Framerate Issues; What if you aren't pushing screensize?

[Grey Acumen]

alpha_dk said:

HappySqurriel said:
It would probably depend on how the resolution was being handled ...

If you set your XBox 360/PS3 to output at 480p, if the game's native resolution becomes 480p you should see a much more stable framerate; on the other hand if the native resolution remains the same and the XBox 360/PS3 scales the output image to fit your 480p display you will see no improvement.

^^this wins

Well, it may win, but essentially, it would be much like answering a true or false question as "true, unless it's false"

I guess it's progress though. I'd appriciate it if anyone with a PS3 could actually go around and do some digging on these. Just find a scene that does have framerate issues at 720 - 1080 and then drop it down to 480 and see if there's any difference.