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Goatseye on 23 February 2014
starworld said:
Goatseye said:

Ok... Ryse is still the best looking game on the next gen consoles and it is on the inferior hardware.

and ryse would be 1080p and run at a solid 30fps on ps4, instead we get 900p running at an average 22 fps sceond on X1 :(

How did you figure that?



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FATALITY on 23 February 2014

yikes!



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Mr Puggsly on 23 February 2014
Danman27 said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Stretched pictures aren't the same as games in motion.

I have an Xbox One and I've playing games that vary from 720p, 900p, and 1080p. I couldn't give a definite answer what resolution a game is by just looking at it, I can only presume.

If a game has filtering to hide jaggies, it become even more difficult to give a definite answer.


I never said that I could just look at an image and say "yeah, that's 1080p." I'm saying that I can easily tell the difference between 720p and 1080p.


Right... as I said if you're seeing them side by side or switching between resolutions you can tell the difference easily.

The disparity just isn't as huge as some are implying. The difference is not as significant as 480p vs 720p.



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Mr Puggsly on 23 February 2014
FATALITY said:
yikes!


Its a good thing games are just still side by side images. That's when the difference becomes most apparent.



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Danman27 on 23 February 2014
alrightiwill said:
Danman27 said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Danman27 said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Danman27 said:
I think the difference between 1080p and 720p is incredibly easy to see.


On a massive screen, yeah.

Side by side, yeah.

But could the average person give a definite answer on a screen being 720p, 900p, or 1080p? No.

I have a 32 inch 720p TV and a 32 inch 1080p. I could easily fool people into believing my 720p screen is 1080p.

I could tell the difference between 720p from 1080p screenshot from across the room on my 23 inch screen. It just looks blurrier. I don't know how else to explain it. I'm not saying everyone can that easily, and I acknowledge that I spend a lot of time in front of a monitor, so I'm probably better than most. But if I can do that, I think most people should at least be able to tell the difference under realistic conditions. 

Stretched pictures aren't the same as games in motion.

I have an Xbox One and I've playing games that vary from 720p, 900p, and 1080p. I couldn't give a definite answer what resolution a game is by just looking at it, I can only presume.

If a game has filtering to hide jaggies, it become even more difficult to give a definite answer.


I never said that I could just look at an image and say "yeah, that's 1080p." I'm saying that I can easily tell the difference between 720p and 1080p.


Out of curiosity, what 720p and 1080p comparison sources have you viewed concurrently to be able to distinguish the difference?


A large amount of games that I own on steam/origin/uplay (far cry 3, borderlands 2, metro 2033/LL, battlfield 3/4, etc). Also some screen shots online, but those don't tend to be as high quality as the game itself. 



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starworld on 23 February 2014
Goatseye said:
starworld said:
Goatseye said:
 

Ok... Ryse is still the best looking game on the next gen consoles and it is on the inferior hardware.

and ryse would be 1080p and run at a solid 30fps on ps4, instead we get 900p running at an average 22 fps sceond on X1 :(

How did you figure that?

PS4 being more powerful by a significant margin, were talking a GPU that thats 33% more powerfuland a ram set up which is much faster then xbox one, unless you don't believe in specs and belive in magical hidden powers there is now doubt that the ps4 will it run  that much better.



Danman27 on 23 February 2014
Mr Puggsly said:
Danman27 said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Stretched pictures aren't the same as games in motion.

I have an Xbox One and I've playing games that vary from 720p, 900p, and 1080p. I couldn't give a definite answer what resolution a game is by just looking at it, I can only presume.

If a game has filtering to hide jaggies, it become even more difficult to give a definite answer.


I never said that I could just look at an image and say "yeah, that's 1080p." I'm saying that I can easily tell the difference between 720p and 1080p.


Right... as I said if you're seeing them side by side or switching between resolutions you can tell the difference easily.

The disparity just isn't as huge as some are implying. The difference is not as significant as 480p vs 720p.

I would much rather see a game in 1080p still. It's just hard to tell what resolution a game is in the first time I see it is what I mean. I'd notice if I got on battlefield 4 and it was at lower than 1080p. 720p basically just looks like something has been rubbed all of the screen. And by the way, the difference between 1080 and 720 is almost the exact same ratio as 720 vs 480.



Mr Puggsly on 23 February 2014
Goatseye said:
starworld said:
 

 on consoles GTAV is one the best looking games easily, it looks amazing for current gen, easily the best looking open world game on current gen consoles and in the top 5 most impresiive games graphically for 360/ps3

Really???? Have you ever played witcher on 360?

 


I played and completed Witcher 2 on the 360.

It has some decent visuals, but it lacks polish (not to be confused with Polish). I noticed a lot of blockiness on character models, horrible texture pop up, and jaggies every where!

With more polish, it could have been one of the best looking 7th gen games.



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HEMSTAR on 23 February 2014
Goatseye said:
Rafux said:
Goatseye said:
Rafux said:
I think is more about Xbone costing 100$ more than PS4 while being inferior hardware and multiplats are now better on Sony's console.

I'd rather pay $100 more dollars to play Halo, Forza, Gears and Titanfall. Your perceptionof better is very relative/personal and you should keep that in mind.

I said inferior hardware. I never said PS4 is better than xbone I did said MULTIPLATS are better (forgot to said tech/resolution wise)

Does it have better hardware? The answer is yes as multiplats and developers have shown.

Ok... Ryse is still the best looking game on the next gen consoles and it is on the inferior hardware.

I agree that Ryse is the slightly better looking game but it doesnt mean much as its performance is horrible compared to Killzone Shadowfall. KZSF doubles Ryse in FPS(over double most of the time) and has a higher resolution (1080p>900p) and you can even argue over the which has the better graphics as both are stunning to look at. But in the end Ryse(IMO) is slightly better looking but Killzone Shadowfall is the superior game by a mile.



starworld on 23 February 2014
Goatseye said:
starworld said:
 

 on consoles GTAV is one the best looking games easily, it looks amazing for current gen, easily the best looking open world game on current gen consoles and in the top 5 most impresiive games graphically for 360/ps3

Really???? Have you ever played witcher on 360?


GTAV looks way better then that and is open world, have you played GTAV, witcher 2 is also sub HD and not open world.