Originally posted by killians45
Oh yeah, also note much of the first gen software will NOT take full advantage of all the hardware, wont even come close to it. I would say you will see some improvements with Oblivion and Halo3, but it'll take a full year or so before the hardware begins to even get scratched. Thats always been the norm on consoles.
Camden
Idk about that.
Yes, its true. The current games, CoD2 for example does not use much as far as procedural synthesis, and I THINK it only uses 2 cores, if even that. You must realize what it is like now to program on a system like this. It is unique. I do programming, but nothing as complex as what these people do, however I do know that it takes awhile to fully utilize a systems hardware and software capabilities. I think Oblivion will really utilize the procedural synthesis. Also, direct manipulation of the cache will eventually, although tedious, open other avenues. Remember donkey kong on the old nintendo systems. Okay graphics, then one day 'bam'! Out comes donkey kong country. That was from exploiting a systems resources. Its the reason why games get better and better looking on current generations. New hardware didn't just magically appear in the consoles, the developers learned how to develope better. There is so much that this thing can do, it takes time to learn it.