Halo 3 runs at 640p native XD

[sieanr]

MikeB said:
@ sieanr

think you still don't understand what 1080p means, it means there are 1080 lines.

To compare this to 480p (as you are likely from the US), both 640x480 as well as 720x480 are often used 480p standards. For example consumer 1080i HDV camcorders record in 1440×1080 pixels instead of 1920x1080.

I think you still dont get it; look up facetious in a dictionary

And really, do you actualy think the PS3 could run Halo 3 at 1080p and 60fps? Thats just mind blowingly stupid.

120 pixels?

see above

I regularly read Beyond3D, I understand Bungie's claims on why Halo 3 cannot run in 720p and without AA on the XBox 360, but I don't agree. I think the game could have been made to run just as well and look better in 720p. Also on Beyond3D people are questioning Bungie's clarifications.

Maybe you missed the part where fp10 would have had severe banding and fp16 wouldn't have offered alpha blending and a few other features they wanted.

Maybe you can enlighten me as to why you think they could have gotten 720p with AA?

And only a handful of people are question their explanations, but whatever.

XBox 360 to PS3 ports don't count

I see what you did there - change the argument when you don't like where things are going. Still, the Darkness used the PS3 as its lead platform and that was only 540p. Hmm....

IMO there are also too many hardware limitations to make a FPS game like Halo 3 running at 1080p/60FPS feasible on the XBox 360. IMO 720p is the optimal resolution for XBox 360 FPS games, pushing for 60 frames per second will probably prove to be quite a challenge and I wouldn't be surprised UT3 will eventually be 30 FPS on the 360, though Epic would be the best developing company to make this happen.

IMO only an idiot would think the PS3 can run FPS games at 1080p and 60fps while still being visualy competitive with 360 titles. 

IMO if not for the paltry 10mb EDRAM, the 360 would be far better suited for 1080p than the PS3, whereas its about equal now. Since you frequent B3D so much I'm sure you've seen the threads about this.

Oh, and you aren't going to like this little bomb. UT3 is only 720p on the PS3 and at 30fps, and all this from a developer who you say is one of the best. Maybe that also happens to be the "optimal" resolution and framerate for the PS3 as well... perhaps the two systems are far more similar than you think. 

Then again, this must be moot since the 360 is the lead for the UT3 console versions. Oh shit.