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Anyone playing GTA V on their iMac?

MartinAppleGuy

MartinAppleGuy

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Hi there, is anyone tried GTA V on their iMac yet via Bootcamp?

I have a Late 2013/2014 iMac with an Nvidia GeForce GT 750m, and with pretty much all but a few games that I play, I play at 1080p (with a few I drop down to 900p to squeeze out the constant 60fps). I don't mind not maxing games out, as long as they are rendered at a high resolution and at a good frame rate then I'm happy.

So has anyone tried it with this (or the similar 650m, 755m) card? And is anyone having issues with GTA V in their iMac?
 
I'm running it on my 2012 27" iMac with 680MX. It runs at roughly 40fps at 1440p and all settings at high. Putting settings at ultra makes the fps go down to 20-30.

To be able to achieve 60fps I have to have a mixture of medium/high settings. Other than that, it runs really great!
 
Koudspeel said:
I'm running it on my 2012 27" iMac with 680MX. It runs at roughly 40fps at 1440p and all settings at high. Putting settings at ultra makes the fps go down to 20-30.

To be able to achieve 60fps I have to have a mixture of medium/high settings. Other than that, it runs really great!
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So you never ran into any issues, more in terms of bugs, crashing and freezing then? And are you using the DVD version or the Steam version and what would you recommend? I would just be worried that if it returns the error "key already activated", I can at least replace the DVDs with Amazon, where as Steam may be harder to get it resolved.

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MartinAppleGuy said:
So you never ran into any issues, more in terms of bugs, crashing and freezing then? And are you using the DVD version or the Steam version and what would you recommend? I would just be worried that if it returns the error "key already activated", I can at least replace the DVDs with Amazon, where as Steam may be harder to get it resolved.
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Plus the DVDs are a fiver cheaper.
 
MartinAppleGuy said:
So you never ran into any issues, more in terms of bugs, crashing and freezing then? And are you using the DVD version or the Steam version and what would you recommend? I would just be worried that if it returns the error "key already activated", I can at least replace the DVDs with Amazon, where as Steam may be harder to get it resolved.

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Plus the DVDs are a fiver cheaper.
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I'm running the Steam version of GTA V. I haven't experienced any crashes or freezes (yet?). Looking at the Steam forums of GTA V I do see a lot of people having problems with their copies, both purchased from a third party or directly through Steam.

As far as recommending goes.. I like having all my games on Steam because of the build in friend system, automatic updates, digital downloading, and the whole community behind it. Other than that, there's no real advantage to Steam.

I have no experience with the customer support of Steam, but I heard that it's very much possible to get things sorted; it just takes time.
 
Koudspeel said:
I'm running the Steam version of GTA V. I haven't experienced any crashes or freezes (yet?). Looking at the Steam forums of GTA V I do see a lot of people having problems with their copies, both purchased from a third party or directly through Steam.

As far as recommending goes.. I like having all my games on Steam because of the build in friend system, automatic updates, digital downloading, and the whole community behind it. Other than that, there's no real advantage to Steam.

I have no experience with the customer support of Steam, but I heard that it's very much possible to get things sorted; it just takes time.
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That's good then. Do you have to de able your dedicated GPU to get past the launcher though? I read many things saying that you have to disable then re-enable the dedicated card to get past the launcher if you are on a mobile based GPU (xxxm).
 
MartinAppleGuy said:
That's good then. Do you have to de able your dedicated GPU to get past the launcher though? I read many things saying that you have to disable then re-enable the dedicated card to get past the launcher if you are on a mobile based GPU (xxxm).
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I think you're reading way too much.......

The great, no AMAZING thing about Steam is all of your games are stored in their system. Honestly I downloaded Steam to my 2012 iMac and Half Life 2 popped up, I bought this game like 10 years ago on PC and I was able to download it and run natively on my iMac. Looked and played great as well.....


If gaming on your computer I would definitely go all digital
 
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alinefx said:
Running it on my 27 Retina 5k iMac - Its insane!

Sample Video.
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Looks good indeed!! :D

Do you have a m290 or m295x? What resolutions? Are you experiencing any throttling?

I am kind of pondering between buying a RiMac for work and play or just pc rig just for gaming.
 
aPple nErd said:
Base model with upgraded 8gb ram.
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512MB of VRAM will overflow, but Bootcamp should have assigned a set limit for shared RAM to be used as VRAM (or you can just set it yourself). So you will be limited to normal textures... Your will probably be fine playing at medium settings at 720p and always be over 30fps (but not by a lot).

If you already own the PS3 version then, unless you really want first person mode or something, this won't be much of an upgrade. If you are buying for the first time however and already have Windows via Bootcamp, I would recommend just getting it :)
 
MartinAppleGuy said:
512MB of VRAM will overflow, but Bootcamp should have assigned a set limit for shared RAM to be used as VRAM (or you can just set it yourself). So you will be limited to normal textures... Your will probably be fine playing at medium settings at 720p and always be over 30fps (but not by a lot).

If you already own the PS3 version then, unless you really want first person mode or something, this won't be much of an upgrade. If you are buying for the first time however and already have Windows via Bootcamp, I would recommend just getting it :)
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well, its funny but today my friend gave me a newer pc tower that has decent specs so it looks like i won't be needing my mac for gaming after all! :D
 
Just doing a bit of research before I buy, does anyone think that GTA V will run smoothly on the top end base spec 27' late 2015 iMac? Im not looking for max spec gaming or anything just wondering what past experiences are like and if they can be extrapolated.
3.3GHz quad‑core Intel Core i5
8 GB Ram
AMD Radeon R9 M395 (2 GB)​
Thanks in advance.
 
I’m resurrecting this thread Hoping to get a little advice. My daughter would like to play The PC version of GTA V mainly to use the mods. Now I have a PS 4 but she has her heart set on the PC version.

She’s asked for a PC for her birthday. In my house that’s blasphemy as we are Mac only. I currently have a MacBook Air 2011 and a Mac Mini 2012 i7 with 16GB RAM amd 500GB SSD. I was going to try and run boot camp on the mini to see if it would be playable. But I have been having trouble partitioning my drive so haven’t even able to try. Besides, if I’ve read right it won’t work anyway as it only has HD 4000 graphics.

Now I’m assuming that she will play this game for a while and get bored of it. We have other games that I’ve purchased for the Mac eg The Sims 4 that run fine. My thought was if my mini can’t play it to sell my MacBook Air and buy a newer MacBook that could handle it

My question is what would be the oldest MacBook that would give decent performance. I do realize that quality will have to be turned down but this is all fine as I said I don’t expect high quality with this solution.

I’d rather upgrade my MacBook and keep the house “clean”. I don’t need a high end MacBook as I use the air for portability and a backup in case the mini goes.

Thanks guys.
 
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