So far as we know there is no way to record a timedemo in FEAR, and playing a game like this with FRAPS tracking the frame rates wouldn't work well because it would be very difficult to do the same thing and get into the same firefights over and over. The results wouldn't be consistent. All hope is not lost, however, because FEAR has a built-in benchmark. You just go to Options > Performance, and then click on Test Settings.
All of the in-game Video settings were set to maximum, and then we customize the "advanced video card options." The defaults from setting to "maximum" are left except for FSAA, Texture Filtering, and Resolution, which are adjusted accordingly. Patch 1.08 was used.
F.E.A.R. @ 1280 x 1024 (Show All Graphs)(Collapse Graphs)
No AA / No AF
2xAA / 4xAF
4xAA / 8xAF
ATI HD 2900XT 512MB
Leadtek 8800GTS 640MB
Foxconn 8800GTS 320MB
PNY 8800GTX XLR8 768MB
ASUS 8800GTX 768MB
Albatron 8600GT 256MB
148
131
109
102
91
63
0
FPS
175
No AA / No AF
2xAA / 4xAF
4xAA / 8xAF
Leadtek 8800GTS 640MB
ATI HD 2900XT 512MB
Foxconn 8800GTS 320MB
PNY 8800GTX XLR8 768MB
ASUS 8800GTX 768MB
Albatron 8600GT 256MB
106
100
99
94
88
45
0
FPS
175
No AA / No AF
2xAA / 4xAF
4xAA / 8xAF
ASUS 8800GTX 768MB
PNY 8800GTX XLR8 768MB
Leadtek 8800GTS 640MB
ATI HD 2900XT 512MB
Foxconn 8800GTS 320MB
Albatron 8600GT 256MB
86
86
85
76
74
31
0
FPS
175
F.E.A.R. @ 1600 x 1200 (Show All Graphs)(Collapse Graphs)
No AA / No AF
2xAA / 4xAF
4xAA / 8xAF
ATI HD 2900XT 512MB
Leadtek 8800GTS 640MB
Foxconn 8800GTS 320MB
PNY 8800GTX XLR8 768MB
ASUS 8800GTX 768MB
Albatron 8600GT 256MB
120
109
101
97
87
47
0
FPS
175
No AA / No AF
2xAA / 4xAF
4xAA / 8xAF
PNY 8800GTX XLR8 768MB
ASUS 8800GTX 768MB
Leadtek 8800GTS 640MB
Foxconn 8800GTS 320MB
ATI HD 2900XT 512MB
Albatron 8600GT 256MB
88
84
82
78
76
32
0
FPS
175
No AA / No AF
2xAA / 4xAF
4xAA / 8xAF
PNY 8800GTX XLR8 768MB
ASUS 8800GTX 768MB
Leadtek 8800GTS 640MB
ATI HD 2900XT 512MB
Foxconn 8800GTS 320MB
Albatron 8600GT 256MB
80
78
64
57
47
22
0
FPS
175
F.E.A.R. @ 1920 x 1600 (Show All Graphs)(Collapse Graphs)