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GTA IV up close (400% zoom, from B3D):

http://www3.telus.net/public/dhwag/400360.jpg[/img]
http://www3.telus.net/public/dhwag/400PS3.jpg[/img]

PS3 version looks much cleaner and realistic here.

If your trying to be funny, try harder.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

GTA IV up close (400% zoom, from B3D):

PS3 version looks much cleaner and realistic here.

Finally, a comparison relevant to my Playing-On-A-Leapfrog-Monitor scenario.

 

[Evlar]

GTA IV up close (400% zoom, from B3D):

PS3 version looks much cleaner and realistic here.

This is useful information if you intend to play the game in the front row of a movie theater.

 

[RSTEIN]

GTA IV up close (400% zoom, from B3D):

PS3 version looks much cleaner and realistic here.

This is what it has come to. Zooming in 400%.


*suicides*

 

[watership]

GTA IV up close (400% zoom, from B3D):

http://www3.telus.net/public/dhwag/400360.jpg

http://www3.telus.net/public/dhwag/400PS3.jpg

PS3 version looks much cleaner and realistic here.

Christ, this thread was FUN until you got here.

 

[furrygiblets]

This is useful information if you intend to play the game in the front row of a movie theater.

:lol :lol

 

[Sh0k]

GTA IV up close (400% zoom, from B3D):

PS3 version looks much cleaner and realistic here.

So if I sit two inches from my 50" TV, I will see that the PS3 version is the superior version ?

 

[danwarb]

GTA IV up close (400% zoom, from B3D):

http://www3.telus.net/public/dhwag/400360.jpg

http://www3.telus.net/public/dhwag/400PS3.jpg

PS3 version looks much cleaner and realistic here.

The 360 picture is from a framebuffer grab, while the PS3 one is from a HD video.

 

[DevilWillcry]

YOU ARE NOT FUNNY.

You mad?

Spoiler

sorry, someone had to say it.

 

[duk]

wow this thread took a few turns since yesterday :lol

 

[Zombie James]

This is what it has come to. Zooming in 400%.


*suicides*

Reminds me of the old ATI/Nvidia "driver cheating" wars.

"But if you zoom in 400% and look at the bottom right corner, you can clearly see AF isn't being applied properly!"

 

[Y2Kev]

400% zoom? Are you a joke poster?

 

[Vennt]

Seriously, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Possibly neither, I'll just wallow in the knowledge that nothing I have done in my life to date, compares with the levels of retardation needed to do this kinda shit. (And believe me, I've done some seriously retarded things in my time).

 

[GodfatherX]

GTA IV up close (400% zoom, from B3D):

PS3 version looks much cleaner and realistic here.

other then the actual HDR being different because of the way the system works in both games [which makes your comparision kind of unfair] the difference is minimal, slightly more pixelation at 400% zoom

 

[Loudninja]

You guys do know that those are not his pics?

 

[Hypno Funk]

Personally, i'm going to enjoy playing GTA4 whilst all these people compare versions of the game.

 

[Warm Machine]

As far as the pop in goes, people are laughing at it almost as though they never played a PS2 GTA game where you could be driving on nothing for a few seconds before the road streamed in underneath you.

 

[DeadGzuz]

Yep, that's right. See, it wasn't that hard… :lol

Any image you send to the 360 is going to look more contrasted/vibrant, it's just how it displays things.

This is related, but I'm not sure how well the game output relates to the image output.

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=46549

The 360 output is "picked" to look vibrant, but it is not as technically correct (see post #9).

 

[Cdammen]

I thought the dithering was the "paint" filter. Didnt people say this could be turned off?

I thought so too. Really liked it in the screenshots that were released.

 

[cyberheater]

In just over 6 hours i'm going to pop off to my local ASDA and pick up a copy of GTA4. Now there's a happy thought.

 

[urk]

GTA IV up close (400% zoom, from B3D):

PS3 version looks much cleaner and realistic here.

I'm still not convinced. 3200% please. At that level of magnitude, we'll finally be able to put this argument to rest. And all without ever having to play the fucking thing!

 

[Firewire]

Seriously, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Possibly neither, I'll just wallow in the knowledge that nothing I have done in my life to date, compares with the levels of retardation needed to do this kinda shit. (And believe me, I've done some seriously retarded things in my time).

:lol

 

[65536]

GTA IV up close (400% zoom, from B3D):

http://www3.telus.net/public/dhwag/400360.jpg

http://www3.telus.net/public/dhwag/400PS3.jpg

PS3 version looks much cleaner and realistic here.

360 screenshot is a framebuffer grab, PS3 shot is a blurry, compressed IGN capture. You can't really compare them.

So he has the ps3 version or taking the screenshot and "adjusting it"

I took photos off my screen with the PS3 and 360 showing the same image. The 360 image is darker, more contrasted, and the colours are more vibrant. It wasn't the best example to pick though, but you should still be able to see the difference.

It's just how the 360 displays images, it's nothing to do with the game.

EDIT: Missed this.

This is related, but I'm not sure how well the game output relates to the image output.

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=46549

The 360 output is "picked" to look vibrant, but it is not as technically correct (see post #9).

That's a much better example, thanks. I know full well that the 360 output is less accurate – it makes things look too contrasted / vibrant if your display doesn't have the controls necessary to correct for it. I've been saying that the 360 needs a gamma option put in the dashboard for a long time now.

 

[Loudninja]

Seriously, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Possibly neither, I'll just wallow in the knowledge that nothing I have done in my life to date, compares with the levels of retardation needed to do this kinda shit. (And believe me, I've done some seriously retarded things in my time).

Yeah its pretty bad here.

 

[Dabanton]

In just over 6 hours i'm going to pop off to my local ASDA and pick up a copy of GTA4. Now there's a happy thought.

Have you pre ordered or are you just going in?

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

You guys do know that those are not his pics?

It's still his post.

 

[Beer Monkey]

Beyond 3D really ought to turn off new registrations for a few days. It's going to go to shit over there.

 

[duk]

Personally, i'm going to enjoy playing GTA4 whilst all these people compare versions of the game.

this is what we do at GAF

 

[cyberheater]

Have you pre ordered or are you just going in?

Just going in. I'm sure they'll be enough.

 

[Woo-Fu]

400% zoom? Are you a joke poster?

It is getting ridiculous. See the same thing when people talk digicams, and over there even a 100% crop is usually considered measurebating.

 

[Doc Evils]

Personally, i'm going to enjoy playing GTA4 whilst all these people compare versions of the game.

No one plays games on gaf. They just buy them, put them on the shelf and then come to bitch about.

 

[OverHeat]

Thx to Quaz 360 version for me!

 

[AndyD]

Personally, i'm going to enjoy playing GTA4 whilst all these people compare versions of the game.

Shhh.... keep your logic out of this thread.

 

[Cdammen]

Personally, i'm going to enjoy playing GTA4 whilst all these people compare versions of the game.

Yeah me too. I will enjoy it immensely for a whole day and then go out and party (Swedish holiday).

It pathetic (and hilarious, but mostly pathetic) to see this display of fanboy comparisons.

(EDIT) MikeB really ought to get a new tag.

 

[ScrabbleBanshee]

So, comparing 400% zooms for image quality is considered a stupid practice when it shows the 360 version being noticeably uglier but counting pixels in a zoomed screenshot from IGN is totally worthwhile.

Glad that got worked out.

 

[a.wd]

Seriously I have paid this thread very little attention due to the horrendous head pains reading really stupid things gives me. But my christ, my lord in heaven how has this thread grown to this size?

I know this is gaf ha ha, but seriously What The Fuck? has gamefaqs lost a few people?

 

[SRG01]

Hey, speak for yourselves guys. I can't play GTA4 because of my Master's thesis. I can only hang out on GAF in the meantime. :lol

 

[Rorschach]

3200% zoom

 

[Creamium]

Hey, speak for yourselves guys. I can't play GTA4 because of my Master's thesis. I can only hang out on GAF in the meantime. :lol

I have a master's too. But I looked it square in the eyes and said: 'fuck you, see you come summer'

priorities man

 

[Community Forum]

http://i30.tinypic.com/2v3su8x.jpg

3200% zoom

Which version is this from?

 

[EverSoTrendy]

3200% zoom

That's the only way to play GTA4. Look at those pixels. HOT

 

[DevilWillcry]

So, comparing 400% zooms for image quality is considered a stupid practice when it shows the 360 version being noticeably uglier but counting pixels in a zoomed screenshot from IGN is totally worthwhile.

Glad that got worked out.

Would you expect anything less from this thread?

 

[lowrider007]

I haven't came on here to argue but has anyone found out at what resloution the ps3 version of GTA4 is rendered at ?, just intrested is all.

 

[Salmonax]

3200% zoom

Pixel pop-in confirmed.

 

[Evlar]

Which version is this from?

360, obviously. See how vibrant it is?

 

[duk]

3200% zoom

goodness, put some 100x AF and AA on that asap!

 

[furrygiblets]

I haven't came on here to argue but has anyone found out at what resloution the ps3 version of GTA4 is rendered at ?, just intrested is all.

Now this is trolling :lol :lol

 

[AlexMogil]

3200% zoom

I think that's a tree, so I'd say it's PS3.

Do I win?

 

[65536]

So, comparing 400% zooms for image quality is considered a stupid practice when it shows the 360 version being noticeably uglier but counting pixels in a zoomed screenshot from IGN is totally worthwhile.

Glad that got worked out.

If you compared a 720p shot from one of IGN's videos of the 360 version it would look the same as the PS3 one – their capture hardware blurring the image means it's not possible to do a proper comparison, you need to compare like-to-like.

I haven't came on here to argue but has anyone found out at what resloution the ps3 version of GTA4 is rendered at ?, just intrested is all.

1120x630

 

[Tieno]

So, comparing 400% zooms for image quality is considered a stupid practice when it shows the 360 version being noticeably uglier but counting pixels in a zoomed screenshot from IGN is totally worthwhile.

Glad that got worked out.

He was comparing two different sources (framebuffer vs video footage) and different locations. Pixel counting was for determining the resolution, which on itself isn't anything wrong with.