ATI's All-In-Wonder X1900 Performance And DVD Decoding Quality
by Josh Venning on February 10, 2006 8:45 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
HQV Picture Detail Test
This test helps determine if there is any sharpening applied to the video, and if so how "clean" it is. Excessive sharpening results in a lower score than more realistic or subtle sharpening. We found that ATI seemed to apply no sharpening at all, while NVIDIA applied a good quality soft, natural sharpening.
On the plus side, sharpening is not always the best thing to do in every situation. In many cases, the creators of the DVD will have already sharpened the video to the level they wanted. In such a case, using the decoder to apply more sharpening would detract from the experience the author intended. Thus, for this test, we are happy to see that neither ATI nor NVIDIA over sharpen, and we aren't really convinced that a higher score always means better quality here. Even in this test, you can see that the difference is very subtle between NVIDIA and ATI. Look at the differences in the bridge especially.
This test helps determine if there is any sharpening applied to the video, and if so how "clean" it is. Excessive sharpening results in a lower score than more realistic or subtle sharpening. We found that ATI seemed to apply no sharpening at all, while NVIDIA applied a good quality soft, natural sharpening.
On the plus side, sharpening is not always the best thing to do in every situation. In many cases, the creators of the DVD will have already sharpened the video to the level they wanted. In such a case, using the decoder to apply more sharpening would detract from the experience the author intended. Thus, for this test, we are happy to see that neither ATI nor NVIDIA over sharpen, and we aren't really convinced that a higher score always means better quality here. Even in this test, you can see that the difference is very subtle between NVIDIA and ATI. Look at the differences in the bridge especially.
- ATI: 0
- NVIDIA: 10
- (highest score: 10)
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DeathByDuke - Friday, February 10, 2006 - link
oh yeah, you need to fix the images on the games benchmarks, they are all URL links lolWesley Fink - Friday, February 10, 2006 - link
The HTML code is now fixed and the game graphs are displaying.bigboxes - Friday, February 10, 2006 - link
I am going to be in market for such a card come this summer. This card looks to foot the bill and the price should come down by then. Very nice!