Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H (AMD 690G) mainboard review

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Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H (AMD 690G) mainboard review - HQV Benchmark Bluetooth 22 May 2007

Benchmarks - Image quality for video playback using HQV

In this test, we take a look at the performance of the 43 integrated graphics chipsets, 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 3 different chipsets. The table is updated with results of 690G chipset with the latest Catalyst 7.4.

	AMD 690G/SB600 with Catalyst 7.4	AMD 690G/SB600 with drv 7.33	SiS 771/966	ATi RS485/SB460	NV6100/410
Colour Bar	10	0	10	0	0
Jaggies Pattern 1	0	3	5	0	3
Jaggies Pattern 2	0	0	3	0	0
Flag	5	5	10	0	0
Picture Detail	0	0	10	10	0
Noise Reduction	0	0	0	5	0
Motion Adaptive Noise Reduction	5	5	5	5	0
3:2 Detection	5	0	0	0	0
Film Cadence 3:2	5	5	5	5	0
Film Cadence 2:2:2:4	5	5	5	5	0
Film Cadence 2:3:3:2	5	0	0	0	0
Film Cadence 5:5	5	0	0	0	0
Film Cadence 6:4	5	5	5	5	0
Film Cadence 8:7	5	0	0	0	0
Film Cadence 3:2	5	0	0	0	0
Mixed 3:2 Horiontal Crawl	10	10	5	5	5
Mixed 3:2 Vertical Crawl	10	10	5	5	5
Total score	85 out of 130	48 out of 130	68 out of 130	45 out of 130	13 out of 130

It is very clear from the results that the 690G has improved by almost 2 fold. That is also one of the reasons we decided to post this update with Catalyst 7.4 driver.

The improvements are clearly noticable especially in the tests of Color Bar, Film Cadence tests. The Flag, Jaggies and Noise reduction seems to perform just the same as driver 7.33

With this new driver update, ATi or AMD 690G takes back the crown as the best chipset for integrated graphics in image quality. SiS 771 is second.

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