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#1 dontshackzmii
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Many games are not even 720 and some dont even have aa in them. How can you guys be okay with 800x600 graphics? I hear some console gamers wanting the next gen to start in 2015!

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#2 lawlessx
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because console gamers don't know any better?
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#3 savebattery
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Not having the very best graphics does not equate to bad graphics.
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#4 Hahadouken
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The HD consoles don't have bad graphics. The Wii has terrible graphics, though, but I'm sure you, having a Mario-themed profile, don't mind.
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#5 timmy00
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I'm fine with the graphics I have right now :)

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#6 davidkamayor
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How can you guys be okay with 800x600 graphics?

dontshackzmii

I don't know how?

That's why I have a PS3 to play all my games at 1080p and 120fps:)

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#9 Ravensmash
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Consoles are for the simple minded that don't know any better.

Cronik959
Not sure if serious. And I have no issue with current gen graphics. Still manage to look impressive.
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#10 jun_aka_pekto
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Many games are not even 720 and some dont even have aa in them. How can you guys be okay with 800x600 graphics? I hear some console gamers wanting the next gen to start in 2015!

dontshackzmii

Ummm. Show examples of bad graphics. Not being top notch doesn't mean they're bad either.

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#11 Kickinurass
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They're not bad graphics. Not the best - but far from bad.

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#12 Ravensmash
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Also, how can console graphics be bad.... When there's games like RDR (I'd rank it as one of the best looking games on consoles EASILY).
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#13 savebattery
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Consoles are for the simple minded that don't know any better.

Cronik959
Or maybe they're for people who like good genre representation. I have a gaming PC and I love it. And I agree that there are certain genres that have always been best on PC, like flight sims, RTS games, first person shooters, MMOs, etc. But PC has a very limited selection of fighters, platformers, sports games, party games, local multiplayer games in general, JRPGs, arcade styIe games in general, music games, etc, etc, etc.
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#14 alexside1
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Same reason why pc gamers are happy for bad graphics. It's the gameplay that counts.
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#15 davidkamayor
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[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

Many games are not even 720 and some dont even have aa in them. How can you guys be okay with 800x600 graphics? I hear some console gamers wanting the next gen to start in 2015!

jun_aka_pekto

Ummm. Show examples of bad graphics. Not being top notch doesn't mean they're bad either.

Quantum Theory+Haze=Bad Graphics

but I think PC can beat them out!

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#16 Mystic-G
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Can't wait to see what DX11 is capable of when developers start using it as a standard.

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#17 LegatoSkyheart
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Maybe it's because Console Graphics aren't bad?

(yes this goes for Wii too.)

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#18 Totalgym9000
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yer god of war 3, uncharted 2, gears 1-2, killzone 2, alan wake, heavy rain, red dead(360 version) , final fantasy 13 (ps3 version), castlevania, and the amazing looking future titles like gran turismo 5, gears 3 and kz3 all have such terrible graphics I have to wash out my eyes from the total mess I see on screen each time I play them.
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#19 ArchoNils2
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While I wouldn't call consoles graphics "bad", I do agree on the point that it's just silly to not want a next gen. personally I can't wait for new system, the actual consoles show how they aged and since technology advanced a lot in the past years, I want my next gen systems ^^

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#20 hippiesanta
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gameplay are important than graphic. I know many of you guys still play java games in your cellphone. I still play scrabble
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#21 AmazingGaming
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People get confused between comparing graphics vs appreciating them on their own merits. Comparitively, every console game looks worse than Crysis or whatever top notch PC game. But on their own terms, they can look amazing. A game can look "Good" or "Bad" without being compared to any other game.
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#22 Bear_in_Action
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Because I don't give a darn about graphics. If games are fun, they are fun.
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#23 dontshackzmii
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Can't wait to see what DX11 is capable of when developers start using it as a standard.

Mystic-G

It is not a very big upgrade from dx10 . best thing it has is tessellation .

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#24 bbkkristian
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Because most console gamers have been gaming longer than you have, OP. NES and SNES gamers probably dont care about graphics. N64 and PS1 gamers might, any generation above that cares more.
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#25 carljohnson3456
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Not having the very best graphics does not equate to bad graphics.savebattery
I agree with this.
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#26 Pug-Nasty
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Resolution doesn't equal graphics. This lesson is free, please subscribe for future lessons for only 59.99 a year.

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#27 funsohng
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because games can be fun without looking like crysis.
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#28 Mystic-G
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[QUOTE="Mystic-G"]

Can't wait to see what DX11 is capable of when developers start using it as a standard.

dontshackzmii

It is not a very big upgrade from dx10 . best thing it has is tessellation .

Tessellation is kind of a big deal. That said, DX10 was hardly used either and isn't even used on consoles.

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#29 raskullibur
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the only advantage pc over consoles are resolution and overuse blur and shininess
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#30 BPoole96
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Yeah because current consoles look so bad right?

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#31 Mystic-G
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the only advantage pc over consoles are resolution and overuse blur and shininess raskullibur
Resolution, textures, geometry, view distance, shadows, anti-aliasing.
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#32 FIipMode
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Still being impressed by console games graphically (GOW3 is the most recent), perfectly fine with my "bad graphics" :)
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#33 Lionheart08
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[QUOTE="savebattery"]Not having the very best graphics does not equate to bad graphics.carljohnson3456
I agree with this.

Carljohnson? Holy crap you're still in the world of the living! :P

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#34 Frozzik
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I am one of console graphics biggest critics. I hate the fact most games lack any decent AA or AF and tend to look blurry and colorless swell as grainy, not to mention framerates. HOWEVER, if I wasn't used to pc games I probably wouldn't notice, when I was without both my pc 's for a couple of months a bit ago i played alot of my PS3. at first i thought every game looked horrible. After a while though I stopped noticing and began to appreciate the look. By the time I got my new pc I was convinced there was little difference. That was ofcourse until I installed the 1st game to test out my GTX470, Metro 2033. now they look all horrible again lol. They don't look bad at all, just not as good as some other system that is out there lol.
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#35 carljohnson3456
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[QUOTE="carljohnson3456"][QUOTE="savebattery"]Not having the very best graphics does not equate to bad graphics.Lionheart08

I agree with this.

Carljohnson? Holy crap you're still in the world of the living! :P

lol Yes i am! :)

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#36 Cronik959
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[QUOTE="jun_aka_pekto"]

[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

Many games are not even 720 and some dont even have aa in them. How can you guys be okay with 800x600 graphics? I hear some console gamers wanting the next gen to start in 2015!

davidkamayor

Ummm. Show examples of bad graphics. Not being top notch doesn't mean they're bad either.

but I think PC can beat them out!

What game is this?

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#37 hypoty
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[QUOTE="davidkamayor"]

[QUOTE="jun_aka_pekto"]

Ummm. Show examples of bad graphics. Not being top notch doesn't mean they're bad either.

Cronik959

but I think PC can beat them out!

What game is this?

Big Rigs, the best of the worst.

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#38 funsohng
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[QUOTE="davidkamayor"]

[QUOTE="jun_aka_pekto"]

Ummm. Show examples of bad graphics. Not being top notch doesn't mean they're bad either.

Cronik959

but I think PC can beat them out!

What game is this?

Big Rig
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#39 Cronik959
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[QUOTE="Cronik959"]

[QUOTE="davidkamayor"]

but I think PC can beat them out!

hypoty

What game is this?

Big Rigs, the best of the worst.

So whats the point of this pic?

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#40 johnnyblazed88
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360/PS3 is bad graphics?

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#41 hypoty
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[QUOTE="hypoty"]

[QUOTE="Cronik959"]

What game is this?

Cronik959

Big Rigs, the best of the worst.

So whats the point of this pic?

I believe someone was trying to be funny.

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#42 dontshackzmii
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[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

[QUOTE="Mystic-G"]

Can't wait to see what DX11 is capable of when developers start using it as a standard.

Mystic-G

It is not a very big upgrade from dx10 . best thing it has is tessellation .

Tessellation is kind of a big deal. That said, DX10 was hardly used either and isn't even used on consoles.

Sadly they wont take advantage till the next gen of consoles. All tessellation does is add depth to textures with little impact on the gpu .

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#43 laus_basic
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DKCR on Wii is only 480p and I think it looks pretty damn amazing.

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#44 Frozzik
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[QUOTE="Mystic-G"]

[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

It is not a very big upgrade from dx10 . best thing it has is tessellation .

dontshackzmii

Tessellation is kind of a big deal. That said, DX10 was hardly used either and isn't even used on consoles.

Sadly they wont take advantage till the next gen of consoles. All tessellation does is add depth to textures with little impact on the gpu .

I thought it added polygons to close objects to make them seem round, like in metro 2033. With it turned on it cripples my system. I'm no tech buff though lol, I just saw screens with tess on and that's what it did
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#45 SaltyMeatballs
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Bad, or not as good as PC? Define bad, because I don't have a problem playing games like Fallout NV which people think has crappy graphics. Also, some games in sub-HD resolution have impressed me more than some in 720p. Resolution isn't everything.
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#46 krayzieE99
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Many games are not even 720 and some dont even have aa in them. How can you guys be okay with 800x600 graphics? I hear some console gamers wanting the next gen to start in 2015!

dontshackzmii
probably because they are more concerned with having fun with the game instead of just starting at it? not all console games look bad, some actually look pretty nice.
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#47 mitu123
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the only advantage pc over consoles are resolution and overuse blur and shininess raskullibur
Lies, and what Mystic-G said.
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#48 JohnF111
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[QUOTE="Cronik959"]

Consoles are for the simple minded that don't know any better.

davidkamayor

PCs are for arrogant elitests who think they know better.

Yeah PC gamers think they are awesome that way... This thread proves it, "I have a PC, i'm so used to 100fps that anything under 40fps is just torture, anything under 1680x1050 looks like tetris"... Aint that just earbleedingly annoying to read everyday?
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#49 GTSaiyanjin2
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The graphics look fine to me, great even...

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#50 hypoty
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[QUOTE="davidkamayor"]

[QUOTE="Cronik959"]

Consoles are for the simple minded that don't know any better.

JohnF111

PCs are for arrogant elitests who think they know better.

Yeah PC gamers think they are awesome that way... This thread proves it, "I have a PC, i'm so used to 100fps that anything under 40fps is just torture, anything under 1680x1050 looks like tetris"... Aint that just earbleedingly annoying to read everyday?

It's worth pointing out that the TC is a PC hater, it makes you think how many of these PC elitists are just fakeboys wanting to get a rise out of people.