Test Setup

1. "Out of the Box": Driver installed without any adjustments for video or other settings in the control panel.
2. "Defaults on": Checkboxes set to enabled on all video improving features. On ATI the sliders were left in their default position, on NVIDIA they were set to 50% because the NVIDIA driver defaults to a 0% setting which would not make any difference.
3. "Optimized": For each single test in HQV 2.0 the image enhancement sliders were adjusted to maximize the score. This result represents the maximum score possible using the available driver technologies to the maximum. While in a real-life situation no user would adjust the settings for every single video played, there is a use-case for someone who picks a setting if he predominantely watches streaming videos, or DVD, or Blu-Ray content, for example.
   On the HD 4290 IGP we also ensured that the selected settings resulted in smooth playback without dropped frames - if necessary other optimizers were disabled.