Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 09:54:20 -0400 From: Daniel McRobb <dwm@caida.org> To: Stephen McKay <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au> Cc: Marc van Woerkom <van.woerkom@netcologne.de>, freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, vallo@matti.ee Subject: Re: 3d in 1280x1024 Message-ID: <199908041354.JAA57940@arthur.caida.org> In-Reply-To: Message from <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au> of Wed Aug 4, 1999 18:25 %2B1000 <199908040825.SAA10016@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au>
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> On Saturday, 31st July 1999, Marc van Woerkom wrote: > > >> How the RIVA based cards compare to Matrox ones in the case of 2D > >> quality? > > > >Hard to judge, as I don't use the same monitors at home (RIVA) and at > >work (G200). > > > >A nice Sony Trinitron or a good LCD display (slow but no distortions) > >is something I notice, differences among cards I usually spot only when the > >cards are horrible. And the nvidia cards are good enough for me so far. > > > >> All usual references in the 'Net say that RIVA cards have below > >> average 2D quality but I haven't tried myself. > > > >Was this not rather due to 3d issues (different MIP mapping or so)? > > No, just pure 2D. Differences in 3D quality are a separate matter. A recent > quote from AnandTech: > > The 2D image quality of the Gigabyte GA-660 follows the pattern of other > TNT2's out there - it is fine at resolutions up to 1280 x 1024, but at > 1600 x 1200 the image quality takes a noticeable dive. Although it is > noticeably better than the best TNT cards in terms of 2D image quality > most TNT2 based cards, aren't too friendly on your eyes at 1600 x 1200 > and above. > > That quote from: > http://www.anandtech.com/html/review_display.cfm?document=1006&pagenum=2 Interesting. I recently switched from a Matrox Millenium II 8M PCI card to a Diamond Viper V770 Ultra (TNT2 Ultra chipset), and honestly can't see a difference in image quality (I'm running at 1600x1200 w/ 16bpp and have been for as long as I can remember... several years). And I considered the Matrox card one of the better 2D cards around when I bought it. My monitor is a Viewsonic PT813. Makes me wonder if there's a Windows driver issue (I don't have any Microsoft stuff on my machines). Daniel ~~~~~~ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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