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heaven
About this tag
The 'heaven' tag on WindowsForum.com primarily refers to the Unigine Heaven benchmark, a DirectX 11 GPU benchmark used for testing graphics performance. Discussions cover updates like version 4.0 with GPU temperature monitoring and improved SSDO, as well as earlier versions featuring tessellation, SSAO, and dynamic sky simulation. The tag also includes a thread about Nvidia 260 series driver comparisons that likely used Heaven for testing, and a music video post for 'Tears in Heaven.' Overall, the tag is focused on benchmarking graphics hardware and software, particularly with Unigine Heaven.
Unigine have updated their DX11 benchmark to version 4.00:
Changes in version 4.0
Benchmarking presets for convenient comparison of results
GPU temperature and clock monitoring
Drastic improvement of SSDO
Stars at nighttime
Improvement of lens flares
New, improved version of UNIGINE Engine...
Thanks to Nvidia and AMD we have a pretty constant flow of new graphics cards to ponder on, but when no hardware is released then the attention turns to software, more specifically drivers which bring more features, capabilities and performance improvements to sweeten up the cards already on...
Overview
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.
Features
Support of DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11 and OpenGL
Comprehensive use...
Unigine has released the first DirectX 11 benchmark Link Removed. The benchmark provides native support for OpenGL, DirectX 9, 10 and 11, and is available for free download.
"Heaven" benchmark excels at providing the following key features:
Native support of OpenGL, DirectX 9, DirectX 10...