I know, I know... but will Fallout 3 run decently on my iMac?

I can't give you a sure answer, but it runs great at 1400x900 on my 2.4gHz Macbook Pro (9600gt)

I really don't know how the 9600gt compares to the 2600. That would be the killer if there is one.

What are your settings like (other than res.), akm?

cptrios said:

What are your settings like (other than res.), akm?

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Sure,

It set everything to 'High', with 960x?? resolution, I upped the resolution to 1440x900, turned down AA to zero, and kept the ansitropic at 4. It plays plenty good for me!

akm3 said:

Sure,

It set everything to 'High', with 960x?? resolution, I upped the resolution to 1440x900, turned down AA to zero, and kept the ansitropic at 4. It plays plenty good for me!

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Awesome! I really think that I need to stop basing my expectations of graphics performance on how well a computer runs Crysis...it looks like pretty much everything else is less demanding.

FO3 runs fair enough here as well. MBP with 2.2GHz at its native resolution and filtering and AA off.

Only the game doesn't cut it for me so far...

cptrios said:

Awesome! I really think that I need to stop basing my expectations of graphics performance on how well a computer runs Crysis...it looks like pretty much everything else is less demanding.

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Yea, the 'Crysis test' is really useless for determining if a game will run or not. Most games are created to work on much less demanding hardware.

I'm running Fallout on my 2.4Ghz imac with the ATI 2600-thing (HD? Mobility? so many extra bits...) and it's ok with 'high' (I played with that for a while) but noticeably smoother/more responsive (especially in combat with more than 1 or 2 people) with medium, this is at 1920x1200 or whatever the max is. I'm guessing that as it was fine most of the time on High that I could play with a few of the individual settings and end up somewhere in between, but I'm happy enough

Has anyone tried on a 3ghz iMac with the 8800GS card? I think it should be fine, but I'm trying to decide between the 360 and Windows versions.

larryj said:

Has anyone tried on a 3ghz iMac with the 8800GS card? I think it should be fine, but I'm trying to decide between the 360 and Windows versions.

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It will scream on that iMac. (Didn't you just catch the part where it works great on a 2.4 Macbook Pro with a 9600gt?)

Too Soon

I popped in GOW I into my ps3 for the first time yesterday. FO3 will just have to wait until the back catalog gets cleared....

akm3 said:

It will scream on that iMac. (Didn't you just catch the part where it works great on a 2.4 Macbook Pro with a 9600gt?)

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Thanks.

I wasn't sure how the 9600GT compared to my 8800GS. My assumption is that that 9600GT is quite a bit better.

Fallout 3 sucks..you dont want it.

larryj said:

Thanks.

I wasn't sure how the 9600GT compared to my 8800GS. My assumption is that that 9600GT is quite a bit better.

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The 8800GS is much better than the 9600GT.

And ignore the above poster, Fallout is awesome =D

larryj said:

Thanks.

I wasn't sure how the 9600GT compared to my 8800GS. My assumption is that that 9600GT is quite a bit better.

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it's easy to get confused. here's a way to help (for me anyway)

XXXX <---- Nvidia graphics scheme

9XXX, 8XXX, etc = the series of card. for example, the 9 series just came out recently. the 8 series is from last year. it's just how new the card is (newer is generally better, after leading up to the next point)

X600, X800, etc = BASIC WAY TO SUM IT UP = how good the card is. IE, a X400 is worse then a X600.

using that, you can infer that although a 9600M is NEWER then a 8800, the 8800 still outperforms it. that being said, something like, say, a 9800 would probably be slightly better then a 8800. even though they are from the same high end product line, the 9800 may win over because it's got some newer technology.

i'm not very much of a technical guy, so i may have it wrong. but that's my easy-mode way to deal with computer specs without getting into too much detail.

Yea, the naming is completely screwy.

Then you get names from ATI overlapping, there was an ATI Radeon 9700 for example.

So Nvidia 9600,
Radeon 9700
Nvidia 9800
Radeon x850

It is very very confusing, so I forgive anyone who is confused.

But the 8800gs in the 3.06 iMac is the second best video card available for any Mac. It can murder Fallout 3 for a very acceptable gaming experience.

-Allen