Company of Heroes 2 PC Technical Review







Company: Sega

Author: Sean Ridgeley

Editor: Sean Ridgeley

Date: June 28th, 2013

Introduction, test setup, requirements

Company of Heroes 2 (COH2) is the newly-released sequel to 2006's Company of Heroes, lauded as one of the greatest RTS games of all time. As with that one, COH2 runs on the Essence Engine, but the new 3.0 version, which supports DirectX 11 as well as DirectX 9, dynamic weather (thanks to ColdTech), destructible environments, and more.

If you're curious to see how the game looks, performs, and stacks up in terms of PC features, read on for a light technical analysis.

Test Setup

Processor: Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz (Stock)

Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB DDR3-1600 (1333 mhZ)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 3.5" 7200RPM / OCZ Agility 3 6Gb/s (Cache)

Video Card: EVGA Geforce GTX 680 2GB (Stock)

Driver: 320.49

Resolution: 1920x1080

Input: Logitech G400 mouse @ 1900dpi, Leopold Tenkeyless Linear Touch Mechanical Keyboard

System Requirements