Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
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One of the highest-rated games of 2014, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is an excellent open-world adventure and uses the LithTech Jupiter EX to deliver eye-catching visuals. Putting the strain on these mid-to-high-end cards, we test with Ultra quality settings at FHD and QHD, and notch things down to Very High quality for 4K UHD.
It's the GTX 960 that's under the microscope, but is it worth looking higher up the GPU hierarchy and considering the R9 290 or GTX 970? Depends on your budget and the games that you play. Memory-intensive titles, such as Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, run much better on high-end hardware.
