All the games im going to list are on pc since you can run them at really high resolutions with AA and Supersampling max'd out making them look really great.
C&C Generals [2003] - Game looks crisp, plays well even now. Its a bit tricky to get 1080p working in this game but its possible, but like many early 2000's games, you need to either edit the ini files or force it some other way if its not in the options.
Silent Storm [2004] - the graphics i think are really well done when you realize how flexible the camera movement is and how useful it is in enhancing the gameplay. There is also so much detail with the physics in the game which i haven't seen this level of detail put into physics in any turn based game since. Guns, bullets/ammo, bodies etc will roll down hills, fly through windows and doors, buildings will fall down. Its strange how advanced the physics engine was in this game, and it rarely bugged out also unlike so many other physics engines you see in even new games.
Freelancer [2003] - this games really old also, 2003 i think. The characters look pretty crappy in cutscenes but the graphics in space look very clean and crisp and mostly hold up to this day. The gameplays still fun to play also.
Need for Speed Most Wanted [2005] - Again, the graphics look really great, but you need to download an addon to allow you to set high resolutions 1080p or higher, once you do that you can set it to anything you want. Also the game plays great, its my favourite NFS game of all time, and played a few after it but was disappointed and classify this one as my favourite NFS game.
Bloodrayne 2 [2004] - The game looked great at its release but you can run this with higher res textures, and higher native resolution/wide screen support also if you download this well made mod called BloodRayne 2 FSAA Patch, allows endless configuration options and also allows you to easily modify many ingame textures without having to repack any files. Its mods like this that give new life into an old game and add a lot modification possibilities to a game.
Problem with all these older games, is getting them to actually run at 1920x1080 or beyond.... all of these I listed here require some creative way or extra utility to run to allow you to even do this. For freelancer for example, you can set it to 1920x1080, but when you do so, the UI is all out of wack, luckily someone made a modification so when you do run it at 1080p the UI will look normal.
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