Comments on: PS4 ICE Team Programmer: Anything Below 720p/30fps Is Actively Unpleasant

By: jacksjus

jacksjus — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:55:00 +0000

In reply to DarthDiggler. Exactly.

By: timothytripp

timothytripp — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 17:55:00 +0000

I totally agree with him. 30fps is fine as long as the resolution is 1080p, especially if the AA is good enough. What’s not really ok though is going below 1080p. At all. Ever. At least not for me. Watch Dogs looks beautiful in lighting and textures but even with good AA there are some places where I can see it’s not 1080p. I’m sure with a little more optimization they could have gotten it to 1080p; 900p aka 1600×900 is decent but not quite high enough.

What people don’t realize is that BluRay, DVDs and movies are 24fps and they look great. Most people can’t perceive stutter below 30fps and a lot of times this is just a numbers-on-paper issue. But resolution affects EVERYTHING. Screen shots, video capture, reviews, all are affected by resolution, where FPS really doesn’t affect those things unless it dips (ever) below 30fps.

As we move away from the PS3/360 cross-platform games, the worlds will demand too much detail for 1080p/60fps without sacrificing draw distance and detail. Look at the Witcher 3 and other truly Next-Gen games and ask yourself if you’d rather have less detail in order to have 60fps instead of 30. I wouldn’t.

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 17:33:00 +0000

Im with you, i prefer 1080p/30fps to 900p/60fps

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 17:32:00 +0000

In reply to TI_21. Sssshhhh, its a secret.

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 17:29:00 +0000

In reply to Dynasty2021. Your opinion that nothing below 60fps is acceptable is unacceptable.

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 17:28:00 +0000

In reply to DarthDiggler.

“Can you PC guys stop positioning your PC as the system everyone needs to game on?”

I dont think thats what he was saying at all. While not a 100% accurate most of what he’s saying is true.

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 17:23:00 +0000

In reply to Anon. Thanks for the clarification, thats what i thought and i agree with you that its stupid to continue talking about ICE team as "secret".

By: Dynasty2021

Dynasty2021 — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 17:00:00 +0000

And DDR4 is right around the corner. Good to see devs can make use of it with the new consoles.

OH NO WAIT!

DDR4 looks set to give massive performance gains, and we won’t see any benefit from it for YEARS because devs have to code for useless, aged console hardware.

By: Dynasty2021

Dynasty2021 — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 16:58:00 +0000

Anything less than 60 is unacceptable, period.

The 30 FPS argument is retarded, and just an excuse by console owners that realize their precious box isn’t powerful enough.

By: DarthDiggler

DarthDiggler — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 15:55:00 +0000

In reply to chrisredfield31. @chrisredfield31:disqus Most everyone noticed Uncharted 2 and the PC Gamers couldn't ignore it because most of the PC developers of note were looking at it in awe.