The cell eats all current processors for breakfast. Even the i7 can’t compete with the cell processor in terms of power. It was ranked as 50 times more powerful than the average PC processor by Folding@Home when they did an analysis on how much each platform contributed to the project. Every 1 PS3 was worth 50 PCs. That’s insane. Very true as well. Go look it up if you don’t believe me.

PCs obviously win in the GPU department, but this is not surprising. The fact is a PC with the RSX GPU would not have a chance in the world of running a game that was close to the quality of Uncharted 2. If the PS3 had a full GB of RAM and a current video card it would tear the PC apart. Granted the PS3 would cost around $500-$600 then, but it would still outperform the PC. The PS3 is equal to about a $800-$900 PC or a $600 one you built yourself. For $300 that’s a pretty good deal…

Scripted or non-scripted, it really doesn’t matter as far as the graphics engine is concerned. It takes the same resources to draw the chopper in a scripted event as it would in an unscripted event. The shrapnel in Uncharted 2 is better than any PC title, including Crysis. The character animations are far better than any game ever made, up to 50 actions can affect Drake at any given moment and they will all have an effect on his reaction.

The texture quality of Uncharted 2 for many scenes exceeds Crysis, though Uncharted 2 does have some lower end textures and the character models aren’t amazing. In short there are some graphics engine features that definitely are better on Uncharted 2 than Crysis. Some of the environmental textures in Crysis are very dated, even at top settings. The physics engine is not better than Uncharted 2, not even remotely close. There are also scenes in Uncharted 2 where over 300 objects are moving at the same time. This is not a possibility with PC games as they have to program for low end PCs. Uncharted 2 does an amazing job of creating an environment and really making it come to life. Crysis, on the other hand, has very generic, but pretty, environments that have very little going on at any given time.

Anyway, I’m not saying Uncharted 2 looks better than Crysis. I will say this. For a $300 console to even compete with Crysis in the graphics field, which requires a $700-$800 computer to run at max settings, it’s an amazing thing. Last gen consoles could not compete with PCs for graphics. This gen the PS3 definitely runs better than the vast majority of PCs on the market. If you spend $800 you can get a better PC sure… but unless you really like RTS and MMOs or you have a bunch of money to blow, there’s little reason to not just get a PS3 which has most of the same games as on the PC, many exclusives that aren’t on the PC, and save $500.

Honestly, I’m betting that consoles surpass the PC next gen in the graphics department. It’s very close to happening this gen. Also… GT5 does look better than Crysis. Racing sim I know… easy to render. It still looks better.

You really don’t know what you’re talking about. Crysis is so much further in every way possible, because of one simple thing.

THE PC HAS MORE POWER THAN THE CONSOLES.

Console fanboys just won’t accept the fact that their machines is made of cheap parts so everyone could buy them.

Like Joe said, they’re scripted sequences. Crysis has true procedural destruction, try it by throwing a grenade into a house. Draw distance can always be adjusted in PC games, and Cryengine 2 and 3 can draw bigger than 200 square kilometers maps! Just try precaching the whole map and then looking down from somewhere. Playing on the back of a 400ft titan is nothing compared to that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WNPFrZjPYI

Maybe there’s not much going on the screen in Crysis, it depends a lot on how you play. You can sneak, or you can go in with a bang. Or if you want, skip the fights completely.

TRY WARHEAD. It’s called Warhead for a reason. It has a lot more action in it, and totally wipes the floor with Uncharted 2.

…………. so ………… id like to see an xbox pull of the visual awesomeness that uncharted 2 or god of war 3 have………. and heavy rain just has amazing graphics…….. maybe not everything going on like u2 or gow3 but the character models and environments are some of the best ever……….. sure crysis has amazing graphics…….. but i personally think graphics does not only mean the specs or whatever……… its visual design, frame rate, specs, color, and others……. example: okami has some of the best graphics ever but the specs arent so good……. uncharted 2 has amazing visual design, frame rate, color, and probably the best specs besides maybe crysis and its tied with gow 3……… and also, crysis is: forest, water, and some snow……. uncharted: forest, train, mountains, snow, ice, village, city, and more so what now?!?!?!?!?!

they both look awesome…. but the xbox hardware just isnt as powerful as ps3