NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Review - Heaven v2.5 DX11

Update to the Heaven v2 demo, that has been an long-standing benchmark for many people. Though it's largely the same as the v2 demo, it does add a couple of new set pieces - particularly a new airship. This title is more demanding than the previous iteration, and adds a new tessellation options.

The Heaven demo continues to offer options for testing in DX9, DX10 and DX11 code paths. We have narrowed our testing to DX11, and are no longer testing the DX9 and DX10 code paths. The DX9 and DX10 were more CPU dependent and less of a test of the strength or weakness of the GPU. The DX11 truly stresses a GPU.

The GTX 670 bests the Radeon HD 7970 by 10fps at 1600x900, and 5fps at 1920x1080. In multi-monitor the GTX 670 slots in between the Radeon HD 7950 and the HD 7970.