FEBRUARY 2019 PCWorld 41heavily on async compute
capabilities. And at 1080p
resolution, this card just screams.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, bringing graphics
cards to their knees. Still, the
RTX 2060 flirts with 60fps with all
the visual bells and whistles
enabled at 1440p, and 90fps at
1080p resolution. Square Enix
optimized this game for DX12,
and only recommends DX11 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.
The RTX 2060 once again
stomps the GTX 1060, and blows
past the GTX 1070 by nearly 20
percent at 1440p resolution.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.AMVega 56D Radeon
Nvidia GTX 1070 Ti (FE)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (FE)
AMVega 64D Radeon
Nvidia GeForce
GTX 1080 (FE)
Nvidia GeForce
RTX 2070 (FE)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
(Frames per second)
LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE5555586059668989978283881080p 1440pAMD Radeon
Vega 56
Nvidia GTX
1070 Ti (FE)
Nvidia GeForce
RTX 2060 (FE)
AMD Radeon
Vega 64
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 (FE)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 (FE)
Far Cry 5
(Frames per second)
LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE7676778681901121121171051061071080p 1440p