The game in most likelyhood will be rendered in 720p then upscaled to higher resolution like most games that "support" 1080p. Very few games are actually rendered at 1920 x 1080p as it's very intensive on the graphics processor and memory. The "next gen" consoles were terribly equiped to do full HD with only 8 ROPs (render output processors) on their graphics hardware. More surprising is how the PS3's RSX GPU didn't have 16 ROPs like the G71 core the RSX is based off of which was also used in the GeForce 7800 graphics cards. Bad decision who ever made it.
The game in most likelyhood will be rendered in 720p then upscaled to higher resolution like most games that "support" 1080p. Very few games are actually rendered at 1920 x 1080p as it's very intensive on the graphics processor and memory. The "next gen" consoles were terribly equiped to do full HD with only 8 ROPs (render output processors) on their graphics hardware. More surprising is how the PS3's RSX GPU didn't have 16 ROPs like the G71 core the RSX is based off of which was also used in the GeForce 7800 graphics cards. Bad decision who ever made it. TacticalElefant
Consoles are always gimped to keep prices down. If they were optimal prices would be through the roof like gaming rigs. :(
[QUOTE="TacticalElefant"]The game in most likelyhood will be rendered in 720p then upscaled to higher resolution like most games that "support" 1080p. Very few games are actually rendered at 1920 x 1080p as it's very intensive on the graphics processor and memory. The "next gen" consoles were terribly equiped to do full HD with only 8 ROPs (render output processors) on their graphics hardware. More surprising is how the PS3's RSX GPU didn't have 16 ROPs like the G71 core the RSX is based off of which was also used in the GeForce 7800 graphics cards. Bad decision who ever made it. f50p90
Consoles are always gimped to keep prices down. If they were optimal prices would be through the roof like gaming rigs. :(
Considering it's the exact same GPU as the 7800, the engineering out/dissabling of the other 8 ROPs was either an attempt to save a little bit of money and manufacturing time (of which in reality would be not much) or to save a bit of power on the energy usage front (which would be minimalistic too). Also they probably concluded that without the necessary extra VRAM it might have not been such a viable need, however I'm sure that could easily be argued. And for "optimal prices" that would mean a mediation between profit and marketable cost for consumers, to which the PS3 has some expensive tech (Cell Broadband Engine and Blu-Ray drive) however people don't like paying too much money. That's why initially the PS3 was so expensive. I don't even know if Sony is making a profit manufacturing and selling a PS3 console in any of it's packages yet. I doubt they are breaking even yet.
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