Quote Originally Posted by Harrison View Post
80% quality is way too high for web based images. They should be around the 15-30% range.
Here is an image that has been sized to 1024x768 with 80% IrfanView quality: http://emaculation.com/steve/monitors.jpg

Here is the same picture, but was saved with 20% IrfanView quality instead: http://emaculation.com/steve/compress.jpg

If they look the same to you, then you either need a better monitor or your eyes testing.