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 what we used for all tests. We maxed all details for CPU and for VGA card, except for AA/AF and Soft Shadows, which were enabled in the second run of tests. Below are the results after using the built-in benchmark test:

At 1280x960 without AA/AF, both the 7800GT and 7900GS produced very similar framerates. It seems that the F.E.A.R engine does have a maximum frame rate...

Enabling AA and AF produced a performance hit on all the VGA cards. The Inno3D 7900GS was least affected, dropping only 16 frames per second, when my 7600GT had a whole 21 frames per second reduction...