Xbox 360, my saviour in the current gen

[GOWTLOZ]

curl-6 said:

GOWTLOZ said:

Your second comparison seems selectively biased against PS3, showing Kratos from afar when his character model would be less detailed while comparing it to a screenshot from right behind Fenix. Not an accurate comparison.

I did say 360 had some advantages, not sure why you needed to post these screenshots. Never did I say Cell was a miracle chip, but it was a very powerful and impressive CPU and that is undeniable.

Seems pretty fair to me; the God of War shot being pulled further back shows more of the game's impressive environments. I think they both look pretty good. Finding like-for-like shots was difficult as I used only Digital Foundry captures to ensure I avoided bullshots.

PS3 did have the more potent CPU than the 360 when properly leveraged, that is indeed undeniable. On the other hand, I think 360's own advantages allow it to hold its own visually. Having played or seen in action first hand pretty much all PS3's leading graphical showpieces, I never saw anything that looked to me like it significantly outshone Gears 3 or Halo 4.

Yes that is if you look for a generational difference in graphics. That's not possible especially because the cell CPU is still just that, a CPU not a GPU. It can't handle graphical complexity as well as an actual GPU could but it was capable of other impressive stuff. The biggest problem with the PS3 is its lack of ram which held back texture quality like you see in GOW A shot. We don't know what the Cell could do with a GPU that didn't bottleneck it and atleast 1GB memory.