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#1 Taylorgc2004
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Long story short... PC graphics pwn Consoles blah blah blah. All I ever hear in system wars. Now, for someone who knows, what kind of difference is there? Here is exactly what I want to know. Let's take my tv/monitor. It's a 32" 1080P Aquos. If I had my 360 hooked through either VGA or Component or HDMI, running say Bioshock, and a high end gaming PC hooked up through either DVI or VGA also running Bioshock, and simply swithed inputs back and forth while both ran the game, would your average bystander even notice a difference. Two points I want to make here, we are talking a good modern PC, because I know everyone wants to just say "depends on what card.......blah", and two, I am not talking about some geek noticing the difference. I'm talking about your girlfriend. Would your gf say she can tell? That would be the true test. And it doesn't have to just be Bioshock, but really any game on both console and PC. Honesty is appreciated here!
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#2 Always-Honest
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true. but they have a need to feel superiour. i know why, but i'm not allowed to say it.. since there is no free speech in the U.S.

even THIS might be considered trolling.. oh my.. need to say something now.... uh.. i agree!.. oh wait.. that's concidered trolling also..

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#3 jeffwulf
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Yes, it would be pretty easy to see the differences. The higher PC resolution, even though it would be limited by the TV, would be apparent because it would display at the full 1080 instead of 720. On top of that, there would be antialiasing which isn't present on consoles, and the much smoother edges would be quite apparent. Other effects wouldn't be as profound as those two, but would still be significant, such as lighting, shadows, textures, which would all be greatly enhanced.
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#4 HeliumFear
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On consoles,the general reaction is:

inadequate

or even:

suicide

but on teh high end PC,the reaction is always:

no wai!!!

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#5 Forensic-Klown
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PC games are silly, console games is where its at, easier, great graphics, cheaper and a TRUE gaming console..with nothing running in the back (pc applications etc)

besides, consoles have more games to choose from and imo, better games.

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#6 householdman
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PC games are silly, console games is where its at, easier, great graphics, cheaper and a TRUE gaming console..with nothing running in the back (pc applications etc)

besides, consoles have more games to choose from and imo, better games.

Forensic-Klown

Oh yea, man those EASY games are were it's at. That's how you test your might, play some easy games :P

Consoles have services running at the back, ALL embedded systems have software running in the back

I'm not even going to comment on the games issue, because that's just rediculous, I'm all for consoles, I have a pretty hefty collection of the beasts myself, but to say any of the consoles, or even all three current gen consoles put together as well as all the backwards compatable games (Where they apply :P) have a wider selection than the games you can play on any semi-modern PC is just rubbish.

Oh well, I guess I am going to comment on the games issue then :P

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Yes, it would be pretty easy to see the differences. The higher PC resolution, even though it would be limited by the TV, would be apparent because it would display at the full 1080 instead of 720. On top of that, there would be antialiasing which isn't present on consoles, and the much smoother edges would be quite apparent. Other effects wouldn't be as profound as those two, but would still be significant, such as lighting, shadows, textures, which would all be greatly enhanced.jeffwulf

did you know there was a survey in the US that said most Americans cant tell the graphicall diference between the Wii and the 360?

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#9 vash47
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PC games are silly, console games is where its at, easier, great graphics, cheaper and a TRUE gaming console..with nothing running in the back (pc applications etc)

besides, consoles have more games to choose from and imo, better games.

Forensic-Klown

Wow, so much ignorance in one post :O

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Long story short... PC graphics pwn Consoles blah blah blah. All I ever hear in system wars. Now, for someone who knows, what kind of difference is there? Here is exactly what I want to know. Let's take my tv/monitor. It's a 32" 1080P Aquos. If I had my 360 hooked through either VGA or Component or HDMI, running say Bioshock, and a high end gaming PC hooked up through either DVI or VGA also running Bioshock, and simply swithed inputs back and forth while both ran the game, would your average bystander even notice a difference. Two points I want to make here, we are talking a good modern PC, because I know everyone wants to just say "depends on what card.......blah", and two, I am not talking about some geek noticing the difference. I'm talking about your girlfriend. Would your gf say she can tell? That would be the true test. And it doesn't have to just be Bioshock, but really any game on both console and PC. Honesty is appreciated here!Taylorgc2004

Well I think she can see the difference in

And

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#11 jangojay
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[QUOTE="Forensic-Klown"]

PC games are silly, console games is where its at, easier, great graphics, cheaper and a TRUE gaming console..with nothing running in the back (pc applications etc)

besides, consoles have more games to choose from and imo, better games.

vash47

Wow, so much ignorance in one post :O

Don't feed the trolls!

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[QUOTE="vash47"][QUOTE="Forensic-Klown"]

PC games are silly, console games is where its at, easier, great graphics, cheaper and a TRUE gaming console..with nothing running in the back (pc applications etc)

besides, consoles have more games to choose from and imo, better games.

jangojay

Wow, so much ignorance in one post :O

Don't feed the trolls!

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#13 Always-Honest
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[QUOTE="Taylorgc2004"]Long story short... PC graphics pwn Consoles blah blah blah. All I ever hear in system wars. Now, for someone who knows, what kind of difference is there? Here is exactly what I want to know. Let's take my tv/monitor. It's a 32" 1080P Aquos. If I had my 360 hooked through either VGA or Component or HDMI, running say Bioshock, and a high end gaming PC hooked up through either DVI or VGA also running Bioshock, and simply swithed inputs back and forth while both ran the game, would your average bystander even notice a difference. Two points I want to make here, we are talking a good modern PC, because I know everyone wants to just say "depends on what card.......blah", and two, I am not talking about some geek noticing the difference. I'm talking about your girlfriend. Would your gf say she can tell? That would be the true test. And it doesn't have to just be Bioshock, but really any game on both console and PC. Honesty is appreciated here!jangojay

Well I think she can see the difference in

And

as long as you believe it.

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[QUOTE="Taylorgc2004"]Long story short... PC graphics pwn Consoles blah blah blah. All I ever hear in system wars. Now, for someone who knows, what kind of difference is there? Here is exactly what I want to know. Let's take my tv/monitor. It's a 32" 1080P Aquos. If I had my 360 hooked through either VGA or Component or HDMI, running say Bioshock, and a high end gaming PC hooked up through either DVI or VGA also running Bioshock, and simply swithed inputs back and forth while both ran the game, would your average bystander even notice a difference. Two points I want to make here, we are talking a good modern PC, because I know everyone wants to just say "depends on what card.......blah", and two, I am not talking about some geek noticing the difference. I'm talking about your girlfriend. Would your gf say she can tell? That would be the true test. And it doesn't have to just be Bioshock, but really any game on both console and PC. Honesty is appreciated here!jangojay

Well I think she can see the difference in

And

She who?? But that is a good comparison.

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#15 jangojay
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as long as you believe it.

Always-Honest

Funny enough alot of people took the second picture for gears of war 2. So yea I believe it.

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It depends on the game. To be honest there isn't much difference when it comes to bioshock. Cod4 on the other hand looks so much better. You notice it more on online mode. Most multi platform games look very similar. What pc gives you is lots of nice aa and af plus over twice pixels. This for me is enough. Games designed for pc first then ported to 360 look so much better on pc. Sup com for example.
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Yes, it would be pretty easy to see the differences. The higher PC resolution, even though it would be limited by the TV, would be apparent because it would display at the full 1080 instead of 720. On top of that, there would be antialiasing which isn't present on consoles, and the much smoother edges would be quite apparent. Other effects wouldn't be as profound as those two, but would still be significant, such as lighting, shadows, textures, which would all be greatly enhanced.jeffwulf
"yawn" I don't have time to listen to all this technical yap. Most normal Cant tell the difference.
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[QUOTE="jeffwulf"]Yes, it would be pretty easy to see the differences. The higher PC resolution, even though it would be limited by the TV, would be apparent because it would display at the full 1080 instead of 720. On top of that, there would be antialiasing which isn't present on consoles, and the much smoother edges would be quite apparent. Other effects wouldn't be as profound as those two, but would still be significant, such as lighting, shadows, textures, which would all be greatly enhanced.tader-salad
"yawn" I don't have time to listen to all this technical yap. Most normal Cant tell the difference.

So the two pictures above off the bat you can't tell which is better?

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[QUOTE="tader-salad"][QUOTE="jeffwulf"]Yes, it would be pretty easy to see the differences. The higher PC resolution, even though it would be limited by the TV, would be apparent because it would display at the full 1080 instead of 720. On top of that, there would be antialiasing which isn't present on consoles, and the much smoother edges would be quite apparent. Other effects wouldn't be as profound as those two, but would still be significant, such as lighting, shadows, textures, which would all be greatly enhanced.jangojay

"yawn" I don't have time to listen to all this technical yap. Most normal Cant tell the difference.

So the two pictures above off the bat you can't tell which is better?

First of all no. Second there 2 completely different pics
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[QUOTE="tader-salad"][QUOTE="jeffwulf"]Yes, it would be pretty easy to see the differences. The higher PC resolution, even though it would be limited by the TV, would be apparent because it would display at the full 1080 instead of 720. On top of that, there would be antialiasing which isn't present on consoles, and the much smoother edges would be quite apparent. Other effects wouldn't be as profound as those two, but would still be significant, such as lighting, shadows, textures, which would all be greatly enhanced.jangojay

"yawn" I don't have time to listen to all this technical yap. Most normal Cant tell the difference.

So the two pictures above off the bat you can't tell which is better?

First of all no. Second there 2 completely different pics