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[–] [email protected] 71 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For those that weren't around at the time, this was like the jump from prop planes to jets. Such a large leap from what had come before.

Reading the resolution and FPS numbers it doesn't seem that impressive, but doubling both FPS and pixels and adding a bunch of new things like reflections and water at the same time was just incredible.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

i remember getting my first one. it was an amazing time. played a lot of games back then. not so much now. i just can't keep up with the upgrades, so i just play older ones every now and then.

a modern equivalent would be moving from an old pc with hdd to a new one with nvme ssd.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

That is an excellent comparison!