@hitomo

it was more commonly called TruForm about 15 years ago. Problem was developers had code the games separately to use it. It never became a part of any official API, and it did hurt performance quite abit. Basically it was never used until when the hardware was fast enough when tessellation became a standard in API's.

Pc's beat Consoles before they were released,Just take look back to 2006 when the good old Geforce 6's were still in wide use. Link Here Xbox 360 Vs Pc: http://www.gamespot.com/features/6154261/index.html

Now Now childern the consoles(Xbox 360/PS3) were outclassed even when they were first released. So quit saying you the best of the best of Pc to beat the consloes. Just take look back to 2006 when the good old Geforce 6's were still in wide use. Link Here Xbox 360 Vs Pc http://www.gamespot.com/features/6154261/index.html