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

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

F.E.A.R is a demanding game and the 8800GTS GS performed very well. It surpassed the 7950GT SLI by 2FPS and is almost 20FPS faster than a single 7950GT and 1950XTX VGA cards. In the next test, we take a look at how much of an impact enabling AA/AF has on each card:

Enabling AA/AF drops the performance of all tested cards. The 7950GT SLI combination is faster until the point where we enabled 6xAA. From that point on, the 8800GTS GS has a clear lead.