Dawn of War III (DX11)

After more than 8 years, a Dawn of War game finally returns to our benchmark suite, adding a pure DX11 RTS to our lineup. With Dawn of War III, Relic offers a demanding RTS with a built-in benchmark; while we used the benchmark scene for consistency, we used OCAT to collect the performance data instead. Ultra settings were used without alterations.

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The GTX 1070 Ti loses out to Vega 56 at higher resolutions, but overtakes at the more CPU-bound 1080p. Despite being unable to match the Vega 56 at 2K and 4K, it does improve on the GTX 1070 FE.

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  • moxin - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link

    Still think it's a bit expensive
  • Spunjji - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link

    Agreed. This should be 1070 price, 1070 down to the 970's original MSRP... Anything less is gouging.
  • Yojimbo - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link

    I think it should cost $20.
  • edlee - Friday, January 12, 2018 - link

    This mining rush might kill the pc gaming industry, when a gamer cannot find a single high performance card at msrp prices, they will just flock to the xbox one x or ps4 pro, this is outrageous.
  • Ryan Smith - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link

    Hey everyone, please watch your language. (not you specifically, Spunjji, I removed a comment below you)
  • CiccioB - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link

    I think that any comment whining about prices should be removed ASAP.
  • Ratman6161 - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link

    I'm not a gamer so I'm more wide eyed at a the idea of a video card that draws 80 watts at idle and over 300 under load...more than my whole system under load. And upwards of $500? Wow. I guess I'm sort of glad I'm not a gamer. :)
  • DanNeely - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link

    Those are total system numbers, not the card itself.
  • CaedenV - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link

    The card by itself idles at ~20W and load at ~250W

    Still quite a bit compared to a small desktop or a laptop though lol
  • BrokenCrayons - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link

    Yup, those power numbers are terrible. The desire for improvement in visual quality and competition between the two remaining dGPU manufactures has certainly done us no favors when it comes to electrical consumption and waste heat generation in modern PCs. Sadly, people often forget that good graphics don't automatically imply tons of fun will be had at the keyboard and they consequently create demand that causes a positive feedback loop that make 200+ watt TDP GPUs viable products. I remember the many hours I killed playing games on my Palm IIIxe and it needed a new pair of AAA batteries once every 3 or so weeks. Not everyone feels that way though and for an obviously large number of consumer buyers, graphics and resolution mean the world to them no matter the price of entry or the power consumption.

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