Is there a proper, side by side, pc versus console comparison.

snowdog said:
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Yeah most of my ps3 mates first go on about ps3 looking nicer than on pc but they shut up when I tell them about a Geforce 8800GTS.
The 360 mates seem to go on saying blahblah '' but the game is made for hundreds of configs and the 360 version is perfectly optimized for the 360 so it looks better naturally '' :(.
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meh thats more a case of me being up since 7 am because I've got some crappy blinds on my window till my curtains come so it's bright in the morning. Can't sleep :(
 
Tefal said:
meh thats more a case of me being up since 7 am because I've got some crappy blinds on my window till my curtains come so it's bright in the morning. Can't sleep :(
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np, I would do the same if I didn't have ie7pro's spell checker or use firefox's spell check :D, I used to write terribly but since ie7pro's office style spell checker underlines everything I mistype in red I barely type any mistakes these days :D.



As to not being able to sleep, just do the basic stuff:

Drink enough before sleeping so you don't awake due to thirst.
Go to the toilet before going to sleep.
Tell your parents/anyone else living with you to shut it tomorrow.
And turn your head towards a wall next to your bed for extra darkness.

I did all that and it made me sleep from 11.30 pm to 4.30 pm last night ( so 16 hours :eek:).


If there's no reason to get up/alarm set, I always stay in bed untill I'm either: Too thirsty to stay in, too hungry to stay in, have to go to the toilet, or some loud noise from anywhere, usually my parents arguing. I love staying in bed :D, but I hate going to bed :p.
 
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snowdog said:
He played Crysis with all on high in xp...
He said it was nice but thought other games on console looked better :confused:.
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Did you show him the carrier or the alien spaceship level? On some of the open/jungly levels the graphics quality isn't as apparent, but the carrier bit from start to finish is mindblowing IMO. Show him the rain effect on the carrier deck (you need to crouch to see it well), plus the details on the character faces.
 
When someone goes out and buys themself something expensive, like a games console, they often become a huge fanboy of the product they just bought, and get very angry when someone suggests that their money might have been better spent elsewhere. They must defend their purchase choice at all costs. I find that people who buy from Nintendo and Apple tend to be most affected by this strange urge to froth at the mouth whenever someone dares to suggest that another product is superior to the one they bought. (No offence intended, this is just an observation, all platforms have their fanboys).

Anyway, even showing comparison pictures to your friend isn't going to sway him. His mind is set that his console is superior to everything else, to admit otherwise would make him less of a man or something.
 
Tefal said:
Anyone noticed the 360 seems to have more fanatical fanboi's than the ps3?
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Had a look in the console forum lately? It's quite amusing, they're always raging, I think the latest one is sales figures, apparently they don't know you can buy more than one console.

Can't say I ever notice the low res of console games, only think I ever notice is poor draw distance on all of em.
 
Having recently come back to PC gaming (8800GTS 512, 22" 1680x1050 monitor), after playing pretty much on consoles for the past few years, i was amazed at how stuff even like Half Life 2 episode one with HDR looked better than anything on consoles, probably more down to the resolution and clarity than anything else.

Theres no doubt PC's are starting to take the lead again in the graphics stakes but its the natural cycle of things, consoles come out, take the lead, year or two pc's overtake them (or i should say the games that are released show pc's to their full potential), until the next round of console releases which reverses the trend.

Gears of War on the PC looks incredible, its so much sharper and smoother than the 360 version.
 
Tbh consoles just can't compete. I recently bought a PS3 to play GTA and was rather appalled at the quality of the visual experience. Both uncharted and GTA managed to look occasionally pretty but the blur, low res, terrible aliasing and occasionally dodgy slowdown marred the experience. Not that I didn't enjoy either (two great games) but I couldn't help but think how much better they'd look on a my PC.
I don't think consoles have ever had the lead (at least in this generation) from what i've seen the best they have to offer now can't stand up to 3 or 4 year old PC games.
 
How about comparing PC at 720p vs Xbox at 720p.. on the same TV.. and with the same AA and AF settings. (or at least close)

That would be the fairest comparision.

You could even compare the framerate with a PC that can be bought for the same cost as a Xbox.. :)
 
There's no doubt that pc games can look better with the right hardware, but current gen console games still look more than good enough. Elements in MGS4, for example, have impressed me as much as anything i've seen elsewhere.

The benefits of consoles aren't the visuals, more the variety of games, offline multiplayer and convinience.
 
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right looks like you lot are pc fanboys!!!

time for me to set the record straight.
the reason why console gamers believe that the ps3 and 360 have better gfx than the pc is ....... because its true.

look at pro evolution soccer on the pc and then on the 360 and ps3, nuff said.
look at The incredible Hulk on the pc than on the consoles, nuff said
look at ironman on the pc then on the consoles, nuff said.

pc ends up with crappy ps2 ports which in turn gives the pc a bad rep. but we all know as do many console gamers who came to my office and saw crysis running on a 32inch lcdtv at 1360x768 on a 8800gt and they instantly said that its the best looking game by far compared to anything a console has to offer.

as farcry put all older consoles to shame and made us proud to be pc gamers, crysis has slapped the next gen consoles the same way which still makes us proud.

as for you guys, go check the pc and console ports, thats where all these fanboys are getting thier views from. because you cant really compare forza to crysis since they are not even the same sort of games. but since pro evo and hulk and ironman are on both pc and console, thats where the comparrisions are made.
 
Cyber-Mav said:
as farcry put all older consoles to shame and made us proud to be pc gamers, crysis has slapped the next gen consoles the same way which still makes us proud.
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It's only pc gamers that care. In the grand scheme of things, games like Far Cry and Crysis are a minor blip. They hardly rock the world in terms of gameplay and are as much a technical show case as anything else. Once they're surpassed visually, which never takes long, they're not even appreciated for that.

I'd rather more focus on quality than pushing polygons.
 
You'd have to be an idiot to claim console graphics are better than PC graphics so I wouldn't bother trying to convince them.
 
Warbie said:
It's only pc gamers that care. In the grand scheme of things, games like Far Cry and Crysis are a minor blip. They hardly rock the world in terms of gameplay and are as much a technical show case as anything else. Once they're surpassed visually, which never takes long, they're not even appreciated for that.

I'd rather more focus on quality than pushing polygons.
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sorry but i think that statement is a little off, crysis has good gameplay, im sorry but i stand by my opinion, people bad mouth crytek and crysis yet bash call of duty 4, crysis is the ONLY first person game that offers anything non-generic, and the only game surpassing it any time in the near future visually will be crysis warhead.

and mate, your friend is talking utter w**k, next generation consoles (PS3 owner) have NOTHING and i mean NOTHING on PC, there games look so crap in comparison, everything i have played looks better on PC, COD4 looks better on PC, if you can name any game that looks better on console than PC, bearing in mind HDTV has crappy resolution for its size so everything looks 'blown up'
 
nintenjo said:
How about comparing PC at 720p vs Xbox at 720p.. on the same TV.. and with the same AA and AF settings. (or at least close)

That would be the fairest comparision.
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No... thats like saying "If we make the PC game look as bad as the console, then compare them, all of a sudden, the PC doesn't look as good". Clearly, this is wrong as the point it that the PC doesn't have to play at ultra low resolutions with low AA/AF

nintenjo said:
You could even compare the framerate with a PC that can be bought for the same cost as a Xbox.. :)
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The questions isn't whether PCs or consoles are graphics for the same price. If we consider that PCs can do 1000 other things, the PC clearly is a necessity for most console owners. Lets instead compare the framerate of a PC that can be bought for the same cost as a reliable pc AND and Xbox360

Warbie said:
There's no doubt that pc games can look better with the right hardware, but current gen console games still look more than good enough.
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I doubt many people console fanboys will be saying that when the PS4/Xbox equivalent comes out

Cyber-Mav said:
right looks like you lot are pc fanboys!!!

time for me to set the record straight.
the reason why console gamers believe that the ps3 and 360 have better gfx than the pc is ....... because its true.

look at pro evolution soccer on the pc and then on the 360 and ps3, nuff said.
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When my friend came to my house and say pro evo on the PC, his first thought was that the PC graphics was superior
 
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