Graphics card Image Quality review

[Steevo]

Year's ago Image Quality was a part of every graphics test done, I know that advanced AF and AA has made image quality very close, but with the new HDR and other standards in place I would like to see Image Quality tests performed on a few of the newer graphics cards at different settings and resolutions in a few games.

Does anyone else have interest in this, or is it possible to have done?

Games like GTA5, Battlefield 1, FO4, and perhaps a couple older titles and a couple new ones.

 

[alucasa]

For most, as long as their fps counter is high, they are happy. I know some won't even play any games without fps counter on. Makes me wonder whether they are playing a game or watching fps counter.

For me, I don't care because I cannot tell the difference in image quality unless I put different results right next to each other. Even if brand A has better image quality than B, what's the point if I cannot tell?

 

[Vya Domus]

I still see some of these done. Thing is I remember a Crysis 3 article a while ago testing different AA options , and I could hardly tell the difference between any of them. I still have the same reaction watching most of DF's compassion videos. So I guess my point is image quality comparisons just don't really tell much in today's titles , where you have tons of layers of post process effects.

 

[Steevo]

For most, as long as their fps counter is high, they are happy. I know some won't even play any games without fps counter on. Makes me wonder whether they are playing a game or watching fps counter.

For me, I don't care because I cannot tell the difference in image quality unless I put different results right next to each other. Even if brand A has better image quality than B, what's the point if I cannot tell?

Immersive world. Year's ago it was very apparent in some places.

I want to know what if any difference exists and also what performance penalty exists for differing effects.

I agree about the FPS counter, and sure they are all measured at X setting, but some games have HDR render capability and things like DSR can make a difference too.

 

[the54thvoid]

How would a review quantify IQ? I do recall in the early Fermi days seeing ATI being more recognised as IQ superior. But i do wonder how can you make something that some might feel is subjective, empiric?

 

[m1dg3t]

I'd be interested to see this aspect tested again, curious if nVidia has worked some sorcery again to increase performance like they did in the old days.

How would a review quantify IQ? I do recall in the early Fermi days seeing ATI being more recognised as IQ superior. But i do wonder how can you make something that some might feel is subjective, empiric?

That doesn't work here, we aren't talking audio.

 

[Aenra]

I cannot tell the difference in image quality

Sadly this.. used to be the difference was glaring, nowadays, it's just the FPS and whether you can run 'x' title or not. Not my field, may well be wrong, but excluding gimmicks (read: hairworks for example) i am honestly doubting any proper improvement has been made since like decades ago. Just.. more, or bigger. Not better

And if anyone has a GPU that proves me wrong, seriously name it. No joke. I'll get me one

 

[alucasa]

How would a review quantify IQ? I do recall in the early Fermi days seeing ATI being more recognised as IQ superior. But i do wonder how can you make something that some might feel is subjective, empiric?

If I recall correctly, the test was done to favor AMD over Nvidia. And I do recall AMD"s image quality being better although marginally.

The keyword here is "marginally". Unless you magnify two results and spend real effort in differentiation, you can't tell.

Which goes right back to the staring point: What's the point?

 

[Steevo]

How would a review quantify IQ? I do recall in the early Fermi days seeing ATI being more recognised as IQ superior. But i do wonder how can you make something that some might feel is subjective, empiric?

Side by side so to speak images from the same spot, if there are details obscured by some filters, or missing shadows, wrong colors, differences in textures etc..

Not subjective, differences between.

 

[eidairaman1]

I turn off fps counters because they sometimes are the culprit of lag/glitchiness

 

[jboydgolfer]

How do you go about quantifying image quality though? It seems like such a relative and flexible term it would kind of be like quantifying a "nice" day

I did read your reply to someone asking this after I posted it, but it still seems like a really tough nail to hammer down

So I'm guessing from reading your post that what you suggest is two separate machines running two separate instances of the same software all identical just to quantify quality of the image? Seems very very labor-intensive for such a small result If it could be called that

I'm certainly not knocking your question but with all due respect it seems a bit silly in regards to the testing portion. Not that I have a better idea but I think there's a reason it's not done anymore.let's keep in mind as well this would ultimately be something to be determined by the end user,because who's to say the person doing the image quality test is able to notice the difference. No I think there's just too many if's for this to be a viable practice

 

[Steevo]

A simple side by side comparison is all we need. It used to be part of standard benchmarks.

So are we saying that performance is all that matters..... so we should all buy consoles cause they all perform the same and image quality be damned?

 

[alucasa]

The difference is there but it is negligible.

Additionally, there are other variables that affect image quality: cables and monitor.

In the end, doesn't matter.

 

[P4-630]

Well back in the GTA San Andreas days I preferred AMD image quality over Nvidia, with an AMD card it looked just a bit better in my opinion.
Nowadays image quality looks good on both camps. I'm using Nvidia graphics now because they had the best to offer last year when I built a new desktop.

 

[Steevo]

The difference is there but it is negligible.

Additionally, there are other variables that affect image quality: cables and monitor.

In the end, doesn't matter.

Cables don't. Monitors, yeah, but not on what is rendered out of the card, which is what's captured in a screenshot.