Anyone try WoW on a i7/27" iMac?

[Yaboze]

There's been a few gaming posts, but I haven't read about anyone who has tried WoW full screen. I heard about someone using a 24" and someone running it on a 21, but not at the native resolution.

[Zerg]

There is one WoW benchmark here:

http://www.barefeats.com/imi7g.html

[Yaboze]

That's perfect! Thanks for the link.

[ReanimationLP]

I cant speak for the OS differences, but on my Windows 7 rig, which contains a Radeon 4850 GPU and a Core i7 CPU, I average 35-55 FPS at 2304x1440 in Trial of the Crusader 25, running in windowed mode.

I would say 25-35 for the iMac, due to the slightly higher resolution, OS differences, and clock speed differences. When it comes to WoW, when theres a lot of people on the screen, I've noticed its more CPU-bound on your FPS than GPU-bound at that point.

(I have a 4850X2, but the second core goes unused in WoW)

[patseguin]

I play WoW on an i7 iMac and it run great. I have all video settings maxed with the exception of view distance which is in the middle. I came from a Mac Pro with a 4870 and I can say that the i7 iMac runs WoW MUCH better.

[badmire]

I cant speak for the OS differences, but on my Windows 7 rig, which contains a Radeon 4850 GPU and a Core i7 CPU, I average 35-55 FPS at 2304x1440 in Trial of the Crusader 25, running in windowed mode.

I would say 25-35 for the iMac, due to the slightly higher resolution, OS differences, and clock speed differences. When it comes to WoW, when theres a lot of people on the screen, I've noticed its more CPU-bound on your FPS than GPU-bound at that point.

(I have a 4850X2, but the second core goes unused in WoW)


actually i have the i7 imac and I run in complete Ultra settings... shadows and all in full screen mode and i get 45-60 fps in 25 mans... In Onyxia 25man I stood in the middle of the whelpss being AOE'd during Phase 2 and with all the aoe going on I saw it drop to 25fps....

the i7 runs so incredibly smooth any lag i've noticed in game has been completely server side

[Zerg]

That's perfect! Thanks for the link.
Your welcome :)

[ReanimationLP]

actually i have the i7 imac and I run in complete Ultra settings... shadows and all in full screen mode and i get 45-60 fps in 25 mans... In Onyxia 25man I stood in the middle of the whelpss being AOE'd during Phase 2 and with all the aoe going on I saw it drop to 25fps....

the i7 runs so incredibly smooth any lag i've noticed in game has been completely server side

I get around 65-130+ FPS in full screen mode, depending on location. I just keep it in Windowed mode to easily swap between WoW, IMs, Vent, and Firefox. :3

Ultra settings is the awesomest. :P