60Fps - is it really that important?

[Eddie_Raja]

vivster said:

Eddie_Raja said:
It depends on the game, and to say framerate is sacrificed when a game is 1080p is completely ignorant and idiotic.

1) Framerate is often tied to how fast the CPU is, and these consoles have a dis-proportionally weak CPU with regards to their GPU (When compared to previous gens). Just because it is 1080p 30 FPS, does not mean it would have been 60 FPS at a lower resolution.

Sorry, I had to stop reading after this. Where the hell did you get that one from?

While it is true that the new consoles have a potato where the CPU should be, everything is still bottlenecked at the GPU, which is also part of the same potato. Tell me one game that is limited by CPU and I will tell you a thousand that are limited by GPU.

I guess these X1 developers must be complete idiots. They actually lower the resolution on multiplat games even though the X1 has a slightly stronger CPU. What a bunch of morons.

Hahaha shows how much you know.

 

For instance the PS3 at the time had the equivalent of an i5 and a high end GPU.  When the PS4 launched it had the equivalent of an i3 and a high-end GPU (However it has far more RAM for its time than before).

 

But all of this doesn't matter because you clearly didn't read what I said - The bulk of my post talked about how developers are sacrificing resolution for extra effects (Effects you can't see well because the resolution is too low).

 

Furthermore, I am not sure how you have missed that some of the more poorly optimized games do in fact keep a better framerate on X1 like AC Unity and Project Cars.