For Direct3D testing, we turned to the MSI NX8600GTS OC Edition. F.E.A.R. performance is based on the games internal benchmark. At the targeted resolution of 1600x1200, F.E.A.R. performance is shown below.
In our custom Dark Messiah gameplay benchmark, which can be seen here (~22 MB mpeg), the MSI NX6800GTS averaged 45fps at a resolution of 1600x1200 with 2x AA.
Dark Messiah Performance
The GeForce 8600 GTS recorded a minimum frame rate of 21fps while the GeForce 7900 GS recorded a minimum of 24fps.