Sapphire R9 290X Vapor X 8GB Crossfire 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 run the test at 1080p and select EXTREME Tessellation, with 8 times Anti Aliasing. Quality is set to ULTRA.

The Sapphire R9 290X Vapor X 8GB cards hold an average of 106.5 frames per second, placing them around 21 frames behind the MSI GTX980 Gaming 4G SLi configuration. The dual Titan Z graphics cards hold an average of 144.4 frames per second with the single card holding a 100 frame per second average.

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