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Unigine provides an interesting way to test hardware. It can be easily adapted to various projects due to its elaborated software design and flexible toolset. A lot of their customers claim that they have never seen such extremely-effective code, which is so easy to understand.
Heaven Benchmark is a DirectX 11 GPU benchmark based on advanced Unigine engine from Unigine Corp. It reveals the enchanting magic of floating islands with a tiny village hidden in the cloudy skies. Interactive mode provides emerging experience of exploring the intricate world of steampunk.
Efficient and well-architected framework makes Unigine highly scalable:
- Multiple API (DirectX 9 / DirectX 10 / DirectX 11 / OpenGL) render
- Cross-platform: MS Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7) / Linux
- Full support of 32bit and 64bit systems
- Multicore CPU support
- Little / big endian support (ready for game consoles)
- Powerful C++ API
- Comprehensive performance profiling system
- Flexible XML-based data structures
1080p is a standard resolution we use with the Heaven Benchmark on all graphics cards, this means all review results are comparible throughout previous months (although new drivers can slightly alter performance).
Shaders are set to high, Tessellation to normal, anistrophy to 4 and Anti Aliasing is disabled.
The HIS HD 6850 ICE Q X scores 32 frames per second, which is slightly behind the overclocked eVGA GTX460 768MB card.
Wow thats dramatic looking. Not sure I can handle the blue !
my sapphire 6870 reference can burn up to 85c in 1minute, and looks like still going up…omg
great temps, my own card hits 88c under load. (6870)
Wow that has to be the ugliest video card ive seen, ever. and it rocks. how ironic.
I enjoyed reading the testing page. I agree, none of these speakers really get it ‘all right’ its a case of finding the best sound to your personal tastes and buying a value set.
Just goes to show that most people who buy 580’s or 5970s to game on a 1080p monitor are just throwing their money away.
a new IceQ? ooooooh i want it sooooo muuuch, dammit.
glad to see that it’s still the coolest and most quite version of an ATI card. though, the difference is less noticeable than on older generations, it seems
I think it looks great. very different and the market needs it. Id like a luminous red video card from AMD with a glowing red fan.