Asus Ares II review

February 12, 2013 | 07:58

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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Publisher: Namco Bandai

From our The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings review:

'The Witcher 2 is one of the most exciting and involving RPGs we’ve seen in a long, long time. It forms a logical competitor to more action-orientated titles, such as Mass Effect, and succeeds where previous pretenders, such as Dragon Age 2, have failed. Those who can bear the QTEs and practice finding hotspots, who take the time to immerse themselves in the world and understand the characters will find an experience that’ll be tough to beat - not just for future RPGs, but all future titles.'

The Witcher 2 is a new addition to our graphics testing suite - despite only being a DirectX 9 game, it still demands a lot from modern GPUs, and is hence a worthy choice for separating the boys from the men when it comes to graphical prowess.

With ubersampling enabled, the game proved to be too intensive for even high end GPUs, and we have therefore chosen to leave it disabled for the time being, in order to leave us with comparable results. Other than this, we set the game to its 'max' settings and perform a manual play through in the town of Flotsam, whereby we walk for sixty seconds, following Geralt's companions through the town along the same route each time.

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The Witcher 2

2,560 x 1,600 4xAA, max detail, Ubersampling disabled, DirectX 9

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 4GB
  • Asus Ares II
  • Asus Ares II x 2 (CrossFire)
  • Club 3D Radeon HD 7990 6GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB GHz Edition
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB with Boost
  • AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
  • EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB SSC
  • AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7750 1GB
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