TROPICS
Extreme performance and stability test for PC hardware: video card, power supply, cooling system. Check your rig in stock and overclocking modes with real-life load! Also includes interactive experience in a beautiful, detailed environment.
Key features
Visuals powered by UNIGINE 1 Engine
Support of DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11 and OpenGL
Dynamic sky with light scattering
Dynamic water with a surf zone and caustics
HDR rendering
Real-time ambient occlusion
Up to 2M polygons per frame
Interactive experience with fly-through mode
Stereo 3D modes: Anaglyph, Separate images, 3D Vision, iZ3D
Overview
The benchmark depicts tropical paradise: waves of the infinite ocean leisurely rolls over the sun-splashed shores of lagoon islands. The sunset paints straw huts with warm colors while the mild breeze gently stirs the coconut palm leaves. Hovering high in the tranquil sky the gulls are watching crabs crawling on the velvety sand among the abandoned boats.
Original version was released in 2008, the 1.3 update was out in 2010.
System requirements
Hardware
GPU:
ATI Radeon HD 2xxx and higher
NVIDIA GeForce 7xxx and higher
Video memory: 256 MB
Disk space: 128 MB
Operating system
MS Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8
Linux (proprietary video drivers required)