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Total War: Shogun 2 is a game that creates a unique gameplay experience by combining both real-time and turn-based strategy. The game is set in 16th-century feudal Japan and gives the player control of a warlord battling various rival factions. Total War: Shogun 2 is the first in the series to feature DX11 technologies to enhance the look of the game, but with massive on-screen battles it can stress even the highest-end graphics cards.
The GTX 690 easily tore through this DX11 game at 1080p. Other than the HD 6990, none of the graphics cards in our charts reached above 100FPS, so the fact the GTX 690 hit the high hundreds is impressive.
The performance during our Surround testing was equally impressive. At both the stock and overclocked settings, the GTX 690 was able to run Total War above 50FPS, meaning there is going to be no stuttering while playing this game across three displays.
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Seems too good to be true TBH... I expect Nvidia to have put a catch in somewhere, such as a massive price. How it manages to stay that cool though, even on referecne design which means that when companies start to experiment with cooler layouts, the drop in temp will be even more impressive. Power requirements are too bad either. $1000 is £618, but since that is only about 150 more than what a 680 costs, that is where it seems to good to be true. With it being Britain I'd expect to see another £100-£200 to be added to that.
That LED, whilst having no added functionality to it, makes it look awesome.
EDIT:
As I expected. £809.99, puts it at $1300.
to be honest, id rather dual 680s. if the 690 is priced at 1000, then two 500 dollar 680s would be better.
and nvidia and their aa... gotta love em.
im excited to see txaa in person, since screenshots dont often do justice (fxaa looks good in zoomed-in pictures, but when you play the game itself w/ fxaa its all blurry