UNIGINE’s Heaven Benchmark Releases Version 4.0 And Extended Editions

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Heaven Benchmark 4.0

Feb 14, 2013– Tomsk, Russia  (Techreleased) – UNIGINE Corp. has released a new, enhanced version 4.0 of Heaven Benchmark, the GPU intensive benchmark that gained massive popularity among overclockers and hardware manufacturers for hammering their graphics cards to the limits. This powerful tool can be effectively used to determine the stability of a GPU under extremely stressful conditions, as well as check the cooling system’s potential under maximum heat output. It provides completely unbiased results and generates true in-game rendering workloads across all platforms, such as Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

Heaven Benchmark immerses a user into a magical steampunk world of shiny brass, wood and gears. Nested on flying islands, a tiny village with its cozy, sun-heated cobblestone streets, an elaborately crafted dirigible above the expanse of fluffy clouds, and a majestic dragon on the central square gives a true sense of adventure. An interactive experience with fly-by and walk-through modes allows for exploring all corners of this world powered by the cutting-edge UNIGINE Engine that leverages the most advanced capabilities of graphics APIs and turns this benchmark into a visual masterpiece.

Key Features

• Extreme hardware stability testing
• Accurate results due to 100% GPU-bound benchmarking
• Support for DirectX 9, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.0
• Multi-platform support for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X
• Comprehensive use of hardware tessellation, with adjustable settings
• Cinematic and interactive fly/walk-through camera modes
• Dynamic sky with volumetric clouds and tweakable day-night cycle
• Real-time global illumination and screen-space ambient occlusion
• Support for multi-monitor configurations and different stereo 3D modes

What’s New in Heaven 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 under the hood
• Detection of multiple GPUs
• Anti-aliasing support on Mac OS X
• Enhancement of automation scripts in Pro version
• New Advanced edition (see details below)
• Russian and Chinese localization

Editions of Heaven Benchmark 4.0

Heaven Benchmark comes in three editions: Basic (available for free), Advanced and Pro, each aimed to meet the needs of different users.

Advanced Edition

The Advanced Edition is intended for personal use by overclocking enthusiasts, as well as for hardware reviewers. It allows for robust stability testing of overclocked systems, one-click batch testing, and thorough reports output into a convenient format.

The Advanced Edition exclusive features include:

• Command line automation for full control over run tests
• Stress testing mode (benchmark looping)
• Highly customizable reports in CSV format

The Heaven Benchmark Advanced Edition is available for purchase in the official UNIGINE online store.

Professional Edition

The Professional Edition is a reliable and highly customizable tool of choice for hardware vendors and OEM companies that seek to test their products. As the benchmark uses an extended, full-fledged set of graphics features, it is excellent for debugging new video drivers and graphics cards by hardware manufacturers and software developers.

The Professional Edition exclusive features include:

• Licensed for commercial use (for one PC, site licensing option is available on request)
• Command line automation for full control over run tests
• Stress testing mode (benchmark looping)
• Highly customizable reports in CSV format
• Rendering of a specified frame
• Software rendering mode in DirectX 11 for reference purposes
• Technical support

The Heaven Benchmark Pro Edition is available for purchase in the official UNIGINE online store.