Lightroom 3 more grainy?

Looking through my photos in lightroom 3
and I have notice that my photos look grainy now. I have been switching from 2.7 to 3 to see if their was a different and I can tell lightroom 3 is grainy. I am not sure if it is the process however switching from 2003 to 2010 does not change this. It just seems eccentric for a new version to be like this.

masterace1121 wrote:
Looking through my photos in lightroom 3
and I have notice that my photos look grainy now. I have been switching from 2.7 to 3 to see if their was a different and I can tell lightroom 3 is grainy. I am not sure if it is the process however switching from 2003 to 2010 does not change this. It just seems eccentric for a new version to be like this.
The default NR is now "off" whereas it wasn't in the past. You can change the defaults if you like.

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DrMilesBennell wrote:
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PS
LR
LR Range
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7
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8
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9
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70-76%
31%
10
80
77-84%
35%
11
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41%
12
100
93-100%
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