Upscaling? Advantage for consoles vs similarly powerful pcs?

For example, if on a full hd 32inch screen you had a pc game running at 720p vs a console game running at 720p upscaled to 1080p which would look better? If you had a pc game running at 1680x1050 on that 32inch screen vs a console game running at 720p upscaled to 1080p which would look better? I know from experience that playing pc games at non native resolutions, at least on my monitor, looks terrible. Its better to sacrafice eye candy in order to run the game at native resolution. The reason why I am asking is that in system wars many budget pcs which can max games out at "console resolutions" for very cheap prices are thrown about but in a real world situation do they really provide a better graphical experience espically on larger tvs?

knock knock. a 1080p tv upscales everything to 1080p. They have set resolutions, unlike monitors

uhhhh...

knock knock. a 1080p tv upscales everything to 1080p. They have set resolutions, unlike monitors

dxmcat

Der, knock knock. LCD monitors do the same thing......

For example, if on a full hd 32inch screen you had a pc game running at 720p vs a console game running at 720p upscaled to 1080p which would look better? If you had a pc game running at 1680x1050 on that 32inch screen vs a console game running at 720p upscaled to 1080p which would look better? I know from experience that playing pc games at non native resolutions, at least on my monitor, looks terrible. Its better to sacrafice eye candy in order to run the game at native resolution. The reason why I am asking is that in system wars many budget pcs which can max games out at "console resolutions" for very cheap prices are thrown about but in a real world situation do they really provide a better graphical experience espically on larger tvs?

dom2000

Depends on the display. Many low end displays scale poorly. 720p vs 720p on the same set will look the same so long as the framerate is locked on the pc version, and the texture settings are the same. Many games on PC even at the same resolution run better and have higher resolution textures giving the PC an advantage.

On a poor display however, the 360 upscaler may provide a clearer picture at 1080p then the PC running at 720p. But if you start running the PC at 1600x900 and upscale from there on the same display, it may tip back into the PC's favor.

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knock knock. a 1080p tv upscales everything to 1080p. They have set resolutions, unlike monitors

Metalscarz

Der, knock knock. LCD monitors do the same thing......

For example, if on a full hd 32inch screen you had a pc game running at 720p vs a console game running at 720p upscaled to 1080p which would look better? If you had a pc game running at 1680x1050 on that 32inch screen vs a console game running at 720p upscaled to 1080p which would look better? I know from experience that playing pc games at non native resolutions, at least on my monitor, looks terrible. Its better to sacrafice eye candy in order to run the game at native resolution. The reason why I am asking is that in system wars many budget pcs which can max games out at "console resolutions" for very cheap prices are thrown about but in a real world situation do they really provide a better graphical experience espically on larger tvs?

dom2000

Depends on the display. Many low end displays scale poorly. 720p vs 720p on the same set will look the same so long as the framerate is locked on the pc version, and the texture settings are the same. Many games on PC even at the same resolution run better and have higher resolution textures giving the PC an advantage.

On a poor display however, the 360 upscaler may provide a clearer picture at 1080p then the PC running at 720p. But if you start running the PC at 1600x900 and upscale from there on the same display, it may tip back into the PC's favor.

If I lower my resolution to anything below 1080p, the image is blurry and the game is unplayable. I should have never threw out my old CRT monitor.

Uhm...

You do realize that you can have the GPU handle scaling, right?

This is possible with both Nvidia and AMD cards.

And the hardware upscaling is just as good as the consoles.

Also, unless you have some really low end hardware, you won't NEED to use upscaling. That's the whole point. Modern PC gmaing ahrdware runs game engines at a full 1080 (or higher) resolution.

So, to summarize:

PC's can upscale too. Duh.

modern, gmaing PC's don't need to upscale.