Heaven 2.5 is regarded to be one of the most intensive Benchmarking utilities about at the moment along with the likes of 3DMark. It makes use of highly comprehensive tessellation technology, advanced SSAO (screen-space ambient occlusion) and a highly defined light algorithm to produce ever changing light conditions amongst other items.
Heaven confirms our initial surprise when the CrossFire setup breezes past the GTX 580’s single screen scores, almost surpassing 70fps at 1680×1050 in the process.
Dude nice review, but it would be nice to include minium/average fps in your charts. Also since its crossfire review include % of scaling of the cards per game, and give opinion if microstatering is present (and is it playable or not). Hope my comment will help you in future reviews.
it would be helpful if you listed the actual settings and AA used in games. default settings means nothing.
hi there,
All i can say is wow. It would be great to compare with 7950 card single version.
Plus it would be great to compare power and temperature since that is going to be affected by crossfire situation.
I would love to see how the cooling part come along since the crossfire situation forced two card close together.
thank
What drivers did you use?
this helped AMD sell me 2 of the XFX Double D Black ones… what great performance for $330… isn't another card near that price point that is beating a 580… none.
Power consumption would of been nice
cpu speed?
stock. If it was anything else, we mention it.
Very, very bad review these cards are about the same performance as the 6950 in CF.
"Expecting the pair of entry-level cards to take on a GTX 580 was not something that was forseen and to say we’re astonished is an understatement." They don't in every game you did not test… they are between the 6950 and 6970 if you test alot of games. Basically all the games and benchmarks you tested are the only ones it does great in. I own the 7970 btw and have two 7770 in media PCs'. These are not that good and in newer games they will suck bad in CF.
Having bought 2 cards based on this review and having used a 7950 and currently owning a GTX 480 I expected about the same performance just less heat noise etc. What I got was exactly as this review states great performance.
3DMark 11 6974 P score, Heaven 1796 71.3FPS I own 2 Sapphire OC editions running on a FX6100 @ 4.6Ghz Gaming res 1680×1050. These cards are very good value to the casual gamer.
R7770 was used xfx black edition or super overclocked overcloked???
Im wondering if the settings on the Unigine were maxed out or was it just the resolution that changed.
I have a pair of Asus HD 7770 cards top oc and I think they are great for the price. I run 3 monitors 2x DVI and 1x DP and it handles them fine. I can play BF3 ultru graphics with antialiasing turned down a bit but really these cards are in my oppinion one of the best u can buy for the price.
question, what driver version are you using for your crossfire setup. I have a pair of Gigabyte 7770’s that are the exact same card i’m attempting to run on my ASUS m5a97 r2.0 motherboard and the system crashes whenever install the current 13.4 catalyst suite. they both run fine on their own in either slot i’ve tested but can’t get them to work together. Any info you could provide would be appreciated.