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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.
| HQV Benchmark 2.0 |
HIS HD5550 Silence
|
Bravo G220
|
|
Dial
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4
|
2
|
| Dial with static pattern | 5 | 5 |
| Gray Bars | 5 | 2 |
| Violin | 5 | 3 |
| Stadium 2:2 | 5 | 0 |
| Stadium 3:2 | 5 | 3 |
| Horizontal Text Scroll | 5 | 3 |
| Vertical Text Scroll | 5 | 5 |
| Transistion to 3:2 Lock | 5 | 0 |
| Transition to 2:2 Lock | 0 | 0 |
|
2:2:2:4 24 FPS DVCAM Video
|
5 | 0 |
|
2:3:3:2 24 FPS DVCam Video
|
5 | 0 |
|
3:2:3:2:2 24 FOS Vari-Speed
|
5 | 3 |
|
5:5 FPS Animation
|
5 | 0 |
|
6:4 12 FPS Animation
|
5 | 0 |
|
8:7 8 FPS Animation
|
5 | 0 |
|
Interlace Chroma Problem (ICP)
|
5 | 2 |
|
Chroma Upsampling Error (CUE)
|
5 | 5 |
|
Random Noise: Sailboat
|
5 | 5 |
|
Random Noise: Flower
|
5 | 5 |
|
Random Noise: Sunrise
|
5 | 5 |
|
Random Noise: Harbour Night
|
5 | 5 |
|
Scrolling Text
|
3 | 0 |
|
Roller Coaster
|
3 | 3 |
|
Ferris Wheel
|
3 | 3 |
|
Bridge Traffic
|
3 | 3 |
|
Text Pattern/ Scrolling Text
|
3 | 3 |
|
Roller Coaster
|
3 | 3 |
|
Ferris Wheel
|
3 | 3 |
|
Bridge Traffic
|
3 | 3 |
|
Luminance Frequency Bands
|
5 | 2 |
|
Chrominance Frequency Bands
|
5 | 2 |
| Vanishing Text | 5 | 5 |
|
Resolution Enhancement
|
15 | 15 |
|
Theme Park
|
5 | 5 |
| Driftwood | 2 | 5 |
|
Ferris Wheel
|
3 | 3 |
|
Skin Tones
|
7 | 3 |
| Total | 175 | 114 |
As a media card, the HD5550 is vastly superior to the G220 solution which are findings we discussed at length in our recent HQV 2.0 Benchmark analysis. We are sure that nVidia will redress this situation over the coming months with new driver revisions, however right now as it stands we simply have to recommend the HD5550 with the Catalyst 10.6 pairing.
In regards to Bluray playback performance the HIS HD5550 video card is seriously impressive, offloading a greater portion of processing to the GPU when compared with the G220 we tested previously.
thats actually very nice, I like the DDR3 option, i was amazed sapphire were still selling cards with DDR2, even if its lower end. id go for this rather than sapphire tbh.
another good review Zardon, take a break for god sake ! we will be carrying you out in a body bag !
Site seems to be going down, some pages arent loading for me.
Thanks for the review, nice read.
Excellent little board, and DDR3 which is rare on these lower end cards. like it.
very good review chaps. liked the power consumption, I must get one of these for my bedroom for media. IQ looks stellar
12w idle and under 30w gaming. lol that is fucking legendary.
Bollocks to this, review pissed me off 🙁 I bought the DDR2 model last week 🙁
Honestly man, can you please let me know now if you have a GDDR5 version being reviewed next week? I don’t want to make the same mistake as poor Francois 🙁