Comments on: Halo 3 Only 640p? http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/09/28/halo-3-only-640p/ Game News For the Masses Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:19:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: NECKRYS http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/09/28/halo-3-only-640p/comment-page-1/#comment-22431 NECKRYS Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:10:24 +0000 http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/09/28/halo-3-only-640p/#comment-22431 ohh stop complaining just beacuse the graphics are not the same kind of graphics as gears doesnt mean the graphics are not amazing it looks great and if they made it look like gears it would be going to far. maybe the video scenes but the game play would look weird. ohh stop complaining just beacuse the graphics are not the same kind of graphics as gears doesnt mean the graphics are not amazing it looks great and if they made it look like gears it would be going to far. maybe the video scenes but the game play would look weird.

]]> By: Alex http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/09/28/halo-3-only-640p/comment-page-1/#comment-22398 Alex Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:46:20 +0000 http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/09/28/halo-3-only-640p/#comment-22398 It's just a lame excuse for not having a proper 720p resolution. And even on 640p, it doesn't look near as good as games like gears of war. Halo 3 gameplay is nice, multiplayer is awesome, but stop saying the graphics are great, THEY'RE NOT! It’s just a lame excuse for not having a proper 720p resolution. And even on 640p, it doesn’t look near as good as games like gears of war.

Halo 3 gameplay is nice, multiplayer is awesome, but stop saying the graphics are great, THEY’RE NOT!

]]> By: Anuban http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/09/28/halo-3-only-640p/comment-page-1/#comment-22374 Anuban Sat, 29 Sep 2007 05:06:25 +0000 http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/09/28/halo-3-only-640p/#comment-22374 Well regardless of all of that Bungie did a masterful job at crafting one of the best games ever. It looks fantastic anyway and it plays like a dream ... with really great controls that have that hard to get "right feel". Well regardless of all of that Bungie did a masterful job at crafting one of the best games ever. It looks fantastic anyway and it plays like a dream … with really great controls that have that hard to get “right feel”.

]]> By: Quartecks http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/09/28/halo-3-only-640p/comment-page-1/#comment-22366 Quartecks Sat, 29 Sep 2007 03:47:49 +0000 http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/09/28/halo-3-only-640p/#comment-22366 Who are you calling a Sony Fanboy? Who are you calling a Sony Fanboy?

]]> By: bongo http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/09/28/halo-3-only-640p/comment-page-1/#comment-22354 bongo Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:18:46 +0000 http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/09/28/halo-3-only-640p/#comment-22354 Oh, you missed out the final paragraph of from Bungie... "n fact, if you do a comparison shot between the native 1152x640 image and the scaled 1280x720, it’s practically impossible to discern the difference. We would ignore it entirely were it not for the internet’s propensity for drama where none exists. In fact the reason we haven’t mentioned this before in weekly updates, is the simple fact that it would have distracted conversation away from more important aspects of the game, and given tinfoil hats some new gristle to chew on as they catalogued their toenail clippings." No 720 is not scaled up... 1152, scaled to 1280 and then converted to 1080HD. Two complete seperate render buffers are used, one specificialy of HDR lighting alone... HALO 3 is actually rendering the equivalent of 1152x640 TWICE each frame... that's a virtual resolution of 2304x1280 or enough power to run two seperate HD TVs... Kudos to the 360, the power of its programmable graphics pipeline is now becoming evident. Nice try Sony fanboy, next time to edit to suit please. Oh, you missed out the final paragraph of from Bungie…

“n fact, if you do a comparison shot between the native 1152×640 image and the scaled 1280×720, it’s practically impossible to discern the difference. We would ignore it entirely were it not for the internet’s propensity for drama where none exists. In fact the reason we haven’t mentioned this before in weekly updates, is the simple fact that it would have distracted conversation away from more important aspects of the game, and given tinfoil hats some new gristle to chew on as they catalogued their toenail clippings.”

No 720 is not scaled up… 1152, scaled to 1280 and then converted to 1080HD. Two complete seperate render buffers are used, one specificialy of HDR lighting alone… HALO 3 is actually rendering the equivalent of 1152×640 TWICE each frame… that’s a virtual resolution of 2304×1280 or enough power to run two seperate HD TVs…

Kudos to the 360, the power of its programmable graphics pipeline is now becoming evident.

Nice try Sony fanboy, next time to edit to suit please.

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