PC World (2019-04)

46 PCWorld APRIL 2019

REVIEWS EVGA GEFORCE GTX 1660 TI XC ULTRA

F1 2018

The latest in a long line of

successful games, F1 2018 ($60

on Humble at go.pcworld.com/

f118) is a benchmarking gem,

supplying a wide array of both

graphical and benchmarking

options—making it a much more

reliable 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.

Ashes of the Singularity:

Escalation

Ashes of the Singularity ($40 on

Humble at go.pcworld.com/

sing) was one of the very first

DX12 games, and it remains a

flag-bearer for the technology

to this day thanks to the

extreme scalability of Oxide

Games’ next-gen Nitrous

engine. With hundreds of units

onscreen simultaneously and

some serious graphics effects in

play, the Crazy preset can make

graphics cards sweat. Ashes

runs in both DX11 and DX12,

but we only test in DX12, as it

delivers the best results for both

Nvidia and AMD GPUs.

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)

Ashes of the Singularity:

Escalation (Frames per second)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

36.5

43.9

42.4

43.6

44.4

48.8

52.3

52.6

55.8

40

50.8

49.4

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)

F1 2018

(Frames per second)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

62

75

75

71

79

85

94

107

115

82

101

101

1080p 1440p