Difference between Alan Wake’s graphics on PC and XBOX 360.

[Dhaani]

I had played Alan Wake on XBOX 360 long time back. Now when it was released on PC, I saw it on on of my friend’s PC. I think the graphics on C are much better than they were on XBOX 360. Can anyone explain the difference between the two versions?

[MinkaM]

To explain you the difference one has to explain it in detail with reference to options in Graphic setting in both consoles.
Resolution: The resolution of the game on XBOX 360 was intermediate between 960x544 and 1280x720. As on Pc, there are multiple resolutions to choose from and to get it adjusted according to monitor.
The fog, smoke and other effects were rendered at 50% lower resolution and quality than that is available on PC.
V-Sync: XBOX 360 version of Alan Wake has ‘Smart V-Sync’ which automatically find the framerate to keep V-Sync on or off.

[Orochimaru]

XBOX version didn’t have FxAA. Anti Aliasing in XBOX was up to 4x. Whereas Pc version has option to increase it up to 16x.
In XBOX 360 version, certain textures like the road with yellow line were trillinear filtered only. In PC version, the textures are Anisotrpically filtered.
The shadows cannot be compared, but the shadows in XBOX 360 version were of the level that is available at medium quality of shadows in PC.

[Badmannah]

The SSAO quality of XBOX 360 version is same to the quality of SSAO available in PC version at low settings.
The backdrop quality in XBOX 360 version was of Medium quality as that in PC version.
The Godrays were not present in XBOX 360 version. Some scenes were exceptional as they needed it to add the thrilling feel to the scene. The godrays in XBOX 360 were of lower quality than that are on PC version.

[MACALL]

Volumetric Light Quality in XBOX 360 version is equal to the one available in PC version on ‘low’ settings.
The Draw distance in XBOX 360 was full, as compared to PC version where user may need to lower it for optimization with his system.
LOD distance and FOV in XBOX 360 are of Medium quality available in PC version.