PC World (2019-04)

44 PCWorld APRIL 2019

REVIEWS EVGA GEFORCE GTX 1660 TI XC ULTRA

Shadow of the

Tomb Raider

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

($60 on Humble at

go.pcworld.com/shdw)

concludes the reboot

trilogy, and it’s gorgeous

—even the state-of-the-art

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti barely

manages to average 60 fps

with all the bells and

whistles turned on at 4K

resolution. Square Enix

optimized this game for

DX12, and recommends

DX11 only if you’re using

older hardware or Windows

7, so we test with that.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

uses an enhanced version of

the Foundation engine that

also powered Rise of the

Tomb Raider.

Far Cry 5

Finally, a DirectX 11 game! Far

Cry 5 ($60 on Humble at

go.pcworld.com/fcr5) is

powered by Ubisoft’s long-

established Dunia engine. It’s

just as gorgeous as its

predecessors were, and even

more fun.

Sapphire Radeon

RX 590 Nitro+

EVGA GeForce GTX

1660 Ti XC Ultra

Asus ROG Strix

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Nvidia GeForce

GTX 1070 (FE)

AMVega 56D Radeon

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (FE)

Far Cry 5

(Frames per second)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

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68

69

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76

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94

105

107

80

96

97

1080p 1440p

Sapphire Radeon RX 590 Nitro+

EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti XC Ultra

Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (FE)

AMD Radeon

Vega 56

Nvidia GeForce

RTX 2060 (FE)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

(Frames per second)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

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54

55

48

55

58

74

82

88

65

82

83

1080p 1440p