Buying nVidia for Digital Vibrance

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I play CSS pretty competitively and really LOVE digital vibrance, so I'm planning on switching over to nVidia from an X800XL. I run at pretty reasonable settings (1024x768, high detail but no AA/AF) so I don't need something crazy, but I'd like it to perform at least as well as my current card. What would give me the best bang for my buck? Budget is anything below bleeding edge (I'd like to go <$350-$400). Digital vibrance is honestly the only reason I'm switching, haha.

Edit: I'm mostly confused on where to go between 7800GT versus 7800GS versus 7900GT versus...head spinning.
 
What the hell? All it does is boost color saturation and contrast, which could be easily done with powerstrip or even windows.
 
7800GT = 20 fragment/TMU pipelines, 7 VS, 400/1000 default clock speeds, PCI-E only
7900GT = 24 fragment/TMU pipelines, 8 VS, 450/1320 default clock speeds, PCI-E only
7800GS = 16 fragment/TMU pipelines, 7 VS, 375/1200 default clock speeds, AGP only

The 7900 GT has the extra benefit of running cooler and IMO quieter than the 7800GT. I've owned both.
 
M.D.K. said:
What the hell? All it does is boost color saturation and contrast, which could be easily done with powerstrip or even windows.
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QFT... Even ATI has settings the duplicate what digital vibrance does.
 
R1ckCa1n said:
QFT... Even ATI has settings the duplicate what digital vibrance does.
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I've done exactly this in both ATI settings and PowerStrip. It's not even close. The nice thing about digital vibrance is it ups color intensity without increasing shadows/dark spots (which increased contrast does) or washing everything out (which increased brightness/saturation does). Try as I might PowerStrip, even using its "enhance colors" setting, doesn't match digital vibrance. CT's are like neon blue with it, yet not blindingly so.
 
Craftish said:
I've done exactly this in both ATI settings and PowerStrip. It's not even close. The nice thing about digital vibrance is it ups color intensity without increasing shadows/dark spots (which increased contrast does) or washing everything out (which increased brightness/saturation does). Try as I might PowerStrip, even using its "enhance colors" setting, doesn't match digital vibrance. CT's are like neon blue with it, yet not blindingly so.
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Ur crazy.
 
Why not tell him how to do it correctly then? That is, if there's even a way on the X800.

DV also has a nice sharpening feature that helped out on my ancient CRT monitor.
 
I'd say hold on until the first week of June. With the price point NV is suppose to put the 7950 GX2 at, it's barely more than a single 7900GTX. It kind of feels like they'll drop the price's on their line to make things even out a little more.
 
nobi125 said:
Buying a card for digial vibrance?

I never thought I'd see the day.
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Call me crazy too, I started a post on the general video card section inquiring about the gain I'd see going from an x850XT to a 7900GT. Like the OP, one of the main reason's I'm considering switching is for the color saturation setting that NVidia offers ( as well as the shitty CCC and my noisy fan ).

Like someone said above - care to explain in detail how to achieve the same result using ATi Tray Tools? I couldn't get it either.
 
Tanatz said:
Call me crazy too, I started a post on the general video card section inquiring about the gain I'd see going from an x850XT to a 7900GT. Like the OP, one of the main reason's I'm considering switching is for the color saturation setting that NVidia offers ( as well as the shitty CCC and my noisy fan ).

Like someone said above - care to explain in detail how to achieve the same result using ATi Tray Tools? I couldn't get it either.
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I have no idea how they'd achieve that effect, but I have a 6800GT as well and I think the effect looks absolutely horrible.
 
It is common knowledge (and in my experience as well) that ATI has been and always will be the IQ champ. Don't let a buzzword sell you, base your purchase on some real benchies like Hardocp's.

I'm not saying that X1900's are better, but if its IQ you want, get a damn ATI. GO NV for performance or multi-card arrangements.
 
I agree with nobi125, Digital Vibrance looks pretty bad when you turn it up. I must say though, bumping it very slightly halped give my LCD that little boost it needed.
 
huh.. I bought Nvidia for digital kick-ass-ness.. oh but ATi has that also now. ;)
 
I used to use Digital Vibrance too with my 6800.. but when I switched from AGP to PCI-E and got my X800GTO (unlocked 16p etc etc) I noticed that the colors in windows seemed more vibrant anyway...

Nick
 
Its cool cause you can select it quick on the fly for a game , but it looke cartoonish for every day use. I gues seting up different profiles for desktop versus games would achieve the same thing for an ati user
 
NickS said:
I used to use Digital Vibrance too with my 6800.. but when I switched from AGP to PCI-E and got my X800GTO (unlocked 16p etc etc) I noticed that the colors in windows seemed more vibrant anyway...

Nick
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I've had a 9800 Pro, x800 XL, 6800 GT, 5950, and this 7800 GTX (current-ish cards). I haven't noticed a color difference between any of them, am I just stupid or something or does this not hold water?
 
I miss digital vibrance. I went from dual 6800nu to a connect 3d x800gto that I flashed.

yeah, if you crank it, it looks bad, especially in normal desktop use. but bumping it a little bit, like just past the reference line, makes everything pop just a bit more, and looks real nice. it really ups the color sensitivity, something that just jerking around with levels doesn't do.

everything looks dull compared to when I had my 6800nu set up.

each side has its pluses and minuses though. with my ATI card, I can now play my *copy of the* PC port of MGS 2, AT ALL. Nvidia's drivers no longer run the game properly, well atleast they hadn't, I dunno about right now, obviously, but yeah.

edit* added for clarity.
 
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