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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
| XFX HD6870 |
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Dial
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4 |
| Dial with static pattern | 5 |
| Gray Bars | 5 |
| Violin | 5 |
| Stadium 2:2 | 5 |
| Stadium 3:2 | 5 |
| Horizontal Text Scroll | 5 |
| Vertical Text Scroll | 5 |
| Transition to 3:2 Lock | 5 |
| Transition to 2:2 Lock | 0 |
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2:2:2:4 24 FPS DVCAM Video
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5 |
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2:3:3:2 24 FPS DVCam Video
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5 |
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3:2:3:2:2 24 FOS Vari-Speed
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5 |
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5:5 FPS Animation
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5 |
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6:4 12 FPS Animation
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5 |
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8:7 8 FPS Animation
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5 |
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Interlace Chroma Problem (ICP)
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5 |
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Chroma Upsampling Error (CUE)
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5 |
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Random Noise: Sailboat
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5 |
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Random Noise: Flower
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5 |
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Random Noise: Sunrise
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5 |
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Random Noise: Harbour Night
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5 |
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Scrolling Text
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5 |
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Roller Coaster
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5 |
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Ferris Wheel
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5 |
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Bridge Traffic
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5 |
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Text Pattern/ Scrolling Text
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5 |
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Roller Coaster
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5 |
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Ferris Wheel
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5 |
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Bridge Traffic
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5 |
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Luminance Frequency Bands
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5 |
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Chrominance Frequency Bands
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5 |
| Vanishing Text | 5 |
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Resolution Enhancement
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15 |
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Theme Park
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5 |
| Driftwood | 5 |
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Ferris Wheel
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5 |
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Skin Tones
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7 |
| Total | 196 |
196 points is pretty much in line with other AMD based hardware with the latest drivers. A very strong result.
Wow, that might be a ugly looking board, but great performance ! ill direct my friend to this link he was on about a new mobo and system before christmas
Great bargain. I have read an analysis before on x4 and it doesnt really make much difference for a second slot card. maybe 5% lower performance.
It is a bit stripped down, but in the right places. such as not having 12 sata ports etc. who the hell needs all that anyway.
Shame about the x4 secondary port, but ive looked at the 3dmark results and they seem pretty much on par with 2x x16 slots… very good quality board. I like gigabyte anyway.
They are selling well, most places are sold out. companies need to release more sub £100 b oards like this, huge audience.
Look at the results for instance. a 2500k and a board like this with cheap ass memory, performs well, and for gaming a 970/980/990x is a total waste of time.
proved many times. nice article
Gigabyte have good bios recovery systems, always found it with my older P67 board. I moved to asus Z68 and it sometimes craps out. has surprised me to be honest as I know they get the best name overall. ill move back to gigabyte in the next cycle.
We sell 10 of these a week. excellent product. Never used one in Crossfire, so this is a good resource.
I got one two weeks ago, but they are hard to find now in stock
Ebay sellers have them
Bought it, this week and am very happy. great review thanks.
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Hello Zardon, thank you for the very informative review but I just wanted to ask.
How did you overclock the Z68AP-D3 without an option to change the Vcore? Which setting do I change to change my Vcore? Right now I have a 2600k and I’m hoping to go at least 4.2Ghz. I’d be really grateful if you’d email or post the solution here.
The maximum selectable multiplier for me with this board is 41x. Is this a limitation of revision 1.0?