When an individual has a 1080p tv and a game has lower resolution, it may get upscaled, but the tv tries to compensate for the lower resolution and saturate the tv with pixels. This adds a nasty blur affect, not as bad when it's in Video Game mode if your tv has it but definitely noticeable.
Yeah it's 60 fps on minute, 45 the next, down to 30 and then up to 60. With lower resolution that is totally noticeable (I sometimes think lots of people just play on mom and dad's tv and never went shopping for a tv, the difference is massive hence the large market for 1080p Tvs), texture pop and the even worse asset pop-in.
I'll take 1080p and a rock-solid 30 fps over a jittery and dipping 60 fps with lower resolution, texture pop and something looking like ASS. Any day of the week :)
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