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Adam552
Dec 25, 2007, 06:59 AM
Hello,
I have recently got the Universal Binary for Halo... it just starts up then when I go on a game the graphics are so bad I can't even see rocks! I'm using a New Macbook (The £699 one). I have set it on Pixel & Vertex Shaders.


GMA X3100


Accylad
Dec 25, 2007, 07:30 AM
Weird I have an ibook G4 and it rocks!!! Sounds strange though, Macbook should run it fine. Are there any updates for the game?
Adam552
Dec 25, 2007, 09:49 AM
Yer it worked really well on my iBook G4.. I sold that now and my Macbook one has really bad graphics.
mckyvlle
Dec 25, 2007, 12:03 PM
Do you have the Santa Rosa one, i.e. the one with the Intel GMA X3100?

IIRC, old PowerBooks have discreet ATI graphics. While MacBooks all rely on Intel integrated graphics, so performance will take a hit.
twistedlegato
Dec 25, 2007, 12:05 PM
When i had Halo i could see rocks on my Macbook. But after i updated to the UB 2.0, all the rocks were gone.
Adam552
Dec 25, 2007, 01:50 PM
Do you have the Santa Rosa one, i.e. the one with the Intel GMA X3100?

IIRC, old PowerBooks have discreet ATI graphics. While MacBooks all rely on Intel integrated graphics, so performance will take a hit.

I got the one which you can buy in the Apple Store at the moment.
voyagerd
Dec 25, 2007, 02:00 PM
Have you updated to 2.0.2?
Adam552
Dec 25, 2007, 03:02 PM
Yes I have.
SeVeN
Dec 25, 2007, 03:05 PM
so is this game any good? i mean, you can play online right? does it compare to the xbox version
Adam552
Dec 25, 2007, 03:07 PM
so is this game any good? i mean, you can play online right? does it compare to the xbox version

Yes it is good. You can play online.. and it's normally good but we are trying to save this problem in this topic.
SeVeN
Dec 25, 2007, 06:37 PM
so is it keyboard controlled or is there a controller that I could use. I have never played a game on pc or mac. So sorry about the dumb questions.
Adam552
Dec 26, 2007, 05:07 AM
so is it keyboard controlled or is there a controller that I could use. I have never played a game on pc or mac. So sorry about the dumb questions.

why not ask this in another topic *hint*
Consultant
Dec 26, 2007, 02:30 PM
Bare Feats benchmarked

MacBook 2.2
Halo UB, 800x600 Medium Quality
at 33 frames per second
http://barefeats.com/mbook2.html

I am surprised it's that slow. If you really cared about games, you can get a refurb MBP for slightly more than top of the line MacBook...
Whitesnake
Dec 27, 2007, 09:10 PM
The problem is the X3100, The drivers are very poor and incomplete.

I've tried several games which run on my friends older MacBook GMA950 and not on my MacBook X3100.

The games will either crash at the start or run poorly with missing graphics.

Unreal Tournament 2004
Lego Star Wars
Worms Blast
Worms 3D
Crazy Machines

to name a handful.

It is quite possibly the worst I've ever had from Apple regarding compatibility.

Although it is a well known fact Windows users are having a lot of problems with the X3100 also.

http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/isn/Community/en-US/forums/1/30229561/ShowThread.aspx