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ragnarok013
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11 years ago

Re: BF4 Graphics on PS3 and Xbox 360

OP the current state of graphics of BF4 is not DICE or EA holding anything back or shortchanging last gen console owners.  The PS3 and Xbox 360 are antiquated platforms from a hardware standpoint.  The PS3 and Xbox 360 are very underpowered to run BF4 and the system resources are literally stressed to is max in order to run the very highly optimized versions of BF4 that were released.

To give you perspective PS3 and Xbox 360 hav 512MB of RAM (256MB for VIdeo and 256MB for processing - in the PS3 it's static RAM so the system is unable to use more than 256MB of RAM even when needed and in the Xbox 360 it's dynamic RAM so 360 can compensate slightly better than the PS3 for system resource demand) whereas the PC version of the game requires at a minimum 4GB of RAM (remcommended 8 GB) so the PS3 and Xbox 360's very old technology is literally stressed to it's maximum capacity even after a lot of optimization work and removing extraneous items from the games such as the trees on Caspian border. Just like you can't expect a standard definintion television to play HD content and look good you can't expect 2006 graphics processors to play a 2013 game and expect it to look like the current gen console does.

In order to get an appreciation for the amount of optimization play Caspian border on your PS3 and then go to you tube and look up BF4 Caspian Border game play on PS4 and you will see that they literally had to defoliate Caspian Border to get it to run on PS3.  It's nothing against PS3 and 360 players, it's just technology limitations of an 8 year old console.  I can confidently say that because I play BF4 on all 5 of the released platforms and have personally witnessed the performance and game play differences.

Regarding your point about BF3 looking better, Frostbite 2 is not as resource intensive as Frostbite 3 which playes into the level of optimization needed.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago
    Ok but why dont they make something about the streaming of the textures? I dont have a high speed internet connection, so why dont they release a patch where we can get all the multiplayer maps textures and improve the graphics a little bit? I know it would be like a really heavy download but i think its better having the textures already on your hard drive for the people like me with a slow internet connection. And thanks for your answer i really liked it
  • Carbonic's avatar
    Carbonic
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    11 years ago

    No textures are downloaded while playing, they are all locally on your system already.

  • ragnarok013's avatar
    ragnarok013
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    11 years ago
    Pedro it is exactly what Carbonic said, the problem isn't with the textures as they are physically present on your console. The problem is that your console is 8 years old and the GPU and other system resources are not able to perform any better. As I said your console has total of 512 MB of RAM which the PS4 and Xbox One have 8 GB of system RAM.

    If you have performance issues like lag I can offer some suggestions that often help players on PS3 but there is nothing that can be done about your video quality except ensuring that you are using an HDMI cable instead of the VGA or Component cables to transmit your video signal to your HD Television.
  • Skitelz7's avatar
    Skitelz7
    10 years ago
    I completely agree with you.
    If they can't make their game look better or at least the same as their previous game on the same console then don't make the game at all.
    We also payed full price so we deserve a game that looks at least as good as Battlefield 3.
    To buy a new release that looks worse even than Bad Company 2 is just ridiculous and to me is like spitting at your fans face.
  • TapouTony420's avatar
    TapouTony420
    10 years ago

    @Skitelz7

    Did you even read any of what @ragnarok013 wrote?  He explained EVERYTHING in great detail.  He explained all the limitations of the console, what they did to even get the game to run on last-gen consoles, and explained why BF3 looks better on the same console.  I suggest you read his greatly detailed explanations before you come and complain.

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