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Sapphire R9 270X Toxic Edition OC 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

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We use the settings shown above at 1920×1080.
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These are very strong results for the Sapphire solution, averaging almost 60 frames per second at 1080p. The eVGA GTX760 SC claims top spot in our performance chart, almost 6 frames per second ahead.

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3 comments

  1. These do look a little like Zotac cards, but they have excellent coolers. my friend bought the 280X toxic edition after reading the review here and its impressive. good cards and a long establisted name.

  2. same price as the HD7870 Tahiti LE I bought a few months ago – bit pissed off about that 🙂

  3. wow, nice review. maybe i should buy this card 🙂