- F.E.A.R

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.

The game offers up to 1280x960 resolution, which is used in all our tests. We maxed all details for CPU and the VGA card, except for Soft Shadows and AA/AF. Using Forceware 3D Control panel, we enabled AA/AF as shown in each graph. Below are the results after using the built-in benchmark test:

At 1280x960 without any AA/AF, the 7900GS is very fast generating 70FPS, while it won't drop below 35FPS, making it very playable.

Enabling AA and AF hits performance with all VGA cards. Both the Inno3D and Foxconn 7900Gs have an almost straight line drop in FPS, and with 16x AF and 8xS AA enabled, manage 25FPS (average). The 7900GS SLI has around double the framerate in all cases.