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Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X Video Card

Manufacturer: Sapphire
Product: 100281VXSR
Date: Tue, Nov 03, 2009 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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Unigine 'Heaven' DX11

Unigine DirectX 11 benchmark Heaven

The 'Heaven' benchmark that uses the Unigine easily shows off the full potential of DirectX 11 graphics cards. It reveals the enchanting magic of floating islands with a tiny village hidden in the cloudy skies. With the interactive mode emerging experience of exploring the intricate world is within reach. Through its advanced renderer, Unigine is one of the first to set precedence in showcasing the art assets with tessellation, bringing compelling visual finesse, utilizing the technology to the full extend and exhibiting the possibilities of enriching 3D gaming. The distinguishing feature of the benchmark is a hardware tessellation that is a scalable technology aimed for automatic subdivision of polygons into smaller and finer pieces, so that developers can gain a more detailed look of their games almost free of charge in terms of performance. Thanks to this procedure, the elaboration of the rendered image finally approaches the boundary of veridical visual perception: the virtual reality transcends conjured by your hand.

DirectX 11 benchmark Unigine engine

For this benchmark VSync was turned off and we tested with 0x AA and 4x AF to check out system performance. We also ran the benchmark at 1920x1200 and 1280x1024 to see how the benchmark ran at some different common monitor resolutions.

DirectX 11 benchmark Unigine engine
Benchmark Results: The 'Heaven' benchmark was only run on DirectX 11 cards as it is a DirectX 11 benchmark. The Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X was slightly faster than the reference Radeon HD 5870 as you can see from the chart above. The Vapor-X is only about one FPS faster, but any performance boost is welcomed.

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Review Index
Page 1 - The Sapphire 5870 Vapor-X GPU
Page 2 - The Vapor-X Cooler
Page 3 - Retail Box and Bundle
Page 4 - The Test System
Page 5 - Batman: Arkham Asylum
Page 6 - Need For Speed: Shift‎
Page 7 - Resident Evil 5
Page 8 - Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
Page 9 - FurMark 1.7.0
Page 10 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 11 - Unigine 'Heaven' DX11
Page 12 - Temperature Testing
Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 14 - Vapor-X Overclocking
Page 15 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions