ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT Review
F.E.A.R.
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F.E.A.R. is a heavy game and we used its internal benchmarking module. We upgraded it to version 1.08 and since we are comparing high-end cards, we ran this program in higher resolutions, as performance difference between high-end video cards is more expressive on such resolutions. We chose three resolutions, 1600×1200, 1920×1440 and 2048×1536. We set “computer settings” to “maximum” and then ran each resolution in two scenarios, first with “graphics card” set at “low” and then with this item set at “maximum”. Let’s take a look at the results, given in frames per second. All video cards listed below were running with the default clock rates defined by the chip manufacturer.
| F.E.A.R. 1.08 – 1600×1200 – Low Quality | Score | Difference |
| Radeon HD 2900 XT (AMD) | 368 | |
| GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX) | 284 | 29.58% |
| GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI) | 237 | 55.27% |
| Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor) | 191 | 92.67% |
| GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis) | 168 | 119.05% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (XFX) | 140 | 162.86% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX) | 135 | 172.59% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 109 | 237.61% |
| F.E.A.R. 1.08 – 1920×1440 – Low Quality | Score | Difference |
| Radeon HD 2900 XT (AMD) | 270 | |
| GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX) | 215 | 25.58% |
| GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI) | 175 | 54.29% |
| Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor) | 139 | 94.24% |
| GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis) | 124 | 117.74% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (XFX) | 102 | 164.71% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX) | 98 | 175.51% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 80 | 237.50% |
| F.E.A.R. 1.08 – 2048×1536 – Low Quality | Score | Difference |
| Radeon HD 2900 XT (AMD) | 242 | |
| GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX) | 192 | 26.04% |
| GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI) | 158 | 53.16% |
| Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor) | 122 | 98.36% |
| GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis) | 111 | 118.02% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (XFX) | 91 | 165.93% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX) | 87 | 178.16% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 70 | 245.71% |
| F.E.A.R. 1.08 – 1600×1200 – Maximum Quality | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX) | 65 | 1.56% |
| Radeon HD 2900 XT (AMD) | 64 | |
| GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI) | 45 | 42.22% |
| GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis) | 42 | 52.38% |
| Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor) | 37 | 72.97% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (XFX) | 36 | 77.78% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX) | 34 | 88.24% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 30 | 113.33% |
| F.E.A.R. 1.08 – 1920×1440 – Maximum Quality | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX) | 48 | 2.13% |
| Radeon HD 2900 XT (AMD) | 47 | |
| GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI) | 31 | 51.61% |
| GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis) | 31 | 51.61% |
| Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor) | 28 | 67.86% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (XFX) | 25 | 88.00% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX) | 24 | 95.83% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 21 | 123.81% |
| F.E.A.R. 1.08 – 2048×1536 – Maximum Quality | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX) | 42 | 0.00% |
| Radeon HD 2900 XT (AMD) | 42 | |
| GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis) | 28 | 50.00% |
| GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI) | 27 | 55.56% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (XFX) | 23 | 82.61% |
| Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor) | 22 | 90.91% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX) | 22 | 90.91% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 17 | 147.06% |