ATI's All-In-Wonder X1900 Performance And DVD Decoding Quality
by Josh Venning on February 10, 2006 8:45 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
HQV Film Cadence Test
This section contains a series of 8 tests with different cadences to see how well the processor handles each cadence. While 3:2 is the most popular cadence (used for movies), other cadences like 2:2 or 5:5 might be necessary for viewing home videos or animation. Jagged edges and moire in the newspaper and coffee cups indicate poor decoding.
ATI managed to pass all of the cadence tests and score a perfect 40 points. NVIDIA however failed all of the tests except for two: 3:2, and 3:2:3:2:2. Granted, 3:2 is probably the most important cadence (24fps film requires this cadence), so it's good that NVIDIA manages to pass this test, but this is one area that ATI does decidedly better. There are quite a few tests for this section, and all the images look pretty much the same. As such, we decided to show only one case that represented most what we see (2224). The key difference is in the ring around one of the coffee cups. Take a look at how smooth and solid it looks on ATI hardware. There is s slight smudge in the ring on NVIDIA's screenshot. The difference is actually pretty subtle and hard to see in motion if you don't know what you are looking for, but there it is.
This section contains a series of 8 tests with different cadences to see how well the processor handles each cadence. While 3:2 is the most popular cadence (used for movies), other cadences like 2:2 or 5:5 might be necessary for viewing home videos or animation. Jagged edges and moire in the newspaper and coffee cups indicate poor decoding.
ATI managed to pass all of the cadence tests and score a perfect 40 points. NVIDIA however failed all of the tests except for two: 3:2, and 3:2:3:2:2. Granted, 3:2 is probably the most important cadence (24fps film requires this cadence), so it's good that NVIDIA manages to pass this test, but this is one area that ATI does decidedly better. There are quite a few tests for this section, and all the images look pretty much the same. As such, we decided to show only one case that represented most what we see (2224). The key difference is in the ring around one of the coffee cups. Take a look at how smooth and solid it looks on ATI hardware. There is s slight smudge in the ring on NVIDIA's screenshot. The difference is actually pretty subtle and hard to see in motion if you don't know what you are looking for, but there it is.
- ATI: 40
- NVIDIA: 10
- (highest score: 40)
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DeathByDuke - Friday, February 10, 2006 - link
oh yeah, you need to fix the images on the games benchmarks, they are all URL links lolWesley Fink - Friday, February 10, 2006 - link
The HTML code is now fixed and the game graphs are displaying.bigboxes - Friday, February 10, 2006 - link
I am going to be in market for such a card come this summer. This card looks to foot the bill and the price should come down by then. Very nice!