ FPS.