Still, game screen resolutions have changed from 800x600 to 1600x1280 (on a modern high-end gaming machine) over recent memory, and likely this trend will continue. Also, there are still many instances where you can get the camera close enough to a textured model to easily see the highest mip level. More @Wikipedia
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