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Here with this new gen devs have been given more tools, power, and resources. Stuff they've always wanted. Only to find them swallowed up by enabling HD.

A simple example can be seen in the GPU processing. The Xbox 360 has a 3.5 times broader bandwidth than the original Xbox, 720p pixels require a 3 times broader memory bandwidth. It leaves only 0.5 times headroom which is insufficient for multiple texture lookups by complex shaders.

Another, since PS3 doesn't support FP10-32bit buffer, if FP16-64bit HDR is used it requires twice the bandwidth of Xbox 360 but PS3 doesn't have eDRAM like Xbox 360 to mitigate the impact.

So you see where Im coming from? WIth respect to new found power, much of it is going to waste. I like the good ole days, back when Mario 64 defined what a game should be, and when Final Fantasy was a good series.

But thats just my two cents.]]>May 15th 2006 9:45AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/05/15/ign-do-gamers-really-need-hdtv/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/05/15/ign-do-gamers-really-need-hdtv/May 15th 2006 10:26AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/05/15/ign-do-gamers-really-need-hdtv/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/05/15/ign-do-gamers-really-need-hdtv/May 15th 2006 3:02PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/05/15/ign-do-gamers-really-need-hdtv/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/05/15/ign-do-gamers-really-need-hdtv/May 15th 2006 3:19PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/05/15/ign-do-gamers-really-need-hdtv/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/05/15/ign-do-gamers-really-need-hdtv/May 15th 2006 4:36PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/05/15/ign-do-gamers-really-need-hdtv/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/05/15/ign-do-gamers-really-need-hdtv/
High def sure would have come in handy on all of our displays. When you only get one fourth of the screen (in multiplayer mode) and that screen is only 4:3 480i, every pixel counts. The higher pixels counts and wider aspect ratios make multiplayer gaming a lot more fun.]]>May 16th 2006 8:38AM