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Tom Clancy HAWX is set in the same universe as Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter; as Captain Scott Mitchell, the Ghost leader, is featured in a few missions of the missions. Plot elements are carried over from other Tom Clancy games such as the missile defense system found in Tom Clancy’s EndWar. G4′s interview with H.A.W.X’s lead designer Thomas Simon reveals that the game takes place in between Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 and Tom Clancy’s EndWar.
The player begins the game in 2014 as the player assumes the role of former U.S. Air Force pilot, David Crenshaw, who is part of an elite unit called H.A.W.X (“High Altitude Warfare eXperimental squadron”), provides fire-support missions for the Ghost team carrying out covert operations in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. However, shortly after the mission, the Air Force decides to deactivate the H.A.W.X squadron and its pilots, including Crenshaw, are recruited into the PMC Artemis Global Security.
We are testing : DX 10.1 with shadows high, sun shafts high, ambient occlusion (SSAO) very high. view distance high, forest high, environment high, texture quality high, HDR on, Engine heat on and DOF on.
At 720p a single XFX HD5670 can power through the DX10 engine without problem, dropping to around 30 fps during heavy firefights with a lot of smoke on screen. Adding another card at this resolution delivers huge scaling benefits around 80%. At 1080p a single card finds it difficult to maintain smooth frame rates with 8AA enabled. Adding another card resolves this problem and ensures no compromises would need to be made with regards to image quality.
Gotta love these boards. they look just as nice as Sapphires, which is going to piss them off 🙂
Love them, im building a new media pc and I think ill send dabs a few quid tmoorrow.
The heatsink looks quite big on the back of the PCB. would that be an issue for some smaller chassis designs?
@ Jonathan – I wouldnt think it would be a problem. only thing would be on an mini itx board, if the slot was close to the cpu slot and the cpu cooler was a little wider than reference. Tough one to call for all situations, but generally, no.
Need to talk my parents into this for christmas, my old nvidia board is knackered.
Onmly downside with one of these is that in a year it will be not able to power anything. maybe you could pick another up early next year, but im not sold. I like the silent operation and media IQ performance, but for gaming , not a good move imo.
People buying this probably wont even be gaming at 1080p. that is maybe a little misleading, although I apprecaite its good testing for TV resolutions. 720p is this market, and the hardware is fine.
Also this is ideal for media HD playback. blueray, MKV etc. and you get the benefits of AMDs driver options for noise reduction etc. onboard solutions just dont cut it for this. its a better buy than the 5550 which is so weak.
no power connectors and fans. This excites me more than a 5970 :p
Once you go fanless, you never go back.
hm… looks really nice, and with the current price at 65 euro’s, it is impossible to ignore.
and will get one of these asap, as my passive 5450 is starting to die TT_TT.
also, maybe ill zip-tie an 80mm fan at (very) low rpm to keep the card a few degrees cooler, without adding to the sound
So much about these gadgets revolves around style and being
an early-adopter. It is very compact to carry and easy to operate as well.
With this mobile phone you will be able to program it to recognize your own handwriting alone.
It’s a shame you don’t have a donate button!
I’d without a doubt donate to this brilliant blog!
I suppose for now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account.
I look forward to brand new updates and will talk about this site with
my Facebook group. Chat soon!