how many games in the 360 and PS3 make use of HDR???

BTW This is HDR in FarCry (Non-HDR first, HDR second):

Just HDR

Does it really matter what resolution it is at? Remember the good old days where we played games in 640x480 resolution? And they still looked great?

Well anyways, HD resolution on consoles is pathetic compared to computer monitors.

You can get a great computer monitor resolution of 1900x1200. That is way better than 1080p.

Just throwing that out there.

why is this even a topic let alone about a dozen, I don't like halo, but any competent game from the past 8 years has not looked bad, wake me up when soul calibur's graphic magically look worse then they did originally,
so unless halo 3 has massive framerate issues or rediculous gritches it looks great, I really don't think a handfull of pixels will break the game

 Heck, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th gen had resolutions of 320x240, or 256x224 for the Nintendo systems.

Has anyone posted this comparison video yet?

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/19592.html

Direct in-game multiplayer video comparison between Halo 2 and Halo 3.  Decide for yourself if 640p is good enough.

It's Halo 3 beta, actually.

I got around to buying the game and I must say I'm pretty disappointed with the visuals so far.

I can't believe they're not using any antialiasing considering how low the performance hit is on a 360. I don't care much about it rendering at 1152x640 but no MSAA is just terrible. Most developers will have their title rejected if they submit it without MSAA, but I guess Bungie gets to slack a little. Halo3 is a jaggiesfest on a 52" lcd. =/

On the art side I think the starting jungle looks a bit crappy. Can't really put my finger on what's wrong but it's like all the little bits of art aren't really fitting together to make something beautiful. Hopefully it looks better later.

@ MikeB: You always entertaining, and make posts Fun to read.

Halo3 looks good, but based on that beta build looks a bit dated compared to current PC games, so if anyone’s worried about a console becoming outdated, then buy a PC and keep forking money into it.

Although I prefer a Xbox360 over a PS3, Halo3 is showing some of the limitations that the Xbox has (although the PS3 has not provided anything better to date). I think we are just about to hit the ceiling in the capabilities of the XBOX360 (maybe at a guess we can get 10-15% better in performance optimization)

Developers however can give you impression of better performance with better level layout, optimized model designs, better LOD, and improved lighting and shader techniques which I strongly believe will ensure the Xbox360 will be head to head with the PS3 throughout the consoles lifetime, if not slightly in front.

Halos success comes down to how fun it is, not the resolution it is run in, and I think the dev’s made the decision that creating a better atmosphere with better lighting and effects was more beneficial than increasing the native resolution and I agree with this. Gamers should be worried about how great the game is, not how many polys or pixels it has. 

I thought anti-aliasing was mandatory too.

 You can't always fit anti-aliasing. It does take up a fair amount of memory.