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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Video Card Review

Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Product: GeForce GTX 680
Date: Wed, Mar 21, 2012 - 08:00 AM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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H.A.W.X. 2

Tom Clancy's HAWX 2

Aerial warfare has evolved. So have you. As a member of the ultra-secret H.A.W.X. 2 squadron, you are one of the chosen few, one of the truly elite. You will use finely honed reflexes, bleeding-edge technology and ultra-sophisticated aircraft - their existence denied by many governments - to dominate the skies. You will do so by mastering every nuance of the world's finest combat aircraft. You will slip into enemy territory undetected, deliver a crippling blow and escape before he can summon a response. You will use your superior technology to decimate the enemy from afar, then draw him in close for a pulse-pounding dogfight. And you will use your steel nerve to successfully execute night raids, aerial refueling and more. You will do all this with professionalism, skill and consummate lethality. Because you are a member of H.A.W.X. 2 and you are one of the finest military aviators the world has ever known. H.A.W.X. 2 was released on November 16, 2010 for PC gamers.

Tom Clancy's HAWX 2

We ran the benchmark in DX11 mode with the image quality settings cranked up as you can see above.

Tom Clancy's HAWX 2

The H.A.W.X. 2 PC game title runs on what looks like seven threads as you can see from the task manager shot seen above that was taken on the test system running the Intel Core i7-3960X processor.

Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 Benchmark Results

Benchmark Results: The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 performed slower than the overclocked GeForce GTX 580 cards that we tested, which is strange.

Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 Benchmark Results

Benchmark Results: The factory overclocked MSI R7970 Lighting was able to perform better than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 at a resolution of 2560x1600, but fell behind on the lower resolutions.

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Review Index
Page 1 - Good Riddance Fermi and Hello Kepler!
Page 2 - NVIDIA GPU Boost, Adaptive VSync & TXAA
Page 3 - A Closer Look At The GeForce GTX 680
Page 4 - Taking The GeForce GTX 680 Apart
Page 5 - The Test System
Page 6 - Batman: Arkham City
Page 7 - Battlefield 3
Page 8 - Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Page 9 - DiRT 3
Page 10 - H.A.W.X. 2
Page 11 - Just Cause 2
Page 12 - Metro 2033
Page 13 - 3DMark 11
Page 14 - Unigine Heaven 3.0
Page 15 - Folding & LuxMark v2.0
Page 16 - Power Consumption
Page 17 - Temperature & Noise Testing
Page 18 - Overclocking The GeForce GTX 680
Page 19 - GeForce GTX680 Overclocked Benchmarks
Page 20 - Final Thoughts & Conclusions