StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a very popular DirectX 9 game that was released in 2010. Though this game uses an old version of DirectX, the number of textures that can be represented on one screen can push most of the top-end graphics cards to their limits (especially when the graphics settings are set at “ultra”). StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty uses its own physics engine that is bound to the CPU and thus does not benefit from PhysX.
We tested this game at 1680×1050, 1920×1200, and 2560×1600. The quality of the game was set to the “extreme” preset. We then used FRAPS to collect the frame rate of a replay on the “Unit Testing” custom map. We used a battle between very large armies to stress the video cards.
NZXT Sentry 2 is a fan controller with five temperature sensors and five fan channels, using only one 5 1/4″ bay. Let’s see thether it is a good gadget or not.
The new Signature Series from Antec is a premium power supply line. But what does exactly “Premium” mean besides a higher price? Can it really deliver 650 W? Let’s see.