PC World - USA (2020-01)

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Humble at go.pcworld.com/shdw)
concludes the reboot trilogy, and it’s utterly
gorgeous. Square Enix optimized this game
for DX12, and recommends DX11 only if
you’re using older hardware or Windows 7,
so we test with DX12. Shadow of the Tomb
Raider uses an enhanced version of the
Foundation engine that also
powered Rise of the Tomb
Raider.

Ghost Recon Wildlands
Move over, Crysis. If you
crank all the graphics options
up to 11, like we do for these
tests, Ghost Recon Wildlands
($50 on Humble) and its
AnvilNext 2.0 engine
absolutely melt GPUs. It’s by
far the most strenuous game
in our suite, even with newer
stunners like Division 2 in the
mix. Sequel Ghost Recon
Breakpoint recently launched
but has been receiving
frequent tweaks, so we
haven’t swapped over to it
for our testing yet.

F1 2018
The latest in a long line of
successful games, F1 2018
($60 on Humble at
go.pcworld.com/f118) is a

gem to test, supplying a wide array of both

graphical and benchmarking options—

making it a much more reliable (and fun)

option that the Forza series. It’s built on the

fourth version of Codemasters’ buttery-

smooth Ego game engine. We test two laps

on the Australia course, with clear skies.

Ghost Recon Wildlands

(Frames per second)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

30.2

30.1

34.4

32.1

40.2

32.2

39.4

46.1

41.2

1080p 1440p

Gigabyte Aorus Radeon RX 570

Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1650 Super

Asus ROG Strix

Radeon RX 580

EVGA GeForce

GTX 1660 XC Ultra

XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy

25.2

F1 2018

(Frames per second)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

60

56

66

59

81

63

73

87

77

1080p 1440p

Gigabyte Aorus

Radeon RX 570

Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1650 Super

Asus ROG Strix Radeon RX 580

EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC Ultra

XFX Radeon

RX 590 Fatboy

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