Middle-earth: Shadow of War (DX11)

Next up is Middle-earth: Shadow of War, the sequel to Shadow of Mordor. Developed by Monolith, whose last hit was arguably F.E.A.R., Shadow of Mordor returned them to the spotlight with an innovative NPC rival generation and interaction system called the Nemesis System, along with a storyline based on J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, and making it work on a highly modified engine that originally powered F.E.A.R. in 2005.

Using the new LithTech Firebird engine, Shadow of War improves on the detail and complexity, and with free add-on high resolution texture packs, offers itself as a good example of getting the most graphics out of an engine that may not be bleeding edge. The built-in Ultra, High, and Medium presets were used without modifications. Shadow of War also supports HDR (HDR10).

Shadow of War - 1920x1080 - Ultra Quality

Shadow of War - 1920x1080 - High Quality

Shadow of War - 1920x1080 - Medium Quality

The GTX 1650 returns to its spot in between the GTX 1050 Ti and GTX 1060 3GB, and given Shadow of War's video memory preferences, with 4GB of VRAM the card avoids any potential issues with inadequate framebuffer.

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  • Haawser - Thursday, May 9, 2019 - link

    No they can't. The higher tier RTX cards are not selling well because they're too expensive, and so is the 1650. You're some kind of delusional if you think Nvidia can charge whatever they want.
  • ballsystemlord - Thursday, May 9, 2019 - link

    Spelling and grammar corrections (Only 2, good work):

    "This is where a lot of NVIDIA's previously touted "25% bitrate savings" for Turing come from."
    Should be "comes":
    "This is where a lot of NVIDIA's previously touted "25% bitrate savings" for Turing comes from."

    "Though the greater cooling requirements for a higher power card does means forgoing the small form factor."
    Extra s:
    "Though the greater cooling requirements for a higher power card does mean forgoing the small form factor."
  • pcgpus - Saturday, October 5, 2019 - link

    interesting review, but GTX1650 is too exepnsive according to RX570 (and RX has better performance).

    If you want to watch more results check this link (results from few services in 3 resolutions and 21 games):

    https://warmbit.blogspot.com/2019/10/gtx1650-vs-gt...

    To translate just use Google translate from right side of site.
  • GoSolarQuotes - Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - link

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  • Rockfella.Killswitch - Tuesday, October 27, 2020 - link

    I purchased the Zotac 1650 OC for Rs. 12920 (USD 175.39) and later found out the 1650 super is 30% faster than 1650 and the a measly 3/4% slower than the 1660! Returned and got the 1650 Super Zotac.
  • Rockfella.Killswitch - Tuesday, October 27, 2020 - link

    I purchased the Zotac 1650 OC for Rs. 12920 (USD 175.39) and later found out the 1650 super is 30% faster than 1650 and the a measly 3/4% slower than the 1660! Returned and got the 1650 Super Zotac for 192.75 USD (14199 INR)

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