Is call of duty 4 better graphics on PC or Xbox?

My friend has an Xbox 360 and hes saying that Call of Duty 4 has much better graphics on XBox than pc in 1920X1080 resolution. Is this true?

Not necessarily..
If a video card could output to full HD resolution, but with no filters, shading etc. then the 360 would look better.
You'd need a card capable of outputting to full HD, with say 4x AA (I'd guess thats probably along the lines of what the 360 runs, but it is just an educated guess...) all the effects and at a solid 40fps? I don't know what the target fps for the 360 is, but again just an educated guess at 40fps.
To do that on a CPU, I'd imagine you're looking at 3870 minimum, so not quite as clear cut as "Nope!"

Maybe is the correct answer since we don't know the pc specs.

But you could always crank the graphics up and play a slideshow with a PC, so it's a yes to the PC can make it "prettier" .

ps cod4 on consoles = 600p.

I haven't played either console version yet (nephew has 360 version), so can't comment first hand.

ANyone know if the 360 version uses any level of Aniso or is it left out like Oblivion? Without AF it will never look as good as a decent PC IMO. Plus by 4xaa and HD, they are refering to 720P and 4xaa right? 1280x720 4xaa would be quite easy settings for current $150 and up.

And from what I have read, the console versions both run 2xaa in this game and at 1024x600p res.

LOL, ya beat me to it.

There's no doubt about it. Using a PC that can play it at 720p or above is going to going look a lot better than the Xbox. It's only 600p and when it's hooked up to a 1080p TV, it's upscaling the image, which as anyone who has watched an upscaled DVD versus 1080p Blu-ray knows the difference.

That being said, another great thing about the PC version is the ability to download new maps and mods, which really extends the life of the game considering that it' sooooooooo short and the maps are very small and linear. I'd take the PC version over the Xbox version any day of the week because of this fact, even if I only had something like a 7600GS. Just take a look at TF2. It's so much better on the PC because of all the custom maps. Xbox is stuck with the original few. The custom maps introduce a whole new level of gameplay and most make the scout a lot more playable (my favorite class.)

We have 360s in my house and I can tell you without a doubt my computer has a better quality image. I run max settings @ 1920 X 1200. The only problem is we do not have any 1080p TVs to do a proper benchmark, but I seriously doubt they could be on par.

No Tv not even current HD ones have a native resolutions equal or similar of the Widescreen Monitor. So even if it does have x2 AA it's still barely enough to keep up with the average gamers PC screen's clarity.

If you force the screen into HD mode then yes i agree it would be a fair test, but 1280x720 is what most TV's run at natively and as far as i know the bigger the TV screen the bigger the pixel's because it doesn't support higher resolutions. So therefore the x2 AA is required to have a half decent image display.

As for the graphical hardware behind the image thats different again however, most people on this forum have an ATI x1900/1950 equivalent or higher so can run CoD 4 pretty much max'ed as it is with 35+ FPS.

I've seen my m8's and they've seen mine and they definitely say they would prefer playing on my PC than on the 360.

Full HD native resolution (generally on TV's of 42" or larger) is 1920x1080 and as long as it is 1080P, that's fully progressive. For that resolution on a monitor, you'd need at least a 24" (I believe Acer make a 24" 1900x1200 monitor), although more likely a 27" or greater. I don't know anyone who games at 24" or higher, so most don't game at a resolution close to Full HD.
Although I know the 360 can only output at 1080i, the PS3 can run 1080p can it not?

*edit* Damn you, Pauldh! Beat me to it.

Any 24" widescreen monitor should be 1920x1200. Larger than that starts to become 2056x1600 (I think that's right).

Although it can output 1080i (maybe 1080p) I believe that it is all upscaling, and not true HD. Also, most games on the PS3 and XBOX only transmit in the 1280x720 resolution and are stretched or "upscaled" to fit the screen. There is a loss of quality in this conversion.

It has already been said above, but I'll repeat it. A PC that is build with the right parts / displays will always come out on top in graphic quality / performance. If you take an 8600GT and try to run COD4 at very high @ 1920x1200, of course the XBOX is going to look better. That card probably can't generate a smooth enough frame-rate at that res.

Haha, yeah. >.>

<--- Same here. Although, I want to go for the 3870x2 so I can play some of my more taxing games at full res. One 640MB GTS starts to fall behind a bit in some games, but everything still looks pretty nice. (I have the same monitor as closed_deal as well. )

Own both, PC has the better controls and graphics, while I perfer to play online on my 360. (Cheating on the PC version is rampant)

Coming from somebody who has both xbox360 and PC... The PC definitely looks way better.

PC>xbox360...simple as that...

PC will alway be better that console, same old story. But Xbox is still a good machine with graphical quality for the price. Then again that cost is irrelevant when you factor the cost of a decent HD TV, especially a 1080p one.

until the xbox 360 starts using hd media (blue ray or hd dvd), they won't be able to come close to the pc....just not enough space on those dvds...

This is a highly ignorant statement that has no facts to back it up.

Soldier always showing off his PC

No, This is the end.

nooooo!

...idk wtf ur talking bout...not being able to use "hi-def" media contributes to the hardware limitations that the xbox360 suffers from...you sir, are the one with the "highly ignorant" statement...

If I may, the PC version of COD4 comes on a standard DVD disc, yet does not appear to have problems providing high quality textures and content.

Heck even Crysis fits on a DVD, and we all know that it doesnt suffer from a lack of "HDness"

Hmm, I've never really thought of it like that. Excellent point.

You are so right, I didnt think about that. (Hence the really looong install times.)

As homerdog stated, excellent point.

Soldier, is it really necessary to show a pic of your computer every time you post