ASUS Strix ROG GTX 1060 6GB, Gaming With Godzilla (STRIX-GTX1060-O6G-GAMING)

Benchmarks Cont.

• Hitman
• Rise Of The Tomb Raider
• The Witcher 3

Hitman

On release players have access to the Intro Pack content – Prologue Mission, the Paris Sanguine Fashion Show, full access to Contracts Mode, Escalation Mode, elusive targets and other live content. Remaining content will be available as six releases periodically throughout 2016, starting April 2016.

As Agent 47, you perform contract hits on high-profile targets in exotic locations around the world. Future locations – in April, Sapienza Italy, track down a scientist residing in the sunny coastal town. In May, the hustle and bustle of Marrakesh, Morocco. And as the story expands you will travel to Thailand and the USA before concluding in Japan later in 2016.

We skipped 1080p on Hitman and went straight to 1440p and the ASUS Strix ROG GTX 1060 6GB performed admirably giving 54.9 FPS.

Here again at 4K we see the mainstream and lower tier cards struggling a bit but it looks to us that with a few notches adjustment to the graphical settings they would give Hitman a run for it’s money.

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Rise of the Tomb Raider is an action-adventure video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix. It is the sequel to the 2013 video game Tomb Raider, a reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise. It was released for Xbox One and Xbox 360 in November 2015 and for Microsoft Windows in January 2016. It is set to release for PlayStation 4 in the second half of 2016.

Rise of the Tomb Raider was officially announced in June 2014. The game’s storyline follows Lara Croft as she ventures into Siberia in search of the legendary city of Kitezh, whilst battling a paramilitary organization that intends on beating her to the city’s promise of immortality. Presented from a third-person perspective, the game primarily focuses on survival and combat, while the player may also explore its landscape and various optional tombs. Camilla Luddington returns to voice and perform her role as Lara.

Upon release, Rise of the Tomb Raider received positive reviews, with critics praising its graphics, gameplay and characterization. It was the best-selling Xbox One game during Christmas week, and had sold over one million copies by the end of 2015. Additional content was also released, including a new story campaign, a new gameplay mode, as well as new outfits and weapons for Lara.

Rise of the Tomb Raider at the more demanding resolution of 1440p the ASUS Strix ROG GTX 1060 6GB gave us a 53.3 FPS.

As we have been seeing the ASUS Strix ROG GTX 1060 6GB borders on playable frame rates even at 4K leaving us to think that with some adjustments to graphical settings you could get by with the ASUS GTX 1060.

The Witcher 3

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an open world action role-playing video game developed by CD Projekt RED. Announced in February 2013, it was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on 19 May 2015. The game is the third in the series, preceded by The Witcher and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, which are based on the series of fantasy novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.

Played in a third-person perspective, players control protagonist Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter known as a witcher, who sets out on a long journey through the Northern Kingdoms. In the game, players battle against the world’s many dangers using swords and magic, while interacting with non-player characters and completing side quests and main missions to progress through the story. The game was met with critical acclaim and was a financial success, selling over 6 million copies in six weeks. The game won multiple Game of the Year awards from various gaming publications, critics, and game award shows, including the Golden Joystick Awards, The Game Awards, Game Developers Choice Awards, and SXSW Gaming Awards. Two expansion packs were released for the game: Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine.

In Witcher 3 the ASUS Strix ROG GTX 1060 6GB cast it’s spell at 1080p and gave a good stir to the Calderon pulling out 57.7 FPS from the brew.

Running 1440p in The Witcher 3 the ASUS GTX 1060 hung in there and belted out 45.5 FPS showing just how good the Pascal generation of cores really is.

Pushing The Witcher 3 to max resolution at 4K the ASUS GTX 1060 still hangs close to playable PFS and the harder we push the card the more we like it.