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gekko · 09-03-2009, 01:14 PM

I own an HDTV capable of 480p and 1080i. Though, I know understand the costs of rendering a game at a higher resolution, and also understand why games like Halo 3 don't do it. The cost is just too large.

Considering the pixel shader is being run once per pixel, you're looking at 345,000 calls running at 720x480, 921,000 calls at 1280x720, and a whopping 2,073,600 calls at 1920x1080. That's assuming there's no overdraw, every pixel is only being drawn once, and there's only one pass (which most likely isn't the case). The cost just grows too quickly.

09-03-2009, 01:14 PM	#7
gekko Knight gekko is offline Now Playing: Posts: 3,890	Re: The De-Evolution of the Generation Begins I own an HDTV capable of 480p and 1080i. Though, I know understand the costs of rendering a game at a higher resolution, and also understand why games like Halo 3 don't do it. The cost is just too large. Considering the pixel shader is being run once per pixel, you're looking at 345,000 calls running at 720x480, 921,000 calls at 1280x720, and a whopping 2,073,600 calls at 1920x1080. That's assuming there's no overdraw, every pixel is only being drawn once, and there's only one pass (which most likely isn't the case). The cost just grows too quickly.