The basic FXAA anti-aliasing technology found in the console versions is replaced with the more advanced PC equivalent (with several quality settings) along with the option for 2x, 4x and 8x multi-sampling anti-aliasing.
Below you'll see the Xbox 360 game up against PC, and we've also prepared a PS3 vs. Yes, the artwork is obviously more clearly defined, frame-rate is much smoother, and the blur invoked by cheap console post-processing anti-aliasing is gone, giving a far more pristine look to the game, but there isn't a Battlefield 3-style night-and-day difference. Run the PC game next to console versions at 720p, and you may wonder whether that 29GB download is justified. Again, this comes back to the range of possibilities that the PC platform opens up for us."īefore we begin, let's put this into perspective a little. In addition, the audio quality is significantly higher than the consoles due to lower compression rates which increase fidelity. "A good portion of the extra space on PC can be attributed to increased texture size which is four times that of the consoles. "The installed size of Max Payne 3 is attributed to the no-compromise quality of its assets which have already pushed console disc space to the limits," the publisher says. This would also explain the frankly monstrous 29GB Steam download we had to endure last Friday once the game finally unlocked.
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The secret of its success is simple: Rockstar has realised that enthusiast PC gamers typically run gameplay at high resolutions, and at 1080p and beyond, console-quality artwork simply doesn't cut the mustard. Put simply, it's by far and away the best version money can buy, embossed and embellished to a standard that should satisfy the majority of the PC userbase. Released a couple of weeks after the console versions to avoid being crushed by the Diablo 3 juggernaut, Max Payne 3 on PC is no mere afterthought or lazy port.
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