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- Andy.D, on 10/12/2007, -2/+34Wow, in the FUTURE games will be in HIGH DEFINITION. Who would've guessed? Thanks Red Herring!
- Daniel591992, on 10/12/2007, -7/+39Not Nintendo :/
- edzieba, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27The irony is 1280x1024 is 5:4.
- jdoo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23The big deal is that HD allows you to read the text in Dead Rising!!!
- CheapDigWannbe, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16I'm really sick of these HD Gaming praising articles. Look it's nothing new, it's not a revolution... HD gaming on PC has been here for quite some time. Having high resolution in console games is just a logical and NOT SURPRISING advancement.
WTF is a big deal about this? - shank2001, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16FUTURE?! I have been playing at 1920x1200 on my 24" dell widescreen for a while now! PCs are way ahead of consoles!
- Aliasing, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13So... as time passes hardware technology improves, which allows for more detailed rendering...?
Really I'm more of a computer person, but if you tell a PC gamer that 1366x720 is "High Definition" they're going to laugh at you. - chesterjosiah, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13I don't care about high-def. I want good gameplay.
- Spaz007, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10On a XBOX 360 the game developer knows the every player has the same system so they can max the graphics out and know everyone will see the same game. On the PC the game is nerfed down if you video card can't handle everything. I remember playing Fear on my GF4 then upgrading to a GF7800. The game went from Q3 graphics to next gen. So saying the PC version sucks compared to the Xbox 360 could because your cheap Dell can't handle it.
- Cbeck527, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10Please, ill be happy when I can get my BF2142 at 1280x1024!!
- Pharaoh777, on 10/12/2007, -8/+14Lol. 4:3!
- jdoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7The Turing test is related to a machines ability to perform human-like conversation. It has nothing to do with graphics.
Try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test - Spaz007, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"As the HD market matures, most games will likely be offered in that format."
The Xbox 360 has always supported HD. So its not likely its has already happened a year ago. - po43292, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6once you go wide you never go back
- Pharaoh777, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10And yet, for some reason - games look so much better on an HD television at 720p or 1080p than on a computer screen at 1600x1200 or higher. Resolution isn't everything.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I agree. I'm getting my X850Pro soon, and I dont have an HDTV, but I have a new Dell Trinitron 21" CRT monitor with a very high quality VGA cable, and it will look amazing at 1280x1024 or higher. Can't wait. :D
- JavertHolmes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"The Turing test is related to a machines ability to perform human-like conversation. It has nothing to do with graphics."
I was trying to convey the greatest amount of meaning in the least number of words. I'm aware of what the Turing test is. My mistake was saying tersely, "Photorealistic Turing test" instead of "Photorealistic testing equivalent of the Turing test." A bastardization of words similar to someone saying "That was Photoshopped" instead of "That was digitally manipulated using Adobe Photoshop (R) software."
I'm not saying it's right, I'm just explaining the situation :) - fallenone05, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4The tite of this story should be: DUH!
- michaelb1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2whats the benefit of having an HD capable game system that displays 1080p if the games are not photo-realistic?
Is it so a gamer can see the pixelated bricks in a dungeon wall or the blotchy leaves in a forest of trees, or maybe the goopy waves of a murky ocean?
I mean seriously. Seems to me HD in games is a waste until games actually look real. - pauldonnelly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I don't think point 2 is so strange. Higher resolutions still provide crisper text (as you mention) and also a much clearer view of the world. It may lack detail, but it does have small objects and large yet distant objects which players want to see. Attempting to play a split-screen FPS is especially frustrating.
EDIT: @jdoo
It's an analogy. A Turing test is for spotting simulated people, so a photorealism Turing test would attempt to spot simulated images. - Spaz007, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2$4000??? where do you shop... I want to know so that I don't ever go there. I built my PC for around $1100 with a 7800 and Dual-Core. Far from $4000 with $1000 of upgrades.
Quake 4 will look sharper on the PC since you can use the higher texture settings then what any of the consoles have memory to handle. - mitrovarr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Decide based on what kind of games you like. PCs and consoles have distinctly different game genres associated with them. It's much more important that your platform has the games you want than how good its graphics are.
- CheapDigWannbe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah $4000 dollar gaming PC....
I spent $800 on newegg for dual core system with 2Gb's of fast memory and XFX 5900GT
Runs all current games at highest settings on 1280x1024 LCD
Expected life cycle 2006-2008 - burningpenguin, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4This is news!
- jdoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Crysis is pretty close
http://www.prntscrn.net/img.php?img=FarCryComp.jpg - OnoTadaki, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Sounds like your math is WAY off. You can put together a great gaming computer for easily under $1500 with bad ass monitor included. What you just listed is about 5-10x that price range.
- foolfromhell, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2This is my big qualm. Cant decide between $2500 gaming computer or a 360+ 25games+ 1080p HDTV+ Bose sound system that costs over $1500.
PC gaming is always gonna be better than the rest, but I just cant decide. All the 360 games look awesome, and would look even more so on my HDTV.... - michaelb1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2by the way, I am buying a PS3.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6@ Pharaoh777: ummm, No. Go buy a real video card. It all depends on what platform it's developed for.... F.E.A.R. on the PC takes a dump on the XBOX360 version.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Lol except for Nintendoh!
- Paramour, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Add this command at the end of your launch shortcut :)
+szx 1280 +szy 1024 - Pharaoh777, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I don't want to spend $4000 to get a quality gaming PC that will need about $1000 in upgrades every year just so that my games will look "as good as" they are guaranteed to look on the PS3 or 360 (and I can buy both premium systems for under $1000). Take NFS: Carbon for example - the PC version will only look better if you're running a brand new ALX or something you built by yourself because you have no life.
Show me one game that looks better on a PC than it does on a 360 or PS3 today. In 5 years, sure - now, don't count on it. The only reason I use my computer (MBP) for games is for FPS games - and that's because the mouse + keyboard is better than a controller for such games. - zetsurin, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3You sound like one of those guys who hasn't washed since then either.
- JavertHolmes, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2What I find most interesting about the anticipation for HD is:
1) Most people, despite having an HD TV/monitor, have ones that aren't actually capable of displaying all the pixels in a 1920x1080 image. Even sets for $3,000 are sometimes at the 1600 pixel level.
2) Standard definition games have not hit a point where they pass any kind of photorealistic turing test where HD is necessary to start telling and appreciating a difference. You can still tell the difference between watching a standard def TV show and playing a standard def game.
That said, I look forward to the prices of HD dropping and greater crispness for text/HUDs on console games is appreciated. - jdoo, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1@Pharaoh777
Size does matter - raptordrew, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2You mean we aren't going to relive the 8 or 16 bit days (both music and graphics-wise) with this next set of games?
- FTLJohnson, on 10/12/2007, -12/+3For gamers who blow that extra 500-600 bucks into their computers, instead of wasting it on consoles and accessories... the future is now.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -22/+5Sucks to be a Nintendork.
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