8800 vs ati image quality

fornowagain · 12 Nov 2006 at 17:58

Looks like different gamma settings. It's supposed to be dark, the GX2 is miles out.

It's in settings.cfg default gamma is 1.0. The game looks a lighter because my screen brightness is up a bit.

"GammaB" "1.000000"
"GammaG" "1.000000"
"GammaR" "1.000000"

I've had an x1900xtx, GX2 and now the 8800. I think IQ is better, but the main thing, trying to be objective is that it just feels very, fluid or smooth. Its more than just frame rates.

Higher res, gamma 1.03 so you can see more.

Tute · 12 Nov 2006 at 18:20

rippling said:
thanks to fornowagain 8800 looks wiked , so now we have visual proof that nvidia has taken visual crown now!

Yep, I agree with that.

The Radeon looks pretty damn good, but the detail on the floor with the 8800 is very impressive indeed.

markyb · 12 Nov 2006 at 18:20

Thought I would post mine as mines looking very different to the 7950...

7900GTO Below @ 1400x900 - Max Details - 8xAA -16xAF

rippling · 12 Nov 2006 at 18:35

the details with the shaders look like they are more pronounced on the 8800 look more realistic

Rroff · 12 Nov 2006 at 18:39

Tute said:
I gotta ask, what is wrong with the GX2?

It just looks... strange. Far too bright, can't someone adjust the gamma?

as I said - looks fine on my display but looks washed out in screenshots...

khemist · 12 Nov 2006 at 18:42

I could never get into FEAR i hate the same corridors and rubbish like that never seems to stop.

Rroff · 12 Nov 2006 at 19:49

This any better???

pic3

Personally tho I don't really call resized screenshots valid for comparisson as at the very least they will have some smoothing done when resized...

EDIT: re-uploaded it with no smoothing on the resize - tho that makes some stuff look more jagged than the original res image...

EDIT2: Made it a link to original image as the resized ones just either were too sharp or too blurry... reuploaded another shot with the gamma as close to yours as I can make it.

Daytrader · 13 Nov 2006 at 15:25

are you all useing lcd monitors i want to see images on a crt screen, will be a lot better.

Daytrader · 13 Nov 2006 at 15:26

markyb said:
Thought I would post mine as mines looking very different to the 7950...

7900GTO Below @ 1400x900 - Max Details - 8xAA -16xAF

that looks very nice is that on a lcd or crt m8 ?

Jokester · 13 Nov 2006 at 15:29

Daytrader said:
that looks very nice is that on a lcd or crt m8 ?

It's a screen grab...

Jokester

wannabedamned · 13 Nov 2006 at 15:31

Daytrader said:
are you all useing lcd monitors i want to see images on a crt screen, will be a lot better.

Unless you are taking a photo, Then it wouldnt make a difference in screenshots

Final8y · 13 Nov 2006 at 15:32

Daytrader said:
are you all useing lcd monitors i want to see images on a crt screen, will be a lot better.

LOL

Daytrader · 13 Nov 2006 at 15:34

ok my wording is a bit wrong

any of you useing a crt with the new cards as it will be better in there eyes than a lcd

anyway thought they looked good on my crt, wont look that good on lcd i know.

Xez · 13 Nov 2006 at 15:39

Daytrader said:
ok my wording is a bit wrong any of you useing a crt with the new cards as it will be better in there eyes than a lcd anyway thought they looked good on my crt, wont look that good on lcd i know.

Erm why the hell not?

markyb · 13 Nov 2006 at 15:39

Daytrader said:
ok my wording is a bit wrong any of you useing a crt with the new cards as it will be better in there eyes than a lcd anyway thought they looked good on my crt, wont look that good on lcd i know.

why not mate?

In terms of refreshing the screen, CRTs are better. But the difference is minimal now days.

wannabedamned · 13 Nov 2006 at 15:41

Xez said:
Erm why the hell not?

It used to be the case, That LCD's displayed ghosting, shadowing and could generally make you feel sick when playing games.

I don't think it's very common anymore, Especially with 8ms response rates.

Although it would look worse on some LCD's out there, than CRTs.

@markyb, Doh, For some reason, I seemed to only see half your post

Xez · 13 Nov 2006 at 15:43

wannabedamned said:
It used to be the case, That LCD's displayed ghosting, shadowing and could generally make you feel sick when playing games.

I don't think it's very common anymore, Especially with 8ms response rates.

Although it would look worse on some LCD's out there, than CRTs.

But its been different for a hell of a long time.

It may look worse but different makes use different methods of displaying it. It isnt CRT is better than LCD it's other factors.

Daytrader · 13 Nov 2006 at 15:49

ok i hope lcd have changed i did take fear around and put on my mates new del 24" 2407WFP £700 lcd and was nothing like it is on my crt, and i thought that was meant to be a good screen ? maybe im just to picky

bluemistywaters · 13 Nov 2006 at 18:16

I can't see much difference between the pics except for brightness

[ui]ICEMAN · 13 Nov 2006 at 18:20

FEAR is not a good game to compare, i'll supply you with an example SS I took on my setup for the screenshot thread.

2x 8800GTX SLI 2560x1600 8xCSAA, HDR, 16xAF, Parallax textures, 4096 texture packs and LOD, uGrid set to 9