Comment Re:PC Audio is much more mature (Score 1) 131
I think that's exactly it.
It's all about human perception. Audio exceeded the limits of human perception (for all intents and purposes) over five years ago. Can you hear the difference between a computer-generated WWII battle sequence and one recorded at the time? Neither can I.
Can you SEE the difference between a computer-generated WWII battle sequence and one recorded at the time? Damn straight. But as soon as you can't, graphics cards are going to go through the same bout of commoditization and apathy that sound cards are currently enjoying.
Same reason you don't see much increase in colour depth recently. It's a big jump from 8-bit to 16-bit colour. Less so, but noticable from 8 to 24. 32's nice but not necessary. Who care about 64, when and if they come out with them? No one's writing articles about games being written in 24-bit colour and not using the full 32-bit available. Why? 24 bit is at the limits of human perception.
-=CopperDog
It's all about human perception. Audio exceeded the limits of human perception (for all intents and purposes) over five years ago. Can you hear the difference between a computer-generated WWII battle sequence and one recorded at the time? Neither can I.
Can you SEE the difference between a computer-generated WWII battle sequence and one recorded at the time? Damn straight. But as soon as you can't, graphics cards are going to go through the same bout of commoditization and apathy that sound cards are currently enjoying.
Same reason you don't see much increase in colour depth recently. It's a big jump from 8-bit to 16-bit colour. Less so, but noticable from 8 to 24. 32's nice but not necessary. Who care about 64, when and if they come out with them? No one's writing articles about games being written in 24-bit colour and not using the full 32-bit available. Why? 24 bit is at the limits of human perception.
-=CopperDog
