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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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eVGA GTS450
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XFX & Powercolor | |
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Dial
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4
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4 |
| 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 | 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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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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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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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 | 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 | 195 | 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. nVidia also score higher in the Driftwood test, while AMD claw back some points in Ferris Wheel and Skin Tones. When all is calculated it means for the first time that we have found an nVidia board in the same price range with the latest drivers is scoring more than the AMD solution.
It is really good to see lower end cards reviewed here, the high end boards are great, but I doubt many people can afford them.
That XFX board is great. looks like a bargain to me.
This market is really so friggin sweet right now. anyone with a semi decent sized monitor, this is all they need. im not a gaming fanatic so maybe people wouldnt agree.
Nah its a good point Tom. if someone has a 1920×1200 screen, a 460GTX is all they need, unless they want crazy performance. 1080p, or 1680 then the cards on test today are great. the low end is so strong right now, it has to be killing high end cards sales.
I actually might pick one of these up for my kid brother for christmas. we are all putting a system together for him. cant believe how good the performance is for the price.
XFX and Sapphire, only cards to buy IMO
450GTS is good but I dont think its a dominating product like the 460 was. its killed 5830, and even hurt 5850’s. The 450 is a good board but the overclocked ATI cards are really going punch for punch.
I like that single slot design. the powercolor card is different but the shape looks weird.
Fantastic review, loads of detail and useful info.
wonder how long it will be for other sites to copy the return to idle concept 😉
GTS450 is a good card but I agree, it isnt dominating like the 460 is. the price is good and I like evga, this would be my choice out of the three, mainly cause I dont like catalyst.
@ Tri Color – Catalyst is great now, not a problem, I wouldnt let the drivers put you off the hardware.
@ Stefan – nah, they still suck. my buddy has a 5850 and the cat alyst 10.8 broke his HDMI scaling and every time he boots up he has to fix it. same with Cat 10.9. they are still a poor driver compared to nvidia forceware.