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Former staff writer - July 4, 2007» Discuss this article (1)
Testing:
Overclockersclub uses DisplayMate Multimedia Edition to benchmark all monitors. After many hours of research, eye straining testing, and coming to the realization that the cost to purchase any mechanical piece of equipment that could truly benchmark a monitor costs in excess of five thousand dollars, DisplayMate Multimedia Edition is the perfect solution.
"DisplayMate Technologies is a company devoted exclusively to video testing, evaluation and optimization. The company develops state-of-the-art video diagnostic products for the consumer and professional markets."
"DisplayMate Technologies is widely recognized throughout the computer and video industries as the worldwide leader in video diagnostics, which are used in the calibration, testing, evaluation and optimization of image and picture quality for all types of displays, such as CRTs, analog and digital LCDs and plasma displays, video projectors, microdisplays, HDTVs and more."
Testing Setup:
- AMD 64 5400+ AM2 CPU
- Abit AN9 32x
- 2 GB Mushkin XP8500
- Mushkin 650w PSU
- XFX (nVidia) 8800 GTS 320mb
- Windows XP Pro SP2
- DirectX 9.0c
- All Video Drivers are the most up to date.
- BenQ FP222WH Monitor
Benchmarks:
- Video System Info
- Set Up Display
- Tune Up Program
- Script LCD Test
Set Up Display:
"This selection will show you how to properly and precisely set all of the controls on your display and video board to produce Optimum Geometry, Grayscale and Contrast. All of the other picture quality enhancements in DisplayMate assume that this procedure has been followed carefully."
Tune Up Program:
"The Tune-Up Program further improves and enhances display picture quality by searching for every possible potential weakness of a computer display at high sensitivity, and then showing how to improve the image at every step. The program selections include the following:
- Geometry and Distortion
- Sharpness and Resolution
- Screen Pixel Resolution
- Color and Grayscale
Script LCD Test:
"A set of test patterns to setup and check LCDs."
Video System Info:
Upon boot up no changes.
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Screen Pixels
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1920H x 1200V
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Screen Colors
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16,777,216
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System Colors
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16,777,216
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Intensity Levels
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256
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Screen Orientation
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Landscape 8:5
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Reported Screen Size
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520 x 325 millimeters
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Screen Aspect Ratio
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1.60 H/V
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Square Pixels
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1.00 H/V
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Color Capability
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True Color
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Color Depth
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24 Bits per Pixel
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Color Palette
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Not Available
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Color Planes
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1
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Pixel Pitch
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0.27 x 0.27
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Dots per cm
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37 x 37 dpcm
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Dots per in
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94 x 94 dpi
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Total Pixels
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2,304,000
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Screen Memory
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9000 Kbytes
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Pixel Memory
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32 Bits per Pixel
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System Font Pixels
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7H x 16V
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System Font Format
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274 Columns x 75 Rows
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System Font File
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Vgasys.fon
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Display Driver
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VGA
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Driver File
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vga.dvr
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Driver Version
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64.0
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Enhanced Lines
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Yes
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Wide Lines
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Yes
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Styles Lines
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Yes
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Filled Lines
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Yes
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Block Lines
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Yes
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Polygon Lines
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Yes
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Curved Lines
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Yes
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Flood Fills
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Yes
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Clipping
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Yes
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Curves
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Yes
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Polygons
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Yes
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Device Fonts
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Yes
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Compare the BenQ FP241VW (8 Bit) to the BenQ FP222WH (6 Bit)
