Recent content by mr_arcam

In regards to the best FPS to use for a game, as always it depends on the game. Of course we would all love a solid 60FPS but sometimes the tradeoffs for this would be too high for a particular type of game. Just as a broad generalisation i would say the following should be aimed for based on...

I would rather developers make the choice in the console space. Anyhow Im trying to be objective about this, but damn can you please just use some common sense. If there was so much pressure we would not have seen as many 720p games as we have seen so far. Also at the end of the day Sony and the...

PGR is great example where giving developers the option to target any resolution is a win-win. For their particular expeirence they felt that the trade off of using 720p was not worth it, hence going with a lower resolution. To me that is a great looking arcard like experience. I hope we get...

Come on don’t be pedantic; the ultimate message here has been the pointlessness of 1080p. If you argue that fact then there is no point discussing with you further. And for the last time, 1080p is a developer choice. Are you telling me that no developers will choose 1080p based on they...

Arghh... how to make you understand. Forget Sony motives, think of big picture. We as consumers benefit from this. Developers benefit from this. So what if sonys marketing benefits from this. Heck everyone is a winner. Is it so difficult to just stop complaining and understand this. The...

I have fruitlessly been trying to say this also. How can it be a bad idea when it gives Developers the choice to select the resolution they prefer. Different games have different requirements. A flight sim would certainly benefit from 1080p, where an arcade action game might not. Like I said...

Exactly, and now developers have been given that choice for console games. Its a win-win situation for all.

I really hope Microsoft do this, I also hope they are able to do this over HDMI. Im not sure but I thought the bandwidth of component signals are only speced upto 1280 by 720P. Again im not sure but I will check on this. If Microsoft do this they can certainly hit Sony hard. Lets be honest...

No thats not the question. Thats changing the question to lead to the answer desired. The question still remains; Will 1080P provide better image quality and clarity comparedt to 720P. As for the effect it has on effects thats is upto the developers to decide on how we use our budget. We could...

You really need to take a step back and look at the bigger picture or atleast a less XBOX 360 tinted view. Providing the option for developers to target 1080P is a good thing. Its not mandatory and like any other GFX enhancement its upto the dev to decide how he uses his performance budget. It...

Don't go off point. Its not a debate on which games render at 1080P or 720P. Its not about XBOX360 vs PS3. Its about whether 1080P can offer improved clarity and image quality compared to 720P on your flat panel TV at home. If you want to debate whether or not X, Y or Z game render at a specific...

Why are people so obsessed with trying to play down the PS3 1080P support. Its strangely akin to the 16bit vs 32bit days. Sure at the start the difference was not as noticeable as there was no that much blending or alpha effects. Looking forward we can see the industry is moving to 1080P...

I disagree and I believe the industry does or we would not be pushing for 1920 by 1080 Video formats for broadcast and movies. Also, the moment any interpolation is performed on the display (when running 720P on 1080P displays) you will notice the difference as the image will apear softened. The...

Then I guess you dont own a new TV or have never hooked it up to a PC. LCD or plasma displays are the technology used in PC monitors (well LCD is for desktop where plasma is more for large form factor presentations). The day of CRT tubes are gone (except where color production and greyscale is...

Why are people complaining about PS3 games aiming for 1080p. Comming from the PC space I am excited at the prospect of high resolution gaming on a console. Its like Wii fans picking at the XBOX360 for rendering at 720P. They too would argue that you could do a lot more at 480P. The fact is that...