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ASUS GeForce GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP Video Card Review

Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: ASUS GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP ENGTX560 DCII TOP/2DI/1GD5
Date: Thu, Aug 25, 2011 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Bill Hentschell -
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Just Cause 2

ASUS GTX 560 DirectCUASUS GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP Just Cause 2 Screenshot II TOP Just Cause 2 Benchmark

Just Cause 2 is an open world action-adventure video game. It was released in North America on March 23, 2010, by Swedish developer Avalanche Studios and Eidos Interactive published by Square Enix.  Just Cause 2 employs a new version of the Avalanche Engine, Avalanche Engine 2.0, which is an updated version of the engine used in Just Cause The game will be set on the other side of the world, compared to Just Cause, which is on the fictional tropical island of Panau in Southeast Asia. Rico Rodriguez will return as the protagonist, aiming to overthrow the evil dictator Pandak "Baby" Panay and confront his former boss, Tom Sheldon. 

They released a benchmark component of Just Cause 2 that is basically a 2 minute fly through of the demo level that records your average FPS which is great because it is perfectly repeatable. You can see that we maxed out the eye candy with 4x AA, 16x AF, and SSAO to high.

NVIDIA GTX 560 Reference Card:

NVIDIA GTX 560 Just Cause 2 Benchmark

ASUS GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP:

ASUS GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP Just Cause 2 Benchmark

The overclock that ASUS puts on this card makes it very playable even at the large 2560 x 1600 resolution. 

Just Cause Benchmark Graph

Benchmark Results: ASUS GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP was 23% and 22% faster than the reference design.


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Review Index
Page 1 - The ASUS GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP
Page 2 - A Closer Look At The ENGTX560
Page 3 - Retail Box and Bundle
Page 4 - The Test System
Page 5 - Aliens vs. Predator
Page 6 - Just Cause 2
Page 7 - Metro 2033
Page 8 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Page 9 - H.A.W.X. 2 Benchmark
Page 10 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 11 - 3DMark 11
Page 12 - FurMark 1.8.5 & 1.9.1
Page 13 - Temperature Testing
Page 14 - Power Consumption
Page 15 - Overclocking theASUS GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP
Page 16 - Final Thoughts & Conclusions