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Lol man you sure love you some resolution.



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TruckOSaurus said:
Turkish said:
globalisateur said:


But that gif was horrible and very badly done. check thoses png on a native 1080p display:

http://cdn1.sbnation.com/assets/3647843/AC4-ONE-RIGHT.png

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/assets/3647859/AC4-PS4.png

And remember that the sharpening filter is perfect for compressed or downsampled media. But when you compare on a native screen, the illusions are shattered.


Wow, if people still cant tell them apart there is clearly something wrong with their eyes. Colors are much more vibrant on PS4 and everything is just sharper, I dont even need to zoom in to see the difference.

The difference is easy to see but as to which one is better I still couldn't tell. The PS4 one seems too light and the boat seems blurry, the leaves in the tree look better though. There isn't one of the two that makes me go "Wow, this is much better" or "Damn, this looks bad".


Then you'd be able to once you see them on a 1080p tv screen. But just by looking at those pics on my monitor its very apparent which one is sharper, has a higher resolution, more vivid colors and better AA. The disparity in graphics is bigger than any PS360 multiplat game. I was anticipating true next gen multiplats to be better on PS4 but honestly didnt expect cross gen games that dont push HW to look better as well.



J_Allard said:
Panicnausia said:

http://kotaku.com/why-it-matters-that-ps4-games-are-higher-resolution-th-1475165066

 

It is sad that some are trying to downplay why it doesn't matter. If it didn't matter why are we still not playing in 480p? Some good points here, it is called progress. There is a reason 1080P is the mark people have been trying to hit for years. Not on you tube or cherry picked stills, on a decent 1080p display, the difference is very noticeable.  Is it everything?? No, but it certainly matters. If I had a choice to play the same game in 720P or 1080p, I think any logical person would rather 1080p.

 

I come from a  pc gaming background, resolution makes a big difference.

On the flip side, if it really matters that much, why are we wasting time on consoles?


Because next gen consoles are actually more capable than a shit ton of PCs today? (Well, PS4 anyway)

Don't act like full HD resolution is something that's only desirable on PC



I can't tell the difference on images. However, when my PS4 arrived and I started to play Killzone, I immediately noticed dat sharpness. I'm not kidding, it's (at least for me) a serious step up from the PS3 I do not want to miss anymore. Just yesterday I bought Battlefield 4 and guess what. I noticed that it looks somewhat blurry compared to Killzone. I believe it has to be because of the native resolution. If a game hits 1080p on my 1080p TV, there are no double pixels or anything like that. Every pixel ist right where it should be. It looks absolutely stunning once you see it for real. And even if it's just 900p vs. 1080p you definitely see the difference. It's nothing like some screenshots or crappy Youtube-Videos imo.



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Kane1389 said:


Because next gen consoles are actually more capable than a shit ton of PCs today? (Well, PS4 anyway)

Don't act like full HD resolution is something that's only desirable on PC

If resolution matters that much then there's no need to limit yourself to 1080p on consoles.



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Turkish said:
TruckOSaurus said:
Turkish said:
globalisateur said:


But that gif was horrible and very badly done. check thoses png on a native 1080p display:

http://cdn1.sbnation.com/assets/3647843/AC4-ONE-RIGHT.png

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/assets/3647859/AC4-PS4.png

And remember that the sharpening filter is perfect for compressed or downsampled media. But when you compare on a native screen, the illusions are shattered.


Wow, if people still cant tell them apart there is clearly something wrong with their eyes. Colors are much more vibrant on PS4 and everything is just sharper, I dont even need to zoom in to see the difference.

The difference is easy to see but as to which one is better I still couldn't tell. The PS4 one seems too light and the boat seems blurry, the leaves in the tree look better though. There isn't one of the two that makes me go "Wow, this is much better" or "Damn, this looks bad".


Then you'd be able to once you see them on a 1080p tv screen. But just by looking at those pics on my monitor its very apparent which one is sharper, has a higher resolution, more vivid colors and better AA. The disparity in graphics is bigger than any PS360 multiplat game. I was anticipating true next gen multiplats to be better on PS4 but honestly didnt expect cross gen games that dont push HW to look better as well.

If you really think the boat seems blurry compared to X1 then I think you really prefer the sharpening effect, (highlight some details, destroy most others).

But even if X1 seems sharper at some distance, when you look closer you'll see that in fact there are less sub-details on the "sharpened" 900p ship compared to 1080p, that's a tru fact, look anywhere on the image.

You know, the first 2 weeks I was like you and really, honestly prefered any X1 version of games I watched, because as you said, X1 seemed "sharper".

 

But then I understood my mistake. the sharpening effect completely destroy sub-details and invent artifacts, make all the textures grainy, is horrible artistically, doesn't respect the original work of the designers. I am talking here only of the magical sharpener, not the slight resolution difference which is less important and not a big deal.

But this sharpening with the combined crushed black.... It is evil. No wonder Dice removed the sharpen effect on the retail X1 BF4.



RazorDragon said:
fps_d0minat0r said:
RazorDragon said:
Great. Let's all get some high-end PCs and 4K monitors then.

 

we would if we could afford them.

only an idiot would pick 1080p over 4k if they cost roughly the same amount.


But I thought resolution mattered.


*biggest facepalm ever*



I came in to say.......................

Oh forget it. LOL. Goes back to playing C C C C C COMBO BREAKER.



Cause higher resolution mean better graphics according to some gamer logic



wow that damage control and deflecting..Why bring up the strawman PC, when many games are console only? PC is too expensive or requires too much know how for many, also many don't like playing on PC. Stop spinning.

 

1080P > 900P and 720P. fact. Anyone who had a choice between 1080p and 720p for the same game,,,any logical person would rather 1080p.