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Aren't console graphics usually not as good as the PC versions? Even if they have the same resolution, I was under the impression that effects and whatnot were

Aren't console graphics usually not as good as the PC versions? Even if they have the same resolution, I was under the impression that effects and whatnot were lower. If that's in fact the case, then a 1000 EUR card wouldn't give you the same experience as a console. Hell, my mid-range AMD I bought new for 300 EUR has better graphics than my sister's PS4 pro.

nottorp 3y ago
Do you really mean better graphics instead of higher numbers? Is your mid range AMD card the same generation as the PS4 Pro or you should compare with a PS5? Are you comparing the same title?
- vladvasiliu 3y ago
  I actually mean better graphics, yes. I'm not sure what you mean by "numbers" (fps?), but I'm talking draw distance, shadows, grass details, etc. I was comparing Red Dead Redemption 2. We don't have other games in common. My AMD card is a 5600 XT, bought in 2020 IIRC, right before prices exploded due to mining. I don't think the PS5 was out at the time. Anyway, I've never seen one, so I'd be hard-pressed to make any comparison with it. I've also not tested this in person, but I seem to remember watching a recording of someone playing GTA V on a PS4, and the graphics didn't look as good as on my PC. But then, I don't know how the compression and whatnot affected the quality.
  - nottorp 3y ago
    You may be right for Rockstar games. Last one I played on PC was San Andreas. I mean in theory as a game developer you can add larger textures and whatnot in a PC game. If you want to spend money on it. My impression generally is that, especially for the PS5 generation, there is a negligible difference unless you want those 180 fps and 8k and 16x fake frames or whatever DLSS is.
    - vladvasiliu 3y ago
      I'm not a hardcore gamer, nor do I follow these things too closely so I may be off here, but if I compare the specs of a 5600XT and the PS4's GPU, the former seems quite a bit faster. On the other hand, the PS4 has unified memory, whereas my PC is running PCIe 3 and DDR3 (quad channel, but still). > My impression generally is that, especially for the PS5 generation, there is a negligible difference unless you want those 180 fps and 8k and 16x fake frames or whatever DLSS is. As someone not particularly interested in the field (I own a PC because I need to do actual PC stuff, the "gaming" GPU I bought to kill time during covid lockdowns), my impression is that when a new generation console comes out, it's quite competitive with non-absurd PC builds. But PC GPUs tend to get noticeably better during the lifetime of the console. The PS4 came out 6 - 7 years before AMD released my GPU.
      - nottorp 3y ago
        Its not what the GPUs can do. Its what the game devs find easy to support.

nottorp 3y ago

Do you really mean better graphics instead of higher numbers? Is your mid range AMD card the same generation as the PS4 Pro or you should compare with a PS5? Are you comparing the same title?

vladvasiliu 3y ago
I actually mean better graphics, yes. I'm not sure what you mean by "numbers" (fps?), but I'm talking draw distance, shadows, grass details, etc. I was comparing Red Dead Redemption 2. We don't have other games in common. My AMD card is a 5600 XT, bought in 2020 IIRC, right before prices exploded due to mining. I don't think the PS5 was out at the time. Anyway, I've never seen one, so I'd be hard-pressed to make any comparison with it. I've also not tested this in person, but I seem to remember watching a recording of someone playing GTA V on a PS4, and the graphics didn't look as good as on my PC. But then, I don't know how the compression and whatnot affected the quality.
- nottorp 3y ago
  You may be right for Rockstar games. Last one I played on PC was San Andreas. I mean in theory as a game developer you can add larger textures and whatnot in a PC game. If you want to spend money on it. My impression generally is that, especially for the PS5 generation, there is a negligible difference unless you want those 180 fps and 8k and 16x fake frames or whatever DLSS is.
  - vladvasiliu 3y ago
    I'm not a hardcore gamer, nor do I follow these things too closely so I may be off here, but if I compare the specs of a 5600XT and the PS4's GPU, the former seems quite a bit faster. On the other hand, the PS4 has unified memory, whereas my PC is running PCIe 3 and DDR3 (quad channel, but still). > My impression generally is that, especially for the PS5 generation, there is a negligible difference unless you want those 180 fps and 8k and 16x fake frames or whatever DLSS is. As someone not particularly interested in the field (I own a PC because I need to do actual PC stuff, the "gaming" GPU I bought to kill time during covid lockdowns), my impression is that when a new generation console comes out, it's quite competitive with non-absurd PC builds. But PC GPUs tend to get noticeably better during the lifetime of the console. The PS4 came out 6 - 7 years before AMD released my GPU.
    - nottorp 3y ago
      Its not what the GPUs can do. Its what the game devs find easy to support.