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"Air Raid" <AirRaidJet@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Originally Posted by Mark Rein and random posters
> Q: Soo.... does this mean future 360 UE3 games will also hit 60FPS?
>
> Mark Rein: 60 fps with UE3 is possible if we sets that as our goal. We
> chose not to do that with Gears of War because we wanted to deliver a
> cinematic high-action experience with high-end graphics. I think
> everyone can agree we achieved our goal. With UT3 our goal is an even
> higher level of action, an even higher level of visuals, and to
> achieve this with even more players/bots in the game. Our goal isn't
> 60 fps because we would have to compromise on some of those things to
> achieve it in every situation. I think in the final game we're going
> to lock frame rate at 30fps and you'll be so happy playing the game,
> so thrilled with how amazingly it all comes together, and so involved
> in the action you won't care what the frame rate is the way you didn't
> care when you played Gears.
>
> Gears of War has (so far) outsold all Xbox 360 and PS3 games - it runs
> at 30fps and, thus far, has set the visual high-bar (for an action
> game) this generation only a year into the life of the platform it
> shipped on. Hopefully we'll be achieving that with UT3 on PS3 this
> fall as well. One of the reasons people were drawn to the game was
> because of the amazing visuals. I would expect that if we ever do make
> a sequel to Gears then our goal would be to utilize the improvements
> we will have made in our engine performance and functionality to push
> the visuals and game play up a notch or two. I suspect fans of the
> game would be much happier with us doing this than they would with us
> compromising on those things to reach the higher frame rate they
> probably wouldn't notice anyway.
>
>
> Q: I am stupid, but i don't quite get it.
> Are you saying UT3 for PS3 are not confirm 60FPS...yet?
>
> Mark Rein: I'm saying the demo they saw could have been 60 fps. We
> have not locked frame rate yet so right now it depends on things like
> what level they were running and how many bots they put in, what
> mutators they were running, etc. When we get it finished and locked
> down it should run at 30 fps all the time.
>
> http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?p=938392#post938392
>

Yet another reason to stay with a pc. At least I can hack my limits. Thanks 
for the post!!