Will Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic run well on my computer?

MacBassPlayer · Aug 9, 2009

Hi, everyone. Recently, a friend gave me the game mentioned in the thread title as a gift. I am not sure if it is meant to run well on my Mac. I have an :apple:

eMac PowerPC G4 with an ATI Radeon 7500 graphics/video card. Any help would be most appreciated.

scienide09 · Aug 9, 2009

Try comparing the specs of your computer to the system requirements of the game.

http://www.aspyr.com/product/game_specs/38

Seems to me that your GPU might not be up to the task. The Radeon 7500 is less than the suggested 8500 to run the game.

rj-300zx · Aug 9, 2009

Yea eMacs are definately not for gaming. Try getting at least a PowerBook G4 like the one I have in my sig. Preferably anything with a ATI Mobility 9700 64mb or above.

Rodus · Aug 9, 2009

It chugs along in minimum settings on my G4 1.33 ghz until the action heats up, then it's a 1 fps grind. It'll be hideous on your emac.

MacBassPlayer · Aug 9, 2009

I am looking into buying a new computer (The eMac is starting to become dated). I did have someone offer me an ATI Radeon 9200 graphics/video card. Will it run smooth with that? Also, what would one recommend that I buy to run the game and similar games with? I was recommended by a few people to get a used iMac G4/G5.

Rodus · Aug 9, 2009

The 9200 is a well past it card now so it's really not worth it (and you can't upgrade the one in the emac either). Avoid the G4's/5's too, they are yesterdays technology. Go the second hand Intel route it funds are tight or you can get good deals on Apple reconditioned Intel Macs too.

Brad Oliver · Aug 10, 2009

MacBassPlayer said:
I am looking into buying a new computer (The eMac is starting to become dated). I did have someone offer me an ATI Radeon 9200 graphics/video card. Will it run smooth with that?

The 9200 is (or was) the bare minimum for KOTOR back in the day. It will not be an awesome gaming experience. The Radeon 8500/9000/9200 were a pretty craptacular family of video cards, and we had to work pretty hard to get KOTOR to run at a minimum playable state on that chipset. Do not expect much.

Coalman · Aug 10, 2009

MacBassPlayer said:
Hi, everyone. Recently, a friend gave me the game mentioned in the thread title as a gift. I am not sure if it is meant to run well on my Mac. I have an eMac PowerPC G4 with an ATI Radeon 7500 graphics/video card. Any help would be most appreciated.

Dantooine (spell?) will be awful. The rest of the game will be fun. I played it--barely--on my eMac.

eXan · Aug 11, 2009

Muahaha! I completed this game like 30 times on my eMac 700 MHz with GeForce 2 MX. It ran at <10 fps most of the time but it still was fun to me ^^;;

Miharu · Aug 29, 2009

Posting in this thread as the old one seems to be gone, anyway there was supposed to be a new intel patch for KOTOR being released around Snow Leopard, is there any development on this one?

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