UR next gen XBOX is ready

[Qwikslver]

That would be a bad thing to do to a console. The whole point of it is that developers know that for the entire lifetime of that console they can expect it to have very specific hardware with no change. Any optimisations that are written for that hardware can be re used until the next console generation comes along.

As a PC gamer I am not complaining that consoles are holding back PC game graphics.
Instead I ask why cant an old Geforce from 2006 produce God of war quality visuals on the PC, yet it can on PS3.

That should be obvious. Developers can optimize code for a known hardware configuration. They can't optimize for your 8600gt if it doesn't work on my 5770.

Besides that, the answer is overheads. Without an OS to work through makes things so much more efficient. The devs get access to the hardware on an extremely low level.

[ponder]

That would be a bad thing to do to a console. The whole point of it is that developers know that for the entire lifetime of that console they can expect it to have very specific hardware with no change. Any optimisations that are written for that hardware can be re used until the next console generation comes along.

You code for the lowest common denominator, 256MB RAM in this case. If more RAM is detected enhancements/features are enabled. RAM is so cheap I reckon people won't mind slotting in another stick of RAM.

[cerebus]

The N64 released an add-on ram pack. It made a significant difference to the graphical quality. Some of the EOL games approached Dreamcast quality. Devs just made allowance for it - some like Perfect Dark couldn't function without it, and some just increased texture quality if it was there.

[MightyMuffinMan]

I can't see them going anywhere near a top spec PC in terms of hardware simply because of price. The console will have to come out around the $500 mark and when you consider top end graphics cards are $1000 they have to use cheaper options.

True but they gonna order a few million chips not one I think thw $1000 card will cost them only like $50