The High-Res Screenshot Thread!

youdsy · 4 Jun 2012 at 00:29

redline said:
Those I've seen have been rather disappointing, with some awful textures [just look at that rug above ] and inadequate, or non functioning AA.

I loved the first two, but will wait on price drops before picking this up.

you couldn't be more wrong.

textures are superb and the AA capabilities of MSAA and FXAA are tip top.

the game is stunning.

im using just MSAA. don't understand why some people use both MSAA and FXAA.

Lycosa · 4 Jun 2012 at 00:36

defjamv said:
I just used the steam screenshot feature for those, but if your really at a stretch to get screenshots to be high res, open them in photoshop and upscale the size.

Thanks. A quick search reminded me that I could just use paint to convert bmp to png.

waspy88 · 4 Jun 2012 at 00:59

MayPayne 3 is so damn pretty.
With high settings the game looks absolutely stunning.

Omaeka · 4 Jun 2012 at 01:02

Lycosa said:
Thanks. A quick search reminded me that I could just use paint to convert bmp to png.

Haven't used paint in years, I'm not sure what kind of paint is out now, but if i remember correctly opening a high quality image in it, and then resaving as another format, especially jpeg and png seriously dampened the quality.

Although, like I said, not used it in years, not since XP was the daddy of Windows, so it could be a lot better

HR4 · 4 Jun 2012 at 10:10

Use ‘MSI Afterburner’ and save straight to 'png' via the screen capture settings. Also, as just said, captures your screenshots and video if you want it to.

Also I use http://imageshack.us/ imageshack, no limit, well don't think so.. Well 5mb per image but no storage limit, I mean..

Perfect...

jonneymendoza · 4 Jun 2012 at 10:21

defjamv said:
Speaking of Skyrim, I don't think it is too polite to sit here and have a convorsation in a topic like this so I'll post a few screenshots I took whilst recording earlier and as for Dungeon Siege III, I hated the negative press that game got, it did what the series was known for, brilliant gameplay with epic lewtz, anyone going into a Dungeon Siege title expecting a MGS level story is clearly a muppet, and not a Kermit kind of muppet

Such a great looking game after some serious modding I haven't even got any retexture mods except the landscape either yet...

What mod did u use for that little eye candy of yours?

redline · 4 Jun 2012 at 11:36

youdsy said:
you couldn't be more wrong.

textures are superb and the AA capabilities of MSAA and FXAA are tip top.

the game is stunning.

im using just MSAA. don't understand why some people use both MSAA and FXAA.

Just going by what I'd seen posted so far [though some of the above are nice

]... have seen the FXAA v MSAA screens now, showing FXAA working well, MSAA does not though... anyway, at least you can remove the jaggies.

I am very happy to be proved wrong on this, as I loved the first two, and I really wanted this to be good... MP2 was brilliantly optimised when it came out as well.

You have to admit some of the textures are not that great

SS-89 · 4 Jun 2012 at 12:44

buchtis · 4 Jun 2012 at 13:27

Oblivion:

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1BFFDA7E2BF9C97C850658F1F3EED46588E26A78

6971B52D42CE6981957CB45FC4A6E15A9EC6757B

B2C59468AD7B062DBC7E56392D1C52506E9889FA

B9BB470A3C94CBAF00EE261AA86B5805E3074B7A

8D4391D14E75928091642F33648F3AD09BF1C022

37D17820E706D7416AC831D76469FB5332B035D3

FA7D592740B6CD89A545E389C34DB87570478CDF

F9D29A45CB8504753B6408B428FFE6B1AB460816

Omaeka · 4 Jun 2012 at 13:37

SS-89, what mods are you using for those graphics, surely that isn't vanilla? :confused:

I love how Oblivion still holds its own despite being 7 years old now :cool:

~>Dg<~ · 4 Jun 2012 at 14:16

i actually think vanilla skyrim looks better than 99 percent of the mods added to it

max payne lol looks so consoley . what is it with these devs making crappy looking games. cant wait till next gen consoles are here then they might put the effort in to actually push things forward.

Omaeka · 4 Jun 2012 at 14:27

Consoles have seriously set back the advancement of the video game industry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSXyztq_0uM - This is a pretty good example of what we could actually be playing today if it wasn't for the amount of time companies like Microsoft etc. have wasted on the casual market, instead we have to wait for years, but you know, money > everything.

SS-89 · 4 Jun 2012 at 14:40

defjamv said:
SS-89, what mods are you using for those graphics, surely that isn't vanilla?

I love how Oblivion still holds its own despite being 7 years old now

Majority are texture mods and one lighting mod. Looks considerably better than vanilla imo.

Omaeka · 4 Jun 2012 at 14:54

SS-89 said:
Majority are texture mods and one lighting mod. Looks considerably better than vanilla imo.

Have you tried an ENB? Drastically improves the quality, the best one IMO is Sharpshooter's ENB as it gives brilliant quality with little to no performance hit, but if you have a more beefier rig THIS might be for you, I'd personally say its about 10-20% better than Sharpshooter's, but can have quite the performance hit.

Guest2 · 4 Jun 2012 at 15:31

defjamv said:
Consoles have seriously set back the advancement of the video game industry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSXyztq_0uM - This is a pretty good example of what we could actually be playing today if it wasn't for the amount of time companies like Microsoft etc. have wasted on the casual market, instead we have to wait for years, but you know, money > everything.

More developers should make PC only titles. If games like this were released people would move to PC gaming and sack off their 8 year old consoles

I imagine this would force Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to hurry up and bring our consoles with the required power for such games

Omaeka · 4 Jun 2012 at 15:34

Guest2 said:
More developers should make PC only titles. If games like this were released people would move to PC gaming and sack off their 8 year old consoles

I imagine this would force Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to hurry up and bring our consoles with the required power for such games

I think Microsoft and Sony have their next consoles just around the corner, and I'm not trying to senselessly hate on Nintendo or the Wii but they aren't in the equation when it comes to this level of graphics, I don't think they ever will be, they've chosen to appeal to a wider more casual audience and develop more gimmicky hardware, its a shame though because the GameCube was a serious console last generation.

redline · 4 Jun 2012 at 15:55

Skyrim.

SS-89 · 4 Jun 2012 at 16:05

defjamv said:
Have you tried an ENB? Drastically improves the quality, the best one IMO is Sharpshooter's ENB as it gives brilliant quality with little to no performance hit, but if you have a more beefier rig THIS might be for you, I'd personally say its about 10-20% better than Sharpshooter's, but can have quite the performance hit.

I've tried all the ENB mods (Including those listed) and tbh I'm not really a fan of the processing effects. Much prefer how my game looks now.

Omaeka · 4 Jun 2012 at 16:49

SS-89 said:
I've tried all the ENB mods (Including those listed) and tbh I'm not really a fan of the processing effects. Much prefer how my game looks now.

Well the only important thing that matters is what your happy with within your game, but I personally believe ENB's make the game look a hell of a lot more realistic, with the lighting and the focus features.

SS-89 · 4 Jun 2012 at 16:57

defjamv said:
Well the only important thing that matters is what your happy with within your game, but I personally believe ENB's make the game look a hell of a lot more realistic, with the lighting and the focus features.

Well I might give it another shot but use my injector along with the enb to see if that gives a more favourable outcome.