64 PCWorld JANUARY 2020REVIEWS ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE GTX 1650 SUPER
hand, blew through the
benchmark.
Nvidia’s new $160 card
performs more on a par with
the $180 Radeon RX 580 than
the $130 RX 570, and slightly
slower than the $200 Radeon
RX 590, a result you’ll see
throughout these tests,
except with Strange Brigade.
That game tends to heavily
favor Radeon GPUs, however.Far Cry: New Dawn
Another Ubisoft title, Far Cry:
New Dawn drags Far Cry 5’s
wonderful gameplay into a
post-apocalyptic future of its
own, though this vision is a lot
more bombastic—and pink—
than The Division 2’s bleak
setting. The game runs on the
latest version of the long-
running Dunia engine, and it’s
slightly more strenuous than Far
Cry 5’s built-in benchmark.Strange Brigade
Strange Brigade ($50 on Humble at
go.pcworld.com/bysb) is a cooperative
third-person shooter where a team of
adventurers blasts through hordes of
mythological enemies. It’s a technological
showcase, built around the next-gen Vulkanand DirectX 12 technologies and infused with
features like HDR support and the ability to
toggle asynchronous compute on and off. It
uses Rebellion’s custom Azure engine. We test
the DX12 renderer with async compute off.Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Shadow of the Tomb Raider ($60 onStrange Brigade
(Frames per second)LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE5965636982819390991080p 1440pGigabyte Aorus Radeon RX 570Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1650 SuperAsus ROG Strix Radeon RX 580EVGA GeForce
GTX 1660 XC Ultra
XFX Radeon
RX 590 Fatboy57Shadow of the Tomb Raider
(Frames per second)LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE4343494666506575701080p 1440pGigabyte Aorus
Radeon RX 570
Asus ROG Strix GeForce
GTX 1650 Super
Asus ROG Strix
Radeon RX 580
EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC UltraXFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy31