| Locknuts said: I know that on paper the number of pixels seems great, but to me, on my 42" screen that upscales quite well, I don't feel that the reduced resolution is all that noticeable. And is certainly not detrimental to the overall experience. That said, I play most multiplats on PC anyway in order to ensure 60fps in all cases. I'll always reduce effects to achieve a locked 60fps if necessary. It seems like you base a lot of your opinions on specs you've read about. If you're a dev I apologise, but if not I can't really take what you are saying seriously as you haven't gone hands on with the systems. All my information is gained from dev quotes, as I can't determine how the on paper specs will translate into real world performance. Finally, I said 'slight' not 'marginal'. It may sound like I'm being pedantic but you used inverted commas. Don't misquote me please. |
Of course, 900p scales well when you use the hardware upscaler to up it to 1080p. I'm not saying a 1080p game "looks" 40% better than a 900p one, I'm saying you need 40% more performance to deliver the same visuals at the higher resolution.
Specs are the best source for comparisons. In the case of X1 and PS4 they are accurate because the consoles are too similar: same CPU, GPUs with the same architecture, etc. People called the PS360 the HD Twins, but they were pretty different. The PS4 and X1 are real twins and it's easy to check specs and say who wins. You can use benchmarks too. Any benchmark of the equivalent GPUs on PCs will show the difference here.
For a developer opinion, don't check this guys of No Goblin. Their game isn't pushing any machine and it's made on Unity. They didn't optimize, just let the engine do it. They are talking about something they didn't even checked and that's a fact. A way more informed opinion is from a developer from 4A Games that worked on the Metro games. Instead of a simplistic Unity indie game, this guy worked in a game that is on the all time top 5 visuals until today.
