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AMD and Nvidia image quality

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Is there still a noticeable difference between AMD and Nvidia cards when it comes to colour vibrancy, contrast, and sharpness? AMD cards were once considered better (at least by some) for a nicer looking image, does this still hold any truth?
 
Each time I go from Nvidia to AMD I swear that AMD has the better image quality.

I'm on a 4080 now but if I had some way of measuring it I would say my 6950xt had a better picture. I just can't prove it.
 
smogsy said:
@gavinh87 from memory this was because by default nvidia set limited rgb in the driver if you set full rgb it looks identical.

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This is not true with my 4090, it sets default 8bit full rgb on my LG CX OLED. Whereas my 7900 XTX sets it to 10bit ycbcr 444. :cry:

So I have to change the 4090 to 444 to get better colours.
 
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LtMatt said:
This is not true with my 4090, it sets default 8bit full rgb on my LG CX OLED. Whereas my 7900 XTX sets it to 10bit ycbcr 444. :cry:

So I have to change the 4090 to 444 to get better colours.
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interesting my LG OLED sets limited even in HDR mode. Had to manually change it resolution menu & in the video colour menu...

i think it depends on HDMI vs DP tbh, on HDMI on LG CX did but DP my LG Monitor doesnt got the new LG 27@ oled
 
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Personally I don’t think so.

I remember this being a thing a long time ago, people would say Matrox GPU’s had the edge.

Now days, it’s impossible to tell them apart at the exact same settings IMO.
 
gjbf1 said:
Is there still a noticeable difference between AMD and Nvidia cards when it comes to colour vibrancy, contrast, and sharpness? AMD cards were once considered better (at least by some) for a nicer looking image, does this still hold any truth?
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Yes there is a difference. Nvidia looks far better in many games, it's amazing DLSS technology really outshines AMD






















:D
 
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gjbf1 said:
Is there still a noticeable difference between AMD and Nvidia cards when it comes to colour vibrancy, contrast, and sharpness? AMD cards were once considered better (at least by some) for a nicer looking image, does this still hold any truth?
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Back in the day, when I've installed the drivers for the first time, the Output dynamic range was Limited instead of Full, so that had to be changed in the driver.

Probably they're about the same. Most likely will matter more how well the display is calibrated.
 
I have no ideea and I don't know if it is still required to do now or it was some sort of a bug back in the day. You can always play with vibrancy in the driver if that's your thing.
Think of it like this: do photographers and videographers avoid nVIDIA due to this or actually using it thanks to CUDA? I don't think I ever heard that and they DO need good colors more than the your average Joe.
 
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I've had two Nvidia cards and with both the image seemed lacking something out of the box. Nothing huge, maybe the vibrancy as some people have mentioned.
 
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