Sapphire HD7870 W/ Boost (Tahiti LE) Review

1. Introduction2. Sapphire HD7870 Tahiti LE3. Sapphire HD7870 Tahiti LE (Super High Res Gallery)4. Testing Methodology and Overclocking5. Synthetic: Unigine Heaven Benchmark6. Synthetic: 3DMark Vantage7. Synthetic: 3DMark 118. Gaming: Alien V Predator (DX11)9. Gaming: Total War Shogun 2 (DX11)10. Gaming: Far Cry 2 (DX 10)11. Gaming: Far Cry 3 (DX11)12. Gaming: Dirt Showdown (DX11)13. Gaming: Sleeping Dogs (DX11)14. Gaming: Max Payne 3 (DX11)15. Technical: Thermal Dynamics16. Technical: Acoustics Performance17. Technical: Power Consumption18. Closing Thoughts19. View All Pages

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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