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Forums - Gaming - 720p vs 1080p, Does Resolution matter? - A Utilitarian Perspective

Normchacho on 24 February 2014
Goatseye said:
rolltide101x said:
Goatseye said:
 

Ok... Ryse is still the best looking game on the next gen consoles and it is on the inferior hardware.

What ever makes you feel better :)

^ That makes me feel better.

Thanks for the concern though.


You do realize that's just your opinion though right? It has nothing to do with the power gap between the Xbox One and the PS4.



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rolltide101x on 24 February 2014
BenVTrigger said:
The biggest advantage resolution has in video games is the higher the resolution the more easily it smooths out aliasing isssues. 1080p is going to be MUCH better in this regard than 720p or even 900p though the difference between 900 and 1080 is rather small.

Resolution is a much bigger deal than many in this thread are saying. Im not sure its on purpose though as I think most people struggle with understanding image quality in general and what to look for. Many times I've seen someone say a game with vastly inferior image quality looks "better" than the higher fidelity image. This usually comes down to art style and setting, but personally I just can't stand bad image quality in general anymore, and its the biggest turn off for me in terms of graphics. I would much rather trade off some effects for great anti aliasing and high resolutions.


Rather small?

900p is WAY closer to 720p than 1080p

720p, 900p, and 1080p

 

http://cdn2.dualshockers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Battlefield4_05_Detail.png



Ganoncrotch on 24 February 2014
raf40928 said:
Fable on XB360 was just re-released to 1080p I believe.. but the point is the Xbox One CAN do 1080p fine. I beleive there is a new developer kit coming out which will make 1080p a norm on the Xbox one..


You know that new version of fable is meant to have a close to unplayable frame rate? As for people who can't see a difference between 720/1080? Buy a proper tv or else I am greatly sorry for your poor vision, you are missing out on some beautiful detail.



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rolltide101x on 24 February 2014
Normchacho said:
rolltide101x said:
Normchacho said:
Of course resolutions matters...It's not the end all be all, but it does matter.


When you say it "is not the end all be all" do you mean from a graphics perspective or from how enjoyable the game is? Because resolution is by far the most important factor to graphics.

 

Most games look better at med settings at 1080p than ultra at 720p. Resolution is the end all of graphics. I do not run anything below 1080p on my PC.

 


Does being below 1080p "ruin" a game? No. I have played BF4 on an PS4 and an Xbox One (900p vs 720p) and I could not spot the differences without searching for them. 1080p is a large jump up from 900p though, sadly that is the only game I have played on both platforms


Well, both really. It's true that resolution makes a big difference in clarity but things like modeling and detail make up a good chunk of graphic quality too. As well as subjective things like art-style.

Granted, I am just saying if you take the exact same game and put one version at 720p and one version at 1080p the difference will be quite obvious.

But to say one game looks better than another has more opinions to it, Journey is amazing looking but it does not go for realism at most points



Goatseye on 24 February 2014
Normchacho said:
Goatseye said:

^ That makes me feel better.

Thanks for the concern though.


You do realize that's just your opinion though right? It has nothing to do with the power gap between the Xbox One and the PS4.

Yeh it's my opinion that you can't accept. If I say that Ryse looks better than let's say Killzone, why you're reminding me that it's just my opinion?

I'm aware of that and I'm gonna stick with it like the one that X1 is the best system.



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BenVTrigger on 24 February 2014
rolltide101x said:
BenVTrigger said:
The biggest advantage resolution has in video games is the higher the resolution the more easily it smooths out aliasing isssues. 1080p is going to be MUCH better in this regard than 720p or even 900p though the difference between 900 and 1080 is rather small.

Resolution is a much bigger deal than many in this thread are saying. Im not sure its on purpose though as I think most people struggle with understanding image quality in general and what to look for. Many times I've seen someone say a game with vastly inferior image quality looks "better" than the higher fidelity image. This usually comes down to art style and setting, but personally I just can't stand bad image quality in general anymore, and its the biggest turn off for me in terms of graphics. I would much rather trade off some effects for great anti aliasing and high resolutions.


Rather small?

900p is WAY closer to 720p than 1080p

720p, 900p, and 1080p

 

http://cdn2.dualshockers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Battlefield4_05_Detail.png


I game reguraly at 4k. The difference between 900p and 1080p in comparison is rather negligable. Does it make a difference? Hell yes give me a regular native res 1080p game any day. Or better yet a downsampled from 4k 1080p image. But consoles aren't anywhere near capable of something like that.

When I play a console I expect far less from them so yes to me 900p is pretty close to 1080p from what I'm used to.



shenlong213 on 24 February 2014

It doesn't matter when you play the game on a TV with 800x600 res



 

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Normchacho on 24 February 2014
rolltide101x said:
Normchacho said:
rolltide101x said:
Normchacho said:

 

Granted, I am just saying if you take the exact same game and put one version at 720p and one version at 1080p the difference will be quite obvious.

But to say one game looks better than another has more opinions to it, Journey is amazing looking but it does not go for realism at most points


Yeah that's very true. You may not notice 1080p if you're used to watching things in 720, but you'll notice 720p if you're used to 1080.



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rolltide101x on 24 February 2014
Goatseye said:
Normchacho said:
Goatseye said:
 

^ That makes me feel better.

Thanks for the concern though.


You do realize that's just your opinion though right? It has nothing to do with the power gap between the Xbox One and the PS4.

Yeh it's my opinion that you can't accept. If I say that Ryse looks better than let's say Killzone, why you're reminding me that it's just my opinion?

I'm aware of that and I'm gonna stick with it like the one that X1 is the best system.


Then why are you reminding us that yours is just an opinion and acting like your opinion means more than anyone elses?



starworld on 24 February 2014
alrightiwill said:
Mr Puggsly said:
starworld said:


having graphics look much clearer adds to the gameplay experiance, if your used to console gaming your already used to 720p, trying playing the wii or to a lesser extent sub hd games like crysis and halo reach, they look like a jaggie mess, once you get used 1080p gaming going back to 720p will look blurry to you.

Refer to my sig learn how 1080p impacts the gameplay experience.

Even after playing vastly superior looking 8th gen games, I had no problem going back to 7th gen because there is more to a gameplay experience than graphics.


I don't think he means that better graphics make a game better than another game. I think he means that improved graphics of a specific game will make the game experience better. Such as playing the same title on last-gen and then playing it on next-gen or PC.

But if he did just mean that good graphics make a good game then, ugh...

exactly what i meant.