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HQV Benchmark 2.0 is an updated version of the original tool and it consists of various video clips and test patterns which are designed to evalute motion correction, de-interlacing, decoding, noise reduction, detail enhancement and film cadence detection.
There are two versions of the program, standard definition on DVD and high definition on Bluray. As our audience will be concentrating on HD content so will we.
This has a total of 39 video tests which is increased from 23 in the original and the scoring is also up from a total of 130 to 210. As hardware and software gets more complicated, the software has been tuned to make sure we can thoroughly maximise our analysis.
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AMD HD5830
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NV GTX460
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Dial
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4
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4
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| Dial with static pattern | 5 | 5 |
| Gray Bars | 5 | 5 |
| Violin | 5 | 5 |
| Stadium 2:2 | 5 | 5 |
| Stadium 3:2 | 5 | 5 |
| Horizontal Text Scroll | 5 | 3 |
| Vertical Text Scroll | 5 | 5 |
| Transition to 3:2 Lock | 5 | 5 |
| Transition to 2:2 Lock | 0 | 5 |
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2:2:2:4 24 FPS DVCAM Video
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5 | 5 |
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2:3:3:2 24 FPS DVCam Video
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5 | 5 |
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3:2:3:2:2 24 FOS Vari-Speed
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5 | 5 |
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5:5 FPS Animation
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5 | 5 |
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6:4 12 FPS Animation
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5 | 5 |
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8:7 8 FPS Animation
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5 | 5 |
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Interlace Chroma Problem (ICP)
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5 | 5 |
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Chroma Upsampling Error (CUE)
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5 | 5 |
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Random Noise: Sailboat
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5 | 5 |
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Random Noise: Flower
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5 | 5 |
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Random Noise: Sunrise
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5 | 5 |
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Random Noise: Harbour Night
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5 | 5 |
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Scrolling Text
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5 | 3 |
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Roller Coaster
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5 | 3 |
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Ferris Wheel
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5 | 3 |
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Bridge Traffic
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5 | 3 |
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Text Pattern/ Scrolling Text
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5 | 3 |
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Roller Coaster
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5 | 3 |
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Ferris Wheel
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5 | 3 |
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Bridge Traffic
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5 | 3 |
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Luminance Frequency Bands
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5 | 5 |
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Chrominance Frequency Bands
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5 | 5 |
| Vanishing Text | 5 | 5 |
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Resolution Enhancement
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15 | 15 |
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Theme Park
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5 | 5 |
| Driftwood | 2 | 5 |
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Ferris Wheel
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5 | 3 |
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Skin Tones
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7 | 3 |
| Total | 193 | 177 |
When we released our original HQV 2.0 Analysis weeks ago we mentioned that nVidia would be starting to enhance their drivers for media settings and we are pleased to report that we documented improvements with the Vertical text scrolling aspect of the HQV analysis. The GTX 460 is equal to the GTX 480 in regards to IQ, and due to the much lower power drain and size the GTX 460 is going to be a fantastic media board. nVidia still have a way to go to catch ATI but they are already making progress with the new drivers.
performance is very good indeed.
Third time lucky, good card, seems to be almost worth the wait
Nice overclocked performance. Seems a reference card would be a good buy and then manually overclocking it to save some money,.
That evga board is really good value for money, under 200? the 5830 I never liked, and I can see why now.
Very good card from nvidia, power consumption is also impressive considering the performance.
I am quite surprised how good this card is, seems to be the top buy now under £200.
It is a tough call to make, spend a bit extra on evga superclocked to get moer performance for sure out of the box, or save some money, get the reference card and hope it overclocks as good. They all seem to overclock well, but you never know by how much until you take it home and trash it.
I think nvidia shares should go up with this one.
Ohhh, I like this card and I never thought id say that about fermi. which to this point has been a power sucking waste of space.
Yeah I agree the power consumption and noise levels are class leading. well done.
Well color me impressed with this one. Wasnt expecting such good performance and temperatures.
Its still not as good as the AMD 5850.
well of course its not as good as the HD5850, that card competes against the GTX465. its about £50 more?
Big release for nvidia, probably their biggest card release for sales in 4 years. It might save their sales in 2010. I know they are struggling.
performance figures are good, read a few reviews and it seems to be sending the HD5830 home in a coffin. its about time we see nvidia competitive again, even if its a mid range sector. the big sales are here and in the 100-150 sector.
thanks for including the HQV Benchmark 2.0 results.
Interesting results, and its good to see nvidia working on their drivers for IQ now in HQV Benchmark 2.0
fermi for the masses methinks. its a very solid product all round. Cant get over how small it is, but it still needs 2 x6 pin connectors.
Figures are good, noise is great, power drain is excellent. size is tiny. Not much to knock, even the price seems competitive.
wow, nvidia leading a price point, hell just froze over !
I like this card a lot. Might pick one up later in the month.
Have one on preorder.
Nice comeback. I’m waiting to see how AMD will respond, and find it hard to speculate on that. AMD can probably lower prices considerably if it wants, but on the other hand if Southern Islands are indeed expected in a couple of months’ time, perhaps it would just wait for that.