Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

BF2142 and Mac Pro with 8800 Nvidia card (stock) - VERY POOR performance

I have an aluminium macbook with 2ghz and the game game works fairly well on maximum settings and very well with low settings and high resolution.
 
Ear;y 2008 Mac Pro with the nVidia 8800 card.

Runs absolutely fine for me, but I do get artifacts after a few hours when it overheats, so I remove the side panel and all is good.

I run max resolution and max settings for most, but chat id off.

Is your BF2142 up to v1.50 ? This made a BIG difference. How much RAM ? I use 24GB, but it ran fine with 10GB too.
 
BertyBoy said:
Ear;y 2008 Mac Pro with the nVidia 8800 card.

Runs absolutely fine for me, but I do get artifacts after a few hours when it overheats, so I remove the side panel and all is good.

I run max resolution and max settings for most, but chat id off.

Is your BF2142 up to v1.50 ? This made a BIG difference. How much RAM ? I use 24GB, but it ran fine with 10GB too.
Click to expand...

Really? You're running the Mac version, not PC in bootcamp, right?

I have 16GB, plenty of free ram. I notice particularly poor performance during artillery strikes.
 
pprior said:
Really? You're running the Mac version, not PC in bootcamp, right?

I have 16GB, plenty of free ram. I notice particularly poor performance during artillery strikes.
Click to expand...

Mac version yes.

But artillery strikes is a real killer I agree. I usually dash for cover and sit it out.
 
this has to be a driver issue, a machine like that should be able to run 4 copies of that game at once.
 
Maybe a glimmer of hope for the pathetic nvidia performance (quoted from barefeats quick updates page):

"March 28th -- Caution on GeForce 8800 GT in Nehalem: We've been trying all the different graphics cards in the Nehalem Mac Pro 8-core 2.93. I was puzzled when I installed the GeForce 8800 GT. The Core Image apps ran really great -- better than ever.

However, when shifted over to 3D games, I received a shock. It ran painfully slow. One third the speed of the GeForce 120 GT. I've learned today a patch is forthcoming from nVIDIA via Apple to fix the problem."

It would be nice because quite frankly I'm pissed at having to spend $400 to upgrade a video card to ATI when it should be more than enough speed for this old game.
 
pprior said:
I've noted besides the slow frame rate that this nvidia card also demonstrates tearing, which the ATI never did.

I hate to dump this card and buy another 3870, which is pretty out of date as it stands. I thought ATI had announced another mac card coming out.

It's absurd that such an expensive computer can be bested by a PC that costs 1/5 as much.
Click to expand...

Screen tearing usually means the frame rate is too high.

Did you look at your frame rate?

Tearing and low frame per second are different behavior.
 
It's definitely slow frame rate, very choppy down into the teens or lower
 
It may be, but as of today the 8800 is the premium video card available (4870 not released yet except new mac pros) and EA games or Nvidia (or Apple for that matter!) can't bother to get the freaking driver fixed?

Explain to me again why these people make millions of dollars?
 
Consultant said:
Looks like problem with specific game and card combination
Click to expand...
Call of Duty 2 is also completely unplayable, and I bet those aren't the only games. But good news!

Bare Feats said:
We received a pre-release of a "repaired" driver that restores the GeForce 8800 GT to its former glory.
Click to expand...
http://www.barefeats.com/nehal07.html

Too bad there, erm, aren't enough games for OS X to really use it. :eek: *goes back to playing Far Cry in Windows*
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back