Comments on: Gran Turismo is 10, gets played at 240fps and 3840×2160

By: TehStu

TehStu — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:23:14 +0000

I’ve just read the blurb on how this was achieved, which does sound very similar to Forza 2.

Each machine rendered a quarter of the screen at 60fps. I’m probably being a little dim here, but how does that then produce a final image at 240fps? The blurb says “by having four PS3’s draw an image four times within this 1/60 of a second, a frame rate of 1/240 of a second is made possible.”

Which is cobblers. It’s not drawing the whole frame four times within 1/60th of a second, it’s drawing 4 quarters of a single frame within 1/60th of second.

Surely?

By: Hakkiz

Hakkiz — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:51:13 +0000

I quess that’s not too difficult to do. Reminds me what Turn 10 did with Forza Motorsport. Like link your Xboxes and get a nice multi-screen setup: http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/the_vrx_mach_4_the_worlds_first_quad_screen_race_simulator.php

Maybe the final GT5 will have something similiar.

By: tonynibbles

tonynibbles — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:17:47 +0000

You gotta love teh CELL.

I do like the way 4 PS3’s can just be added together like that.

By: DrDamn

DrDamn — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:26:11 +0000

What would be wonderful is if they would quit doing tests, demos, prologues & 240fps 8.2 megapixel renditions and actually maybe released a proper game?

By: Esha

Esha — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:20:10 +0000

That’s wonderful.

It reminds me of how Babylon 5 effects were created by linking Amigas together, which at the time put every other computer to shame. Daisy-chaining decently powerful hardware has always resulted in beautiful things.