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Sapphire HD7870 W/ Boost (Tahiti LE) Review

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

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

The overclocked HIS HD7950 IceQ leads this test by around 4 frames per second. The GTX660 OC averages 69 frames per second. The Sapphire HD7870 Tahiti LE averages almost 76 frames per second, which is an incredible result for a £190 solution.

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4 comments

  1. nice looking card and as review says, good price point.

  2. Tahiti LE rocks. I want to upgrade my HD7770 to one of these in the next month.

  3. The power of a Kitguru review, OCUK sold out today 🙁

  4. When u run HWinfo software, it will show this GC is HD7890 Tahiti LE. 🙂