PC World - USA (2019-08)

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AUGUST 2019 PCWorld 53

blows well past its own namesake as
well as the Radeon RX Vega 64.

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
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 that. Shadow of the Tomb
Raider uses an enhanced version of
the Foundation engine that also
powered Rise of the Tomb Raider.
No surprises here, aside from how
hard the new Supers curb-stomp the
competition (including their non-
Super cousins). Vega 56 isn’t even in
the same weight class.

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 at go.pcworld.com/
recn) and its AnvilNext 2.0 engine
absolutely melt GPUs, even with a
sequel due later this year. It’s by far the
most strenuous game in our suite,
even with newer stunners like The
Division 2 in the mix. Ghost Recon
Wildlands prefers Nvidia’s GPU
architecture in general.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider
(Frames per second)


LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

70

58

72

83

81

88

106

36

30

36

44

44

47

60

105

88

108

117

117

125

135

1080p 1440p 4K

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (FE)


Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (FE)


Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 (FE)


Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (FE)


AMD Radeon VII


Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 (FE)


Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super (FE)


Ghost Recon Wildlands
(Frames per second)


LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

51.7

45.6

52.5

58.6

56

61.1

73.7

32.3

27.4

32.9

36.6

36.7

38.9

48.4

64.9

58.9

65.7

74

65.7

75.7

87.8

1080p 1440p 4K

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (FE)


Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (FE)


Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 (FE)


Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (FE)


AMD Radeon VII


Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 (FE)


Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super (FE)

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