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ATI vs NV on image quility

Ati's image quality seems to be set brighter than nvidiaa's. I played Tf2 on my 8800 ultra and replaced it with a 2900xt as the 8800 had found a new home and found myself squinting at the screen almost as it was much brighter.
 
I think this comes down to two separate issues.

1) 3D rendering quality
2) the quality of analogue VGA components

The analogue output stages were definitely inferior on earlier geforce products. This is hardly an issue now because fabrication techniques and build quality has improved dramatically across the board to the point where you cannot distinguish vga output from different vendors. Most of us are using DVI now so the image is pixel perfect regardless of what card you have.

Regarding point 1), I dont see any reason why the directx/open gl drivers could not be optimized for speed over quality in the case of nvidia.
 
for actual monitor output quality and for the quality of the FSAA/AF (when combined) ive still not seen anything that compets with the Kyro2..
shame they totally run out of power with anything more recent that the UT2K3 engine.
 
After owning two Nvidia card's and my latest one being Ati, I can honestly say Ati had better image quality, however NV's seem to just have more oomph and used to win on the FPS/3d Mark, but to be fair, I personally would rather have better IQ than have an extra few benchmark points..

*However they probably are very similar nowadays*
 
im using a 19inch widescreen monitor (a generic make-so you wont have heard of it) but it does me fine until i can afford a 22.inch samsung or the like. monitors do have an effect, obviously considering quality of parts and the settings/res used. for example a few 19inch displays can do 1680x1050.
 
As was said earlier, image quality is now virtually identical. Loss of quality however due to driver 'optimisations' - that is a different story.
 
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