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Heaven DX11 Benchmark Pro

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Heaven DX11 Benchmark Pro - System & Performance

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The Heaven DX11 Benchmark Pro ($495 direct), by Unigine, is a software package that benchmarks video hardware performance on PC systems. It supports both Nvidia's Scalable Link Interface (SLI) and AMD's CrossFireX technologies, and can render with Microsoft's DirectX 9 (DX9), DX10, and DX11 platforms, as well as OpenGL 4.0.

Heaven makes extensive use of tessellation (and can be configured to use three different levels of it in benchmark runs), advanced ambient occlusion, and dynamic global illumination. Four 3D modes are supported as well: 3D vision, anaglyph, iZ3D, and separate images.

The Pro version of Heaven introduces command line automation, can report results in CSV format, features a looping mode for purposes of stress testing, and includes technical support.

Heaven DX11 Benchmark Pro requires a system running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7; any 32- or 64-bit processor; 300MB of hard drive space; and an ATI Radeon HD 2000 or Nvidia GeForce 7000-series video card or better with at least 512MB of video memory. (Testing tessellation requires Windows Vista or Windows 7 and a card that support DX11.)

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Matthew Murray

Matthew Murray

Managing Editor, Hardware

Matthew Murray got his humble start leading a technology-sensitive life in elementary school, where he struggled to satisfy his ravenous hunger for computers, computer games, and writing book reports in Integer BASIC. He earned his B.A. in Dramatic Writing at Western Washington University, where he also minored in Web design and German. He has been building computers for himself and others for more than 20 years, and he spent several years working in IT and helpdesk capacities before escaping into the far more exciting world of journalism. Currently the managing editor of Hardware for PCMag, Matthew has fulfilled a number of other positions at Ziff Davis, including lead analyst of components and DIY on the Hardware team, senior editor on both the Consumer Electronics and Software teams, the managing editor of ExtremeTech.com, and, most recently the managing editor of Digital Editions and the monthly PC Magazine Digital Edition publication. Before joining Ziff Davis, Matthew served as senior editor at Computer Shopper, where he covered desktops, software, components, and system building; as senior editor at Stage Directions, a monthly technical theater trade publication; and as associate editor at TheaterMania.com, where he contributed to and helped edit The TheaterMania Guide to Musical Theater Cast Recordings. Other books he has edited include Jill Duffy's Get Organized: How to Clean Up Your Messy Digital Life for Ziff Davis and Kevin T. Rush's novel The Lance and the Veil. In his copious free time, Matthew is also the chief New York theater critic for TalkinBroadway.com, one of the best-known and most popular websites covering the New York theater scene, and is a member of the Theatre World Awards board for honoring outstanding stage debuts.

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