Crysis is probably the de facto benchmark game since no currently sold card can have acceptable frame rates when very high quality settings are selected. All tested graphic cards offer acceptable frame rates at 1280x1024 with high quality settings enabled.

The XFX 260GTX is expected to have high frame rates at all resolutions and quality modes, especially when compared with previous generation cards.

The Gainward HD4850 1GB GS was rather slow in the test giving 34FPS, which is the same as with 8800GT and the 9800GT series. The XFX 260GTX XXX takes the first place with 41FPS.

The next step is to enable the "Very High Quality" settings. The impact on the performance of all the tested graphics cards is obvious. So these settings are not recommended for gameplay, but the specific test indicate the strengths of each card.

The Gainward HD4850 1GB GS shows its teeth here and gave a better performance than the 8800GT and 9800GT series.

Pushing resolutions even higher at 1680x1050 and 19200x1200 obviously makes the game unplayable. However, the Gainward HD4850 gets the second place behind the XFX 260GTX.