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joecool85
Mar 22, 2006, 02:49 PM
I played it on my friends PC and it was great! I know my powermac is beefy enough to handle it, but I haven't seen it for mac. Am I just looking the wrong places, or is it not out for mac?


Shadow
Mar 22, 2006, 02:52 PM
I played it on my friends PC and it was great! I know my powermac is beefy enough to handle it, but I haven't seen it for mac. Am I just looking the wrong places, or is it not out for mac?
I highly doubt it. Sorry!
joecool85
Mar 22, 2006, 02:53 PM
I highly doubt it. Sorry!

Highly doubt its out or my powermac could handle it? I think that dual 2ghz G5s can handle it.
greatdevourer
Mar 22, 2006, 02:59 PM
Highly doubt its out or my powermac could handle it? I think that dual 2ghz G5s can handle it. It's not out. *cracks knuckles* Yet...
joecool85
Mar 22, 2006, 03:01 PM
Thats what I figured. Anyone know if they have plans for putting it out? Its a great game, if you guys haven't played it you should check it out.
biohazard6969
Mar 22, 2006, 04:45 PM
i have it for my PC and it is a GREAT game, but i don't think you'll see it out for the mac anytime soon because i believe it runs on the havoc engine and no one wants to try and port that to mac
joecool85
Mar 22, 2006, 04:53 PM
i have it for my PC and it is a GREAT game, but i don't think you'll see it out for the mac anytime soon because i believe it runs on the havoc engine and no one wants to try and port that to mac

:-(

I don't think it will run on my gfs laptop, its just too weak.
Patmian212
Mar 22, 2006, 04:55 PM
:-(

I don't think it will run on my gfs laptop, its just too weak.
If you have some cash around you can build a decent gaming pc for REALLLLY cheap.
thechris69
Mar 22, 2006, 04:57 PM
If you have some cash around you can build a decent gaming pc for REALLLLY cheap.

how much do you think you can build one for?
Patmian212
Mar 22, 2006, 05:03 PM
how much do you think you can build one for?
For a DECENT PC I would say you can scrape it together for like $300, less if you have some parts already, it wont be the best but it will run most games decently.
Airforce
Mar 22, 2006, 05:06 PM
how much do you think you can build one for?

1.8 athlon 64 - $120ish
motherboard - $80ish
hard drive - $40
7800GT at a minimum - $250
memory - atleast a GB - $70
DVD drive - $20-$40
Case - $40
Power Supply - $40

That's the bare minimum it would cost to build a PC for FEAR if you want full effects on.
Patmian212
Mar 22, 2006, 05:11 PM
1.8 athlon 64 - $120ish
motherboard - $80ish
hard drive - $40
7800GT at a minimum - $250
memory - atleast a GB - $70
DVD drive - $20-$40
Case - $40
Power Supply - $40

That's the bare minimum it would cost to build a PC for FEAR if you want full effects on.
Yeah thats with full effects, everything seems accurate but maybe the 7800GT is over kill for a budget gaming PC
greatdevourer
Mar 22, 2006, 05:29 PM
i have it for my PC and it is a GREAT game, but i don't think you'll see it out for the mac anytime soon because i believe it runs on the havoc engine and no one wants to try and port that to mac No, Havoc has been ported and used a few times. However, it costs so much that the game has to be a real blockbuster to make it worth it
Patmian212
Mar 22, 2006, 05:33 PM
No, Havoc has been ported and used a few times. However, it costs so much that the game has to be a real blockbuster to make it worth it
Which games use it?
Soulstorm
Mar 22, 2006, 05:38 PM
As far as the Havok engine is concerned, the engine is already ported. However, its developers charge it at an inexplicably high price, so, we haven't seen it in any games on the mac yet.

As for FEAR on the mac... It hasn't been released for the macintosh platform yet. And it won't. Truth hurts, but that doesn't stop it from being the truth.
joecool85
Mar 22, 2006, 09:38 PM
Well, that blows.
Eric5h5
Mar 23, 2006, 01:23 AM
Which games use it?

Second Life, and...well, that's it actually. Plus it's an earlier version of Havok.

--Eric
Patmian212
Mar 23, 2006, 01:34 AM
Second Life, and...well, that's it actually. Plus it's an earlier version of Havok.

--Eric
That game runs like utter CRAP on 90% of macs out there and also the graphics arent too good. Hope the new version of havok can beat the one in second life.
Soulstorm
Mar 23, 2006, 02:04 AM
That game runs like utter CRAP on 90% of macs out there and also the graphics arent too good. Hope the new version of havok can beat the one in second life.
The bad performance doesn't come from the physics engine.
joecool85
Mar 23, 2006, 08:00 AM
That game runs like utter CRAP on 90% of macs out there and also the graphics arent too good. Hope the new version of havok can beat the one in second life.

Runs fine on my powermac, even with DSL. My powerbook isn't so good with it, but when I get on campus with the highspeed wireless its not too bad.