AVIVO HD vs. Purevideo HD Part 3: Midrange and Low-end Card Performance

Video Resolution Loss Test: Out Of 25 Points

This test simply shows a pattern of lines and color bars. If the DVD player can show the smallest lines without flickering, it is successfully de-interlacing the image.

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Video Resolution Loss test Windows XP Windows Vista
Radeon 2600 XT 25 25
Geforce 8600 GTS 0 25
Radeon 2400 PRO 0 0
Geforce 8400 GS 0 0

Once again, the 2600 XT is perfect across the board, the 8600 is only working in Vista, and the 2400 and 8400 are demonstrating no post processing whatsoever.

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Don Woligroski was a former senior hardware editor for Tom's Hardware. He has covered a wide range of PC hardware topics, including CPUs, GPUs, system building, and emerging technologies.