{"id":42179,"date":"2014-05-27T16:03:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T15:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=42179"},"modified":"2014-06-13T05:20:39","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T04:20:39","slug":"watch_dogs-pc-geforce-performance-evaluation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/watch_dogs-pc-geforce-performance-evaluation\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch_Dogs PC GeForce performance evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watch_Dogs<\/em> is probably the most hyped new game of the year.\u00a0 Destructoid called it one of the \u201cmost wanted games of 2014″,\u00a0 CNET said it was \u201cone of the most anticipated games in recent memory\u201d, and MTV said it\u2019s one of the \u201cCan\u2019t-Miss Video Games of 2014″ – before anyone has even played it.\u00a0 Well, we have been playing Watch_Dogs<\/em> since Saturday morning, and it definitely lives up to the hype! \u00a0 The game is so engrossing and so fun that this editor is very late with the full review, having played far longer than originally intended.\u00a0 Even though we are barely over ten hours into the main campaign, it is in the solid “8 plus”<\/em> category.<\/p>\n

\"Watch_Dogs-ac\"It seems that UbiSoft has taken the very best elements of the Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag<\/em> gameplay and mechanics, and tossed out the boring bits and what doesn’t work.\u00a0 The result is a fast-paced huge open world game with a great story, superb voice acting, awesome music, and car chases to delight the most jaded gamers.\u00a0 Everything comes together – including multiplayer and singleplayer – and it just works!<\/p>\n

However, we will give you the full review of the game later this week which will also include more detailed performance analysis and IQ (image quality) comparison between, FXAA, temporal SMAA, 4xMSAA, and 2xTXAA.\u00a0 This short performance evaluation will focus on GeForce cards as AMD has promised a new driver today which is supposed to increase performance significantly over the current driver set, and we will update this evaluation.<\/p>\n

We are going to test the GTX 780 Ti\/GTX 770\/GTX 760\/GTX 680 and GTX 680 SLI (GTX 690).\u00a0 You will note that the 2GB cards are unable to run Ultra Textures without significant issues, and they default to High.<\/p>\n

ABT has been hosting Nvidia’s Watch_Dogs<\/em> banners for the past month.\u00a0 To qualify for a free digital copy of Watch_Dogs<\/em>, you will need to buy one of the following GeForce cards: GTX TITAN, 780 Ti, 780, 770, 760, 690, 680, 670, 660 Ti or 660\u2013powered graphics cards.\u00a0 Nvidia believes that the best gaming experience is on GeForce since Watch_Dogs<\/em> features Nvidia’s GameWorks, and especially TXAA and HBAO+ technology for a highly interactive and immersive experience.<\/p>\n

\"Watch_Dogs-smartphone\"<\/a>In Watch_Dogs<\/em>, all major cities are networked, monitored and controlled by complex operating systems called the Central Operating System (ctOS) which controls Chicago\u2019s technology and holds information on all of the city\u2019s residents.<\/p>\n

You play as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker and thug who is on the hunt for those who hurt his family. You will be able to monitor, hack and manipulate everything connected to the ctOS network.\u00a0 As Aiden, you can access and control security cameras, download personal information about your targets, control traffic lights and public transportation, cause blackouts, and far more.<\/p>\n

It may sound a bit complex, but the game presents it to the player without handholding, and the player is naturally drawn into the Watch_Dogs<\/em>‘ dark underworld of hackers.\u00a0 Best of all, the game is fun,<\/em> and especially the car chases bring some genuine laugh out loud moments.\u00a0\u00a0 However, we will cover the story in the full review, later on this week.<\/p>\n

Let’s first look at our hardware and software testbed:<\/p>\n

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Test Configuration \u2013 Hardware<\/h2>\n