GIve us a PC screen : V - Skyrim

» Wed May 18, 2011 8:29 pm

having different galleries for PC and Xbox360 is fair

mods can make a big difference eventually

» Thu May 19, 2011 10:17 am

Oblivion Xbox360 vs PC
http://i.imgur.com/KfZ9i.jpg

To give you an idea how the PC version will improve over the 360 version.

» Wed May 18, 2011 9:21 pm

There won't be much difference, just more details in the enviroment and textures will look better. That's really the only difference between the two besides the other stuff that PC has exclusively available.

» Thu May 19, 2011 5:05 am

Oblivion Xbox360 vs PC
http://i.imgur.com/KfZ9i.jpg

To give you an idea how the PC version will improve over the 360 version.

In other words, really not very much. Especially when the differences in capabilities are taken into consideration.

» Thu May 19, 2011 5:53 am

http://twitter.com/#!/DCDeacon/status/67247436539772928

» Wed May 18, 2011 9:09 pm

Nicely said, I want PC screens as soon as possible. I want high quality wallpapers.

» Thu May 19, 2011 1:17 am

In other words, really not very much. Especially when the differences in capabilities are taken into consideration.

There will be a noticable difference with near objects. Distant objects will look almost the same.

» Wed May 18, 2011 10:59 pm

In other words, really not very much. Especially when the differences in capabilities are taken into consideration.

Besides texture quality, you might only see a better draw distance for grass and shadows (which could help a ton, though). I don't expect anything else. :sadvaultboy:

» Wed May 18, 2011 8:01 pm

Besides texture quality, you might only see a better draw distance for grass and shadows (which could help a ton, though). I don't expect anything else. :sadvaultboy:

I guess all that you've named will make a big difference (judging from Oblivion)

» Thu May 19, 2011 6:26 am

Oblivion Xbox360 vs PC
http://i.imgur.com/KfZ9i.jpg

To give you an idea how the PC version will improve over the 360 version.

Interesting - is that xbox at 1280x720 and vanilla PC at 1280x720?

» Thu May 19, 2011 2:36 am

Besides texture quality, you might only see a better draw distance for grass and shadows (which could help a ton, though). I don't expect anything else. :sadvaultboy:

better draw distance for everything else, too - specular mapping, statics, actors, everything. more than that, it'll all be highly scalable through the ini, so you can set it to crazy levels.

i don't get why PC gamers are whining about the vanilla graphics when they'll be able to mod the [censored] out of them anyway. i mean seriously are circles that aren't completely round really that make or break for you?

» Wed May 18, 2011 10:37 pm

Interesting - is that xbox at 1280x720 and vanilla PC at 1280x720?

That is correct.
Top is an official Xbox360 screenshot
Bottom vanilla PC with maxed out settings.

» Thu May 19, 2011 12:13 am

Even though I'm strictly a PC gamer when it comes to TES games, it does kind've make sense for Bethesda to only show shots from the 360. If the PC version looks significantly better, it'll just give a false impression of the game to console gamers who make up a huge chunk of the sales. And if it doesn't look much better at all, then why bother? By showing the game at it's worst, PC gamers will be pleasantly suprised with how their game looks, and console gamers won't be disappointed.

Think it depend a lot on that is standard in the industry, might be that the standard is to show it on console.
Another reason is that they might not be done tweaking the PC rendering any shot might be worse than the final result.

» Thu May 19, 2011 4:45 am

http://twitter.com/#!/DCDeacon/status/67247436539772928

I doubt they've even worked on any of the PC specific features yet.

» Thu May 19, 2011 1:20 am

That is correct.
Top is an official Xbox360 screenshot
Bottom vanilla PC with maxed out settings.

So a 1920x1080 vanilla Skyrim screen maxed out with (I hope) better PC detail settings than Oblivion's settings should be kickass if they ever decide to throw us a bone and release one.

» Thu May 19, 2011 3:59 am

Oblivion Xbox360 vs PC
http://i.imgur.com/KfZ9i.jpg

To give you an idea how the PC version will improve over the 360 version.

yeah, the difference in 2006 was few, but in 2005 the pc configuration was more or less the same of ps3 and 360 (i speak about hw power), in 2011 the difference must be more deeper

» Thu May 19, 2011 1:48 am

I doubt they've even worked on any of the PC specific features yet.

I doubt they're even going to.

» Thu May 19, 2011 8:49 am

Would you people who argue about this rather have a small elite group who can afford the very best and others have nothing at all?

Is this a trick question?

» Wed May 18, 2011 9:27 pm

Oblivion Xbox360 vs PC
http://i.imgur.com/KfZ9i.jpg

To give you an idea how the PC version will improve over the 360 version.

Honestly, the only difference I see, is that the PC pic is darker. If you darken the xbox pic, they should be even closer

» Wed May 18, 2011 10:25 pm

Would you people who argue about this rather have a small elite group who can afford the very best and others have nothing at all? I truly hope not.

Obviously even if the PC version gets the shaft, at an absolute minimum the game is still going to look a lot better at 1080p or greater resolution with high res textures, high quality shadows, etc.

to get decent frame rates at that resolution you only need a $90 graphics card like GTS 450

not exactly a small elite group

» Thu May 19, 2011 12:47 am

Honestly, the only difference I see, is that the PC pic is darker. If you darken the xbox pic, they should be even closer

Look at the texture's quality on the tracks. On PC it looks quite decent, while on XBox it looks absolutely abysmal.

» Thu May 19, 2011 1:57 am

Look at the texture's quality on the tracks. On PC it looks quite decent, while on XBox it looks absolutely abysmal.

Todd says it's called "smoother".

» Thu May 19, 2011 7:38 am

Todd says it's called "smoother".

Todd is a derp.

EDIT: I DIDN'T REALLY MEAN IT TODD DON'T DELETE ME <3

» Wed May 18, 2011 10:34 pm

Todd is a derp.

We know and reproach him.

» Wed May 18, 2011 9:10 pm

Even though I'm strictly a PC gamer when it comes to TES games, it does kind've make sense for Bethesda to only show shots from the 360. If the PC version looks significantly better, it'll just give a false impression of the game to console gamers who make up a huge chunk of the sales. And if it doesn't look much better at all, then why bother? By showing the game at it's worst, PC gamers will be pleasantly suprised with how their game looks, and console gamers won't be disappointed.

That's NOT how things work. Skyrim will need to make as good a first-impression as possible. If it is hyped to the moon and does well on the first week, it will be a massive success. Some disappointment of graphics among some fans won't make anyone at Bethesda care, really.