Toshiba Runs A Game Demo At 4K Resolution

12 responses to “Toshiba Runs A Game Demo At 4K Resolution”

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   NegativeZero

   September 7, 2012 at 2:52 pm

   I’d be surprised if the next hardware iteration didn’t target native 1080p. Most midrange gaming PCs can handle that now.

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   Nicholas

   September 7, 2012 at 3:03 pm

   Given what I’ve heard about quad cores with a HD6770 equivelant graphics cards supposedly powering the new xbox and ps3, I’m struggling to even imagine them hitting 1080p on every game :/ Makes the next gen seem a little redundant.

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      BK

      September 7, 2012 at 3:19 pm

      The funny thing is you’re right Nick – “Next Gen consoles” are pretty much going to be using this gens pc hardware.. almost like a catchup which seems almost redundant. Our current consoles as it stands actually have all the necessary processing power the main reason they need to be updated is purely because of ram (or lack there of).

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   ZenMarx

   September 7, 2012 at 3:27 pm

   My understanding (and please correct me if I’m wrong, because I may well be) is that the reason we don’t see many games in 1080p is the amount of time it takes to make, i.e. the number of polygons required. I use the Final Fantasy series as an example: back in the late 90’s, they were releasing a proper numbered FF game once a year… compared to how long it took them to create FF13. I rememember them saying that to recreate something the size of FF7 with the graphical level of FF13 would take 12 years… Imagine how long games would take to be made if they were all being made for 4K resolution.

   Like I said, maybe I’m wrong, and please do tell if I am.

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      Mr Unicorn

      September 7, 2012 at 4:13 pm

      4K development would still be quite similar to 1080p in that regard. Jumps made in things other than resolution aren’t the problem with creating a HD world of that size.

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      Alinos

      September 7, 2012 at 5:55 pm

      Actually resolution would have nothing to do with that

      The difference is the quality of textures when final fantasy VII came out textures like that we’re accepted hell they we’re viewed as a huge leap.

      The problem is that these days people want detailed textures as opposed to single shade walls. Coupled with things not being overly reused.

      1080p is a resolution for the picture most games on consoles don’t output in 1080p purely because to do so results in sacrificIng hardware power to render a 2D sidescroller could be 1080p

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      Link

      September 7, 2012 at 6:30 pm

      I think the reason you dont see games in 1080p on consoles is because xbox and ps3 can only output 720p from their gpu and this is then upscaled to 1080p.

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4. 

   doubleDizz

   September 7, 2012 at 4:02 pm

   I’m glad they incorporated Shaky Cam for this footage. It really helped with… it.

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   1. 

      Sean

      September 7, 2012 at 4:12 pm

      You are incorrect, the same number of polygons are used at any resolution. The issue is what is called commonly referred to as ‘Fill Rate’ or the amount of pixels that need to be rendered on those polygons. The bigger the res the more pixels there are and the longer it takes to render each one. The other difference between consoles and PC’s is that on consoles the developers can work much more closely with the hardware and get better performance than an equivalent spec’d PC with its bloated drivers, just ask John Carmack.

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      1. 

         BK

         September 7, 2012 at 4:28 pm

         Infact it’s actually much easier for companies to make games thesedays as most of the works pre-done in the game engines themselves unless they build their own from scratch. It’s all about adding textures of their own (graphics designers) and coding when they want things pre-made in the game engine to occur, back in the days of FF7 everything would of been made from scratch and would have taken much longer. Its like try using Photoshop v1 to create a picture as opposed to using Photoshop CS6 that has so many automated tools it’s crazy.

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5. 

   DAN!

   September 7, 2012 at 4:10 pm

   Oh man, I’ve been aboard the 4K Hype Train for a while now.

   4K OLED?! -dies-

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6. 

   The_Boss

   September 9, 2012 at 9:19 pm

   What sorcery is this?

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