| NeoRatt said: ... Finally, Christian is a well respected developer throughout the industry. He knows a lot more then we do. He may not be a PS3 expert but he is definately a 360 expert and if he thinks he could do something on 360 I would take his word on it over anyone on this site. |
There's also such thing as professional pride. An engineer looks at a beautiful, bleeding edge car engine and says he can project one at least as good as that. Would you take his word about it only because he's an engineer and you're not?
First of all I would wait for him to formulate an informed statement, for example after taking the other engine apart or making objective tests. Just look at what the guys at Digital Foundry did: they made a whole series of commented videos about the KZ2 engine, its features and its performance, analyzing framerates with their dedicated hardware and going in stopmotion to detail the effects.
Then I would look at the engineer's portfolio of past works. This could give me confidence in the value of his words, or not, but doesn't make a proof.
In the end, the only way to prove a bar can be raised or a benchmark beaten is to actually commit to raise that bar or set a new benchmark. So I'd hand him the pencil, the paper and the wrench.
