On 2005-12-07, Zomoniac <the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 2005-12-07 14:18:54 +0000, Sir Chewbury Gubbins 
><chewbury.gubbins@nelefa.org> said:
>
>> On 2005-12-07, Alastair Foster 
>> <unclechibiSPAMSPAMSPAM@btinternetSPAM.com> wrote:
>>> On 7 Dec 2005 09:54:14 GMT, Sir Chewbury Gubbins
>>> <chewbury.gubbins@nelefa.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 2005-12-07, Air Raid <AirRaidJet@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> This is a massive jump from the 1.5GB capacity of GameCube discs and
>>>>> more than enough storage capacity for any non-high-definition game.
>>>> 
>>>> What a load of bollocks! There are plenty of PC games which will run
>>>> cheerfully at 1280x1024 and above and come on a single CDROM. The only
>>>> aspect of hi-def gaming which will need massive storage is FMV.
>>>> 
>>> Yes but they are running from the HD, and on the CD they are
>>> compressed.
>> 
>> True, but not really relevant. We're not talking about giant FMVs, we're
>> talking about texture graphics. JPGs. Which are already compressed and
>> therefor wouldn't take up any more space on the hard drive than they do
>> on the CD.
>> 
>>> Name a recent graphically intensive game that is on 1 CD
>>> nowadays?
>> 
>> If you strip out all of the FMV, I'd say 'all of them'.
>> 
>> Choobs
>
> Where was the FMV in HL2? Or UT2004? Or FEAR?

HL2 is 3.5Gb. It runs at silly 2048 resolutions and looks beautiful.
I've not seen the other two, but I'm sure they do as well.

Why wouldn't they fit on the 8GB nintendo disk? 

I said there are plenty of PC games which run at very high resolution
which come on a single CD ROM - Quake 3, Half Life, etc etc etc. Recent
PC games, like the ones you mention, are much smaller than the 8gb
quoted for the revolution. 

Hence my assertion that the statement that '8gb is plenty to run
everything EXCEPT HI DEF GAMES' is bollocks.



Choobs
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