PC graphics vs Console graphics

[rocketpig]

Slimebeast said:

rocketpig said:

The_vagabond7 said:
ok, fine a bit of hyperbole there. Crashes do happen to everyone, regardless of tech savvyness but it's certainly not nigh unplayable or as big of a problem as many console enthusiasts like to paint it as. For the most part I haven't had any game with significant stability issues since Half Life 2 back in the day, and then I learned it was just some patch that valve released that actually screwed something up for me. I don't even have a good rig by todays standards and I still run games like bioshock just fine and better looking than on PS3 or 360.

I don't PC game anymore but I hang with a bunch of people who do. One of my friends last updated his rig in 2007 (a mild update from a 2006 rig) and the visuals on L4D, Bioshock, CoD4, etc. absolutely blow the PS3/360 out of the water.

It's not even funny. The differences are painfully obvious within seconds.

Huh?? Bioshock and COD4 on the PC is exactly the same as on PS360.

The only thing you can do on PC versions is to up the resolution a bit and add some AA/AF.

But the essence of the game is the same - polygons, textures, bump maps, HDR, shadows and so on. <----- these factors are vast amounts more important than resolution and AA.

I have a nice PC with a 24 inch 1920x1200 res screen, but in games like CoD 4-5, Tomb Raider: Underworld, Bioshock, Fallout 3 etc the PC version don't look significantly better even at higher res + everything at max.

Wow, I disagree. I've seen several games run on PC (that I own for 360) and the 360 versions don't even compare.

You don't think 8xAA, improved textures (which most PC games enjoy), increased draw distance, and 60+ fps make a difference?

I sure do, and I'm hardly a graphics whore. A game doesn't have to look good for me to enjoy it but I'm not going to tell myself there isn't a difference if the proof is sitting right in front of me.

Then again, Mass Effect did look pretty sweet on the 360 if you waited 15 seconds for all the textures to load.