Nvidia to ATI Experience

[Silus]

Now I never said PureVideo is bad. I just said that Nvidia DVD playback is horrable with any genetic decoder out there, except PureVideo.which cost extra.
ATI DVD playback is excellent with any genetic decoder out there, no extra cost here.

Sorry, NVIDIA's DVD playback is not horrible at all. You see, I collect DVDs and have an already vast collection, so I watch them all the time. Since I don't have a DVD player for my living room yet, I use the one in my PC. As a collector, you can imagine that I'm very demanding, in what quality is concerned, for this type of thing.
With a generic codec, it's far from horrible. In fact, it's very good. I can compare it with what's produced in an ATI card (a friend of mine owns a X1800 XT 256) and they are not different at all. CPU usage, I never really compared, but what's displayed on screen, is almost identical, exception made to the contrast of the picture.

As Dan_D already suggested, you probably had a problem with your 7600 GS and jumped to conclusions. Out of the box, and for your "home theater PC", NVIDIA's cards are as capable as any ATI card.

 

[Marvelous]

Actually, I meant 7800GT. I was thinking 7600GS because it was mentioned earlier. I don't know as much about video cards as Brent does, but I am not a slouch in that department either.

Forgive my typo.

okie dokie

Think of XTPE like a v8 engine... Raw power... It's fast and might not be supercharged or have reclining seats but it's still faster than those 6 cylinder that's been supercharged like 7600GT...

 

[foxnews]

Sorry, NVIDIA's DVD playback is not horrible at all. You see, I collect DVDs and have an already vast collection, so I watch them all the time. Since I don't have a DVD player for my living room yet, I use the one in my PC. As a collector, you can imagine that I'm very demanding, in what quality is concerned, for this type of thing.
With a generic codec, it's far from horrible. In fact, it's very good. I can compare it with what's produced in an ATI card (a friend of mine owns a X1800 XT 256) and they are not different at all. CPU usage, I never really compared, but what's displayed on screen, is almost identical, exception made to the contrast of the picture.

As Dan_D already suggested, you probably had a problem with your 7600 GS and jumped to conclusions. Out of the box, and for your "home theater PC", NVIDIA's cards are as capable as any ATI card.

The 7600GS I got was working fine. I am pretty sure it is not defective.

I forgot to mention that the DVD I that played was a recorded TV show using a Pioneer DVD recorder. if you read the comparison review link I posted earlier, they also mentioned about home-made DVD or recorded DVD.

Trust me, I loved Nvidia, that was why I bought 7600gs, but I got first got it and played the above DVD using Nero decoder, the color was washed out. I adjusted the DVD Video using Nvidia control manager (forgot the extrac name), It was a bit better but still horable.

After all the adjustment and play around with all settings I could not get it to the quality I would get from a stand-alone DVD player. I got a $6k home theater system. I then download Purevideo trial version, it played with an Ok quality. But I was not impressed at all. I tried to accept it but it bother me.

 

[razor1]

The 7600GS I got was working fine. I am pretty sure it is not defective.

I forgot to mention that the DVD I that played was a recorded TV show using a Pioneer DVD recorder. if you read the comparison review link I posted earlier, they also mentioned about home-made DVD or recorded DVD.

Trust me, I loved Nvidia, that was why I bought 7600gs, but I got first got it and played the above DVD using Nero decoder, the color was washed out. I adjusted the DVD Video using Nvidia control manager (forgot the extrac name), It was a bit better but still horable.

After all the adjustment and play around with all settings I could not get it to the quality I would get from a stand-alone DVD player. I got a $6k home theater system. I then download Purevideo trial version, it played with an Ok quality. But I was not impressed at all. I tried to accept it but it bother me.

What drivers were you using, there has been some bugs with the video playback with the 90 series drivers specifically with contrast and color.

 

[foxnews]

What drivers were you using, there has been some bugs with the video playback with the 90 series drivers specifically with contrast and color.

I used this version :91.47_forceware_winxp2k and the version before it.

I used the sticky thread to clean the old one before install the new one. I don't think it is a bug. I think it is how the card and decoder render the color.

 

[Firebat]

I can't believe you Marvelous, in saying AA is not needed in FPS Games. I disagree 110%.

I play at 1024x1280 and i am telling you AA is a must for me in fps games.

 

[Marvelous]

I can't believe you Marvelous, in saying AA is not needed in FPS Games. I disagree 110%.

I play at 1024x1280 and i am telling you AA is a must for me in fps games.

Well I would rather have higher resolutions over AA anyday especially on FPS... But that's just me...