{"id":21497,"date":"2010-10-19T15:31:47","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T14:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=21497"},"modified":"2010-10-23T05:04:02","modified_gmt":"2010-10-23T04:04:02","slug":"nvidia-400-series-image-quality-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/nvidia-400-series-image-quality-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"nVidia 400 Series Image Quality Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This article will focus on the image quality enhancements introduced by nVidia\u2019s GeForce 400 series (GF100\/Fermi). Given AF quality has remained unchanged since the 8000 series, this article will focus on AA, and all testing will utilize a single GTX480<\/span>.<\/p>\n

For some background information, I\u2019d also suggest reading the similar articles I\u2019ve written in the past:<\/p>\n

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  1. ATi 5000 Series Image Quality Analysis<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. nVidia GT200 Series AA Investigation<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. ATi 4000 Series AA Investigation<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. Image Quality Comparison<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Hardware<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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    • Intel Core i7 870 (3.2 GHz, turbo on, HT off).<\/li>\n
    • 4 GB DDR3-1333 RAM (2\u00d72 GB, dual-channel).<\/li>\n
    • Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3 (Intel P55 chipset, F6 BIOS).<\/li>\n
    • nVidia GeForce GTX480 (1.5 GB, reference clocks).<\/li>\n
    • Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic.<\/li>\n
    • 30\u201d HP LP3065.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      Software<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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      • Windows 7 (64 bit).<\/li>\n
      • nVidia driver 258.96, high quality filtering, all optimizations off, LOD clamp enabled.<\/li>\n
      • DirectX June 2010.<\/li>\n
      • All games patched to their latest versions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Settings<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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        • 16xAF forced in the driver, vsync forced off in the driver.<\/li>\n
        • AA forced either through the driver or enabled in-game, whichever works better.<\/li>\n
        • Highest quality sound (stereo) used in all games.<\/li>\n
        • All results show an average framerate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n