HQV Benchmark - EPoX EP-AP68P/G Mainboard Review

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HQV Benchmark - EPoX EP-AP68P/G Mainboard Review
Bluetooth 4 May 2007

Image quality test

In this test, we take a look at the performance of the 4 integrated graphics chipsets, nVIDIA GeForce 7050PV/630a, AMD 690/SB600, SIS 771/966 vs NF 6100/410 vs ATi RS485/SB460 in image quality during playback of DVD using HQV.

HQV benchmark is developed by Silicon Optix as a new standard for objective testing of video processors. The tests include both synthetic tests to aggravate a particular problem along with real-world material that shows the same problem.

Tests that are done include Color Bar test, Jaggies, Picture details, Noise Reduction, 3:2 pulldown. Film cadence, Mixed 3:2, Motion adaptive NR etc. The scores of individual tests are usually 0 for fail, 5 for acceptable, 10 for OK for most tests. 0 (FAIL) or 5 (PASS) for Film Cadence tests.

Below are the tabulated scores of the 4 different chipsets. The table is updated with results of 690G chipset with the latest Catalyst 7.3. The graphics driver for nForce 7050PV/630A used is 100.85* with WinDVD 8 beta edition with h/w acceleration turned on + inverse telecine On.

* Will be updated with new driver when available.

	NVIDIA MCP68 (nForce 7050PV/630a)	AMD 690G/SB600 with Catalyst 7.3	AMD 690G/SB600 with drv 7.33 (old)	SiS 771/966	ATi RS485/SB460	NV6100/410
Colour Bar	10	10	0	10	0	0
Jaggies Pattern 1	5	0	3	5	0	3
Jaggies Pattern 2	3	0	0	3	0	0
Flag	5	5	5	10	0	0
Picture Detail	5	0	0	10	10	0
Noise Reduction	0	0	0	0	5	0
Motion Adaptive Noise Reduction	5	5	5	5	5	0
3:2 Detection	0	5	0	0	0	0
Film Cadence 3:2	0	5	5	5	5	0
Film Cadence 2:2:2:4	0	5	5	5	5	0
Film Cadence 2:3:3:2	0	5	0	0	0	0
Film Cadence 5:5	0	5	0	0	0	0
Film Cadence 6:4	0	5	5	5	5	0
Film Cadence 8:7	0	5	0	0	0	0
Film Cadence 3:2	0	5	0	0	0	0
Mixed 3:2 Horiontal Crawl	10	10	10	5	5	5
Mixed 3:2 Vertical Crawl	10	10	10	5	5	5
Total score	55 out of 130	85 out of 130	48 out of 130	68 out of 130	45 out of 130	13 out of 130

With the existing 100.85 driver, we can see that the GeForce 7050PV-630A is still behind the AMD 690G with Catalyst 7.3. It looks like we really have to wait a while for a newer driver to address all these issues.

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