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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.
Read our initial analysis over here.
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Zotac GT430
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Sapphire HD5670 | |
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Dial
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2
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4 |
| Dial with static pattern | 5 | 5 |
| Gray Bars | 5 | 5 |
| Violin | 5 | 5 |
| Stadium 2:2 | 0 | 5 |
| Stadium 3:2 | 5 | 5 |
| Horizontal Text Scroll | 5 | 5 |
| Vertical Text Scroll | 5 | 5 |
| Transition to 3:2 Lock | 5 | 5 |
| Transition to 2:2 Lock | 5 | 0 |
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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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0 | 5 |
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Roller Coaster
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5 | 5 |
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Ferris Wheel
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5 | 5 |
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Bridge Traffic
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5 | 5 |
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Text Pattern/ Scrolling Text
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5 | 5 |
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Roller Coaster
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5 | 5 |
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Ferris Wheel
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5 | 5 |
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Bridge Traffic
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5 | 5 |
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Luminance Frequency Bands
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2 | 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 | 5 | 2 |
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Ferris Wheel
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3 | 5 |
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Skin Tones
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3 | 7 |
| Total | 180 | 193 |
These figures are close however we are finding that ATI are still having issues with the Transition to 2:2 Lock test while nVidia aren’t. We did notice however that the GT430 appears to be having a problem with the Stadium 2:2 test which had lost it 5 points compared to higher cost Fermi solutions. Luminance Frequency bands also proved an issue for the Zotac GT430 solution. When the final scores are calculated, the HD5670 comes out on top at 193 points compared to the GT 430's 180 points.
ekk, same price as a HD5670, thats a bit of a mess.
Disaster, the card doesnt seem to have much going for it, certainly not at that price.
Why not make it passively cooled and the same price as a HD5500 series card? like 40 quid.
Very highly overpriced. as a media card it seems decent as the HQV testing shows, but again the HD5670 is better. Dont think it has anything really to sell it. price needs to be 40-50 quid.
They all need to passively cooled and under £50. not sure what they are thinking. performance is very poor.
Very honest, and I like to see KG not hiding behind some silly comments. its a poor board. GTX460 seems to be the only no brainer this time around.
Well this is very open. I am a bit sick seeing 9/10s on this site, I doubt this review will make you popular with nvidia fans, but It is a tough card to recommend. I think even the 5570 si a better card. at least its passively cooled too !
I have read this and there was certainly no quarter drawn 🙂
It isn’t a poor card, power consumption is good and noise levels are decent.
My points are this and its been said before.
1: price needs to put it into the RIGHT CATEGORY! £45 inc vat
2: passively cooled, all solutions (or see point 3)
3: non passive cooled solutions need the clocks raised much higher to help with gaming.
I know people say its a ‘media card’ but come on, even people who are media fanatics, still play the odd title at 720p. this card even struggles at that, which is acceptable for 45 quid, not 65. HD5670 is a decent media gaming card, so this has to be as well, or else the price has to change. fact.
10/10 review. dig the honesty. product sucks. There are loads of cards in this price sector which deliver better performance. point proven today.
Maybe they can;t drop the price more, but this is destined to fail. loads of threads up across the net already. its only decent for encoding some files. but very few media people care less with even powerful low end CPU’s today.
Well this article is useless as it it compares against the wrong ATI graphics card…
The Nvidia GT430 is priced at about $79 (£51) and so competes with the ATI 5550 which would look much more interesting, and a Best buy rating !
bollocks.
This is the common pricing online. learn to count http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-239-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1863
JCB has been on the LSD 🙂
The whole point of this article is that the 430 SHOULD be £sub 50 but its £65-70!
Might be cheaper in america but it sure as shit aint in the UK.
Maybe if I got a flight to New York, it might work out at £50, but id need to get a flight for £3 before it would be worth my time.
All the prices today in the UK are 65 to 75 quid in the uk. ive not seen any decent makes for close to 50 quid. at 70 quid for the asus card, thats 5 less than a 1gb HD5670 ! well worth a 6 month wait for this crap.
i wait for the nexgenartion cards