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OS X The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition is available for download at 6pm CEST

Dirtyharry50

Dirtyharry50

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I am a very happy customer of GOG, having purchased a lot of games from them and even happier now that they are directly supporting the Mac. I should remember in the future to point out No DRM as a very nice feature too. I do like that.
 
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doh123

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FPS might be down in this due to the fact they didn't recode it to OpenGL, but are using a translation layer for DirectX -> OpenGL...
 
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Cougarcat

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doh123 said:
FPS might be down in this due to the fact they didn't recode it to OpenGL, but are using a translation layer for DirectX -> OpenGL...
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In my experience, there's always a small performance hit when running games in OS X, translation layer or not.
 
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doh123

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Cougarcat said:
In my experience, there's always a small performance hit when running games in OS X, translation layer or not.
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thats not OS X... that just comes down to the programming and experience, not something inherently to do with OSX.

I will give this + to their translation layer though, it seems to be using OpenGL 3.2 and not stuck to the older 2.1 like most are doing.
 
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cosmicjoke

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Djevlen said:
I personally thought that VP was dying, their FB page, twitter account and homepage has been silent for a while but today this popped up on their twitter account:
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You could see the games´profile on Deliver2mac.com for a short period before it disappeared again, but I managed to grab the system requirements:

Minimum specs:
OS X version 10.7.5 or later.
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GT 650M 512MB (on 1440x900, medium), Radeon HD 5770 1GB (on 1440x900, low)
Hard Drive: 25 GB free space on HDD


Recommended specs:
OS X version 10.7.5 or later.
Processor: Quad Core Intel
Memory: 8GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GT 650M 1 GB (on 1440x900, medium), Radeon HD 6970M 1 GB (on 1920x1080, medium)
Hard Drive: 25 GB free space on HDD

The price will be $29.99, or at least that was what it was on deliver2mac.com before the link died.
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Just got this game for like $11 on GoG... It runs pretty poorly on Mac Pro w/ GTX 680 @ 2560x1440p on 10.8.2, though is quite playable on Medium settings...Get the same performance in Windows on Ultra (minus Ubersampling) at roughly 50fps.... (I haven't checked playing @ 1080p but I imagine it plays far better). FWIW though there is some warning about NVIDIA continually perfecting drivers and it may not run up to par on 600 series for OS X in the system recommendations. I wonder how the 7970 fairs w/ the game in 10.8.3 beta since the 7000 series drivers have support.
 
ultra7k

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Northwestern said:
Already customer there, because they got Ultima IX: Ascension.



GOG itself is a DRM, you can't sell your purchased games :D
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How is Ultima XI by the way? I remember when it came out it was a wreck, wasn't it? Did they do away with the jumping from VIII?

Any how, I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say Witcher II won't run on a 4000HD right?

I remember how it used to perform on my PC with a 6970 2GB, I can't imagine what it would be like on a 4000....
 
iMacFarlane

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ultra7k said:
How is Ultima XI by the way? I remember when it came out it was a wreck, wasn't it? Did they do away with the jumping from VIII?

Any how, I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say Witcher II won't run on a 4000HD right?

I remember how it used to perform on my PC with a 6970 2GB, I can't imagine what it would be like on a 4000....
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I've got the same MBP you've got in your signature, and Witcher (I) runs like crap to the point I haven't played it. Right in the opening part, when that big praying mantis thing is brought into the compound, framerate chokes down to single digits. Unacceptable for an old game on a brand new computer with a GPU touted to be 'revolutionary'. Meh. I've started gaming on my XBox and haven't really done anything on my Mac for months. Skyrim won't let me go . . .
 
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Dyno-Mike

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Aug 19, 2012
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BeachChair said:
Would love to hear from a rMBP owner on this as well
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Runs well since the OSX ML 2.0 update on my rMBP. best settings I find are 1440x900 Medium textures and shadows , no AA or SSAO, no DOF

Feels like 30-40 fps but no way I know of to actually see the fps on OSX.
 
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Trinite

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Anyone tried it yet on the new high-end 21.5"? How does it do?

I know it meets the minimum reqs, but wondering what that actually means in practice....
 
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JuanGarcia

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Dyno-Mike said:
Runs well since the OSX ML 2.0 update on my rMBP. best settings I find are 1440x900 Medium textures and shadows , no AA or SSAO, no DOF

Feels like 30-40 fps but no way I know of to actually see the fps on OSX.
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You must be the one who can to run this game on rMBP. This game sucks in Retina (macos) 20-30 fps 848x480 Low settings.

In windows, 1280x800 high settings 45-60 fps. 1980x1080 low settings 40-60 fps.
 
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