Digital Storm Bolt II: Devil’s Canyon Inside

Name: Digital Storm Bolt II: Devil’s Canyon Inside
Brand: Digital

by Joshua Gulick — Tuesday, October 14, 2014, 12:00 PM EDT

A sequel to Metro 2033, the dark and spooky first person shooter (FPS) Metro Last Light continues the journey of Artyom. Armed to the teeth, you fight your way through monsters and hostile commandos as you search for the Dark One. Metro Last Light has some unusual gameplay features, including a health system in which you heal slowly, rather than using the typical med kit. And, because good bullets are hard to make, Metro denizens use bullets as currency. We use the Very High quality settings when running this game’s benchmark.

Metro Last Light

DirectX 11 Gaming Performance

The Digital Storm Bolt II landed right where we expected it to in Metro: Last Light. It provided similar frame rates to the Hot Hardware test GTX 780 Ti system and pulled ahead of it at 1920x 1200. Getting decent frame rates at 4k resolutions is difficult, and the Bolt II struggled as much as the other systems we’ve tested, but no less.

Tags: Intel, core i7, Asus, Valve, Digital Storm, 4k, Devil's Canyon

Joshua Gulick

Josh cut his teeth (and hands) on his first PC upgrade in 2000 and was instantly hooked on all things tech. He took a degree in English and tech writing with him to Computer Power User Magazine and spent years reviewing high-end workstations and gaming systems, processors, motherboards, memory and video cards. His enthusiasm for PC hardware also made him a natural fit for covering the burgeoning modding community, and he wrote CPU’s “Mad Reader Mod” cover stories from the series’ inception until becoming the publication editor for Smart Computing Magazine. A few years ago, he returned to his first love, reviewing smoking-hot PCs and components, for HotHardware. When he’s not agonizing over benchmark scores, Josh is either running (very slowly) or spending time with family.