Are you happy with 720p?

Do you think that "enough is as good as a feast" or you'd like your games to push 1080p and/or 60 fps like decent computers can do?

In other words, do you care more about games or think that the hardware is high on your list of preferences?

Personally I enjoy playing with crispy graphics and if you are used to that kind of resolution and smoothness, you may find yourself turning your nose while playing games on a console, but, apropos of games, consoles win ( imo ) when it comes to the amount of "big" games.

All in all I think that console gaming have a slight edger over Pc gaming, but as many say, it all comes down to personal preferences.

However, I own an xbox 360 and a Pc and I only use the console when I need to play those titles that are not available for Pc ( I HATE Pc's post-releases )

So, what's your preferences when it comes to gaming?

720p is only tolerable because in the future PC will be able to AA it.

720p is pretty good. Whatever. I'm not excited for it, but I understand Resolution and Frame Rate need to be sacrificed by devs for gameplay, which is fine by me.

720p for movies would suck though.

720p for movies would suck though.

SolidTy

Yeah, that's only 2.7 times higher than DVDs which had TERRIBL--- What the hell am I saying?

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

720p for movies would suck though.

DeckardLeeVI

Yeah, that's only 2.7 times higher than DVDs which had TERRIBL--- What the hell am I saying?

I don't know, but considering I have mutliple HDTV's throughout my house, multiple Blu-Ray Players, multiple HD-DVD players, about 4000 DVD's, and 400 Blu-Ray's/HD-DVD's, I know what I know.

Also, I see you are new to Gamespot, so Welcome New Poster. :P

720p is only tolerable because in the future PC will be able to AA it.

DeckardLeeVI

huh? AA it? what's that?

720p is pretty good. Whatever. I'm not excited for it, but I understand Resolution and Frame Rate need to be sacrificed by devs for gameplay, which is fine by me.

720p for movies would suck though.

SolidTy

I think HD is more important for games than for movies

[QUOTE="DeckardLeeVI"]

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

720p for movies would suck though.

SolidTy

Yeah, that's only 2.7 times higher than DVDs which had TERRIBL--- What the hell am I saying?

I don't know, but considering I have mutliple HDTV's throughout my house, multiple Blu-Ray Players, multiple HD-DVD players, about 4000 DVD's, and 400 Blu-Ray's/HD-DVD's, I know what I know.

Also, I see you are new to Gamespot, so Welcome New Poster. :P

Do you think that "enough is as good as a feast" or you'd like your games to push 1080p and/or 60 fps like decent computers can do?

In other words, do you care more about games or think that the hardware is high on your list of preferences?

Personally I enjoy playing with crispy graphics and if you are used to that kind of resolution and smoothness, you may find yourself turning your nose while playing games on a console, but, apropos of games, consoles win ( imo ) when it comes to the amount of "big" games.

All in all I think that console gaming have a slight edger over Pc gaming, but as many say, it all comes down to personal preferences.

However, I own an xbox 360 and a Pc and I only use the console when I need to play those titles that are not available for Pc ( I HATE Pc's post-releases )

So, what's your preferences when it comes to gaming?

Metroid_Other_M

True 720p is amazing, you never need 1080p unless you TV is 100'' or something

I have a 720p TV and HD movies and games look stunning, 1080p is meaningless, will only take resources that would make a game look 2x better in detail

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

[QUOTE="DeckardLeeVI"]

Yeah, that's only 2.7 times higher than DVDs which had TERRIBL--- What the hell am I saying?

DethSkematik

I don't know, but considering I have mutliple HDTV's throughout my house, multiple Blu-Ray Players, multiple HD-DVD players, about 4000 DVD's, and 400 Blu-Ray's/HD-DVD's, I know what I know.

Also, I see you are new to Gamespot, so Welcome New Poster. :P

It depends on the size of the TV and quality of the image, and if you are satisfied...but you are right, you always got your Computer. :P

Say you have the most powerfull PC today, i would each time prefer 720p and 2x the detail, than loose anything in detail and have the game run in 1080p

[QUOTE="DeckardLeeVI"]

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

720p for movies would suck though.

SolidTy

Yeah, that's only 2.7 times higher than DVDs which had TERRIBL--- What the hell am I saying?

I don't know, but considering I have mutliple HDTV's throughout my house, multiple Blu-Ray Players, multiple HD-DVD players, about 4000 DVD's, and 400 Blu-Ray's/HD-DVD's, I know what I know.

Also, I see you are new to Gamespot, so Welcome New Poster. :P

I see the bank robbin' buisness is still booming

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

[QUOTE="DeckardLeeVI"]

Yeah, that's only 2.7 times higher than DVDs which had TERRIBL--- What the hell am I saying?

lloveLamp

I don't know, but considering I have mutliple HDTV's throughout my house, multiple Blu-Ray Players, multiple HD-DVD players, about 4000 DVD's, and 400 Blu-Ray's/HD-DVD's, I know what I know.

Also, I see you are new to Gamespot, so Welcome New Poster. :P

I see the bank robbin' buisness is still booming

:lol:

Deals. It's all about deals man. I see Blu-Rays on sale cheaper than DVD's at Amazon all the time. :P

720p with stable 60fps is far better than 1080p with unstable 30fps when it come to gaming.

720p is garbage imho.

Say you have the most powerfull PC today, i would each time prefer 720p and 2x the detail, than loose anything in detail and have the game run in 1080p

theseekar

720 is fine until you get used to 1080. Then the switch becomes rather unpleasant.

It's HD so that's fine with me.:)

Say you have the most powerfull PC today, i would each time prefer 720p and 2x the detail, than loose anything in detail and have the game run in 1080p

theseekar

Say you have the most powerfull PC today, i would each time prefer 720p and 2x the detail, than loose anything in detail and have the game run in 1080p

theseekar

[QUOTE="Metroid_Other_M"]

Do you think that "enough is as good as a feast" or you'd like your games to push 1080p and/or 60 fps like decent computers can do?

In other words, do you care more about games or think that the hardware is high on your list of preferences?

Personally I enjoy playing with crispy graphics and if you are used to that kind of resolution and smoothness, you may find yourself turning your nose while playing games on a console, but, apropos of games, consoles win ( imo ) when it comes to the amount of "big" games.

All in all I think that console gaming have a slight edger over Pc gaming, but as many say, it all comes down to personal preferences.

However, I own an xbox 360 and a Pc and I only use the console when I need to play those titles that are not available for Pc ( I HATE Pc's post-releases )

So, what's your preferences when it comes to gaming?

theseekar

True 720p is amazing, you never need 1080p unless you TV is 100'' or something

I have a 720p TV and HD movies and games look stunning, 1080p is meaningless, will only take resources that would make a game look 2x better in detail

[QUOTE="Metroid_Other_M"]

Do you think that "enough is as good as a feast" or you'd like your games to push 1080p and/or 60 fps like decent computers can do?

In other words, do you care more about games or think that the hardware is high on your list of preferences?

Personally I enjoy playing with crispy graphics and if you are used to that kind of resolution and smoothness, you may find yourself turning your nose while playing games on a console, but, apropos of games, consoles win ( imo ) when it comes to the amount of "big" games.

All in all I think that console gaming have a slight edger over Pc gaming, but as many say, it all comes down to personal preferences.

However, I own an xbox 360 and a Pc and I only use the console when I need to play those titles that are not available for Pc ( I HATE Pc's post-releases )

So, what's your preferences when it comes to gaming?

theseekar

True 720p is amazing, you never need 1080p unless you TV is 100'' or something

I have a 720p TV and HD movies and games look stunning, 1080p is meaningless, will only take resources that would make a game look 2x better in detail

i dont care about resolution and AA, but speed is important for me i need at least 60 frames and more. Thats why i got a 120Hz monitor besides some 3D gimmick lol.

i dont care about resolution and AA, but speed is important for me i need at least 60 frames and more. Thats why i got a 120Hz monitor besides some 3D gimmick lol.

SLI_Gamer

720p on a Pc monitor is bad, on a Tv is okay, cause you're sitting at a certain distance.

But it's no brainer that the difference between 720p and 1080p is pretty noticeable:

With 720p you really do need a good antialiasing, except consoles are still too weak for that kind of thing.

Personally I think PC has the edge.

I have a 1080p Sony Bravia but it's only 32" so it's really not noticeable for TV or Games unless maybe I'm sitting 2 feet from the TV. I just upgraded to my first HDTV though, so coming from like an SDTV under 32" it's still a nice upgrade for me. The thing is, my TV is hooked up to my PC so I still benefit from the 1080p resolution but my monitor is only 1050 so sometimes I switch between Clone display and Extended display.

Am I happy with 720p? Considering the size of my TV, sure. I'm not going to pay an extra $10 a month for 1080p from Dish when it's already 1080i by default either. And again, I'd rather sacrifice the detail for performance. If I want high res gaming and performance, I'll play on my PC. The only difference is the library since I have a usb controller and can play from my couch, but then I'd lose out on being closer to the action and being able to notice the higher res.

720p on a Pc monitor is bad, on a Tv is okay, cause you're sitting at a certain distance.

But it's no brainer that the difference between 720p and 1080p is pretty noticeable:

With 720p you really do need a good antialiasing, except consoles are still too weak for that kind of thing.

aia89

woah I didn't know that 720 looked that bad in comparison with 1080p

hmm...i dunno. when i had a gaming pc back in 2001, i game at 1280x1024 already ('cause i had a 4:3 monitor). and then 10 years later, im gaming at 720p (and widescreen at that). lol. back then, it didnt make much sense to do 1920x1080 since the textures themselves aren't that detailed anyway, even if you up the resolution. some games only even had up to Trilinear Filtering and 2XAA back then. but now, i dunno. i think 1080p should already be standard. resolution can now go up to 2560x1660 already. although back in 2001, games only do 480p on consoles which was the lowest resolution you can do on pc's. i mean, 640x480 is sooooo ugly back then. games shouldve been at least 800x600. im totally impressed with the ps3 games right now, but, yea. they couldve been better on pc's obviously. and on 1080p.

720p looks fine on my 55" LCD - there's definitely some jaggies in Bad Company 2, though my old DLP hid them pretty well. 630p in GTA IV looks acceptable, and 576p (Haze or Conviction) looks bad (though Conviction was good enough that I just dealt with it).

Yeah...

What's wrong with it? Game look fine even below 720p...

i dont care about resolution and AA, but speed is important for me i need at least 60 frames and more. Thats why i got a 120Hz monitor besides some 3D gimmick lol.

SLI_Gamer

[QUOTE="SLI_Gamer"]

i dont care about resolution and AA, but speed is important for me i need at least 60 frames and more. Thats why i got a 120Hz monitor besides some 3D gimmick lol.

aia89

When all you use is a 16:10 24" monitor set to 1920x1600, no, 720p is not very good at all. Even 1080p isn't great compared to the almightiness of 1920x1600. Thats why i like PC gaming, massive resolution and 120FPS, consoles would poo itself at those numbers.tirralirra

I'd be willing to bet you wouldn't be able to tell the difference if you were shown a monitor but not told the resolution.

I'm content with it for consoles I guess, but on PC, I'm beginning to get bored of 1680x1050. I can't wait till I have enough money saved up and the monitors become cheap enough for me to go 2580x1600...

[QUOTE="aia89"][QUOTE="SLI_Gamer"]

i dont care about resolution and AA, but speed is important for me i need at least 60 frames and more. Thats why i got a 120Hz monitor besides some 3D gimmick lol.

millerlight89

and even a bigger one with 120 Hz. And yeah 3D splits the frames into two 60hz images, but there are anyways a lot of games those lock down the speed at 60 Hz why not have some 3d in it.

[QUOTE="aia89"][QUOTE="SLI_Gamer"]

i dont care about resolution and AA, but speed is important for me i need at least 60 frames and more. Thats why i got a 120Hz monitor besides some 3D gimmick lol.

millerlight89

I wouldnt say no to better graphics, but gameplay takes priority of course. As long as the graphics are adequate, im fine with it.

Of course 1080p is better, but if it came at the cost of texture detail, anti-aliasing or framerate I'd probably want to stick with 720p.

[QUOTE="tirralirra"]When all you use is a 16:10 24" monitor set to 1920x1600, no, 720p is not very good at all. Even 1080p isn't great compared to the almightiness of 1920x1600. Thats why i like PC gaming, massive resolution and 120FPS, consoles would poo itself at those numbers.topgunmv

I'd be willing to bet you wouldn't be able to tell the difference if you were shown a monitor but not told the resolution.