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HIS HD7970 Crossfire Review

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell January 9, 2012 Graphics, Highlights-new

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.

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  • 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

We use the following settings: 1920×1080 resolution. Anti Aliasing off. Anisotrophy 4, Tessellation normal. Shaders High. Stereo 3D disabled. API: Direct X 11.

Crossfire performance is fantastic, outperforming the GTX580 in Sli by a clear margin. AMD have enhanced their tessellation performance significantly with the new 7000 series hardware. The last generation dual GPU AMD HD6990 puts in a good showing, averaging over 100 fps.

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10 comments

  1. Brian
    January 9, 2012 at 8:03 am

    One of these cards is expensive enough, cant believe anyone would need two of these !

  2. Rufian
    January 9, 2012 at 8:04 am

    not much of a deal to make me want HIS over anyone else. XFX card looks by far the best. surprised they beat sapphire out of the block with a modified card.

  3. Nathan G
    January 9, 2012 at 8:14 am

    What are HIS like for warranty terms in the UK? Some of these far east brands have little support in UK.

  4. Forrest
    January 9, 2012 at 9:46 am

    the problem is the UK pricing is all over the place. between £440 and £540 and most of them are reference designs. get the cheapest card I say if you want one./

  5. Kenny
    January 9, 2012 at 9:52 am

    http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-176-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

    best value card, if you dont need a company sticker on it 🙂

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