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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
We use the following settings: 1920×1080 resolution. Anti Aliasing off. Anisotrophy 4, Tessellation normal. Shaders High. Stereo 3D disabled. API: Direct X 11.
We test at 1080p so that all video cards can be compared throughout our reviews. Obviously driver updates might enhance performance slightly over time, but as a rule, its a useful way for us to present the findings.
The final result of 55.2 frames per second is around 5 fps less than a GTX580 at the same settings. A strong result in Crossfire for the Asus Gene Z board.
awesome, makes the sapphire Mini ITX H67 look rather feeble IMO.
Price is very impressive for the spec. quite surprised a ROG product isnt £200+
Very nice board, as always from the ROG team……. cheaper than the last one which is always a bonus.
@ francis. they arent the same style of board, one is mini and one is micro. big difference for chassis
gene series has been class leading for a long time now, glad to see it continuing
Can you tell me if this board works well with patriot memory? I had a terrible time with the last model and my memory not working right. took me ages to find out what the problem was as a second board was not posting also…..
How carefully have you actually checked that “onboard” supreme X-Fi audio chip?
Can you point out the chip on the board, and that its from Creative Laps?
Cause the Wiki says “Supreme X-Fi” on mainboards is just software, paired with a generic audio chip from outfits like Realtec and others. If this really was just software, it would be kind of lame and obviously have no influence on signal to noise ratio or THD, since that depends on the chip used, not some sound beautifier software that eats your CPU cycles for mostly questionable improvements…
I have no found a single review on this board that checks on this, they all just seem to copy the menu point from the box into their review.