Originally posted by gster123
What I mean Mirek is that if rendering time is an issue (which in games it is) then you cant add the bells and whistles to it, to make it look the best.
I thought that having reflections slow down computers and having no reflections doesn't, thus a more realistic game would be achieve higher framecounts and be more better looking at the same time.
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Also I think that shineyness does come form the cool factor, its like "whahhh look at those refelctions aint it well coool" not that its realistic or anything, [/B]
I don't get how shiney became cool. It's like screaming out, "Look at me, I'm shiney, I'm sooo kewl!" 
Not bashing shineyness though, it's awesome for eyes and I can spend minutes staring into the eyes of characters made by artists, although I don't think its good for my eyesight. 
C. P. U. Its not a big processor... Its a series of pipes!