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Bioshock Infinite on a 27" iMac

ventuss

ventuss

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There should be a sub forum exclusively for games. Whatever.

I got my new iMac and I'd like to test my GPU performance by playing some graphically intense game. I want to buy Bioshock Infinite, but it only runs at 1600x900, I bet it looks bad on the 27"iMac.. almost half the native resolution. I own it for PS3, so it has be beautiful to justify the price. I have it for PS3, so it has be beautiful to justify the price.

Is there anyone who played it on a 27"iMac and can tell me about it?
 
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ventuss said:
There should be a sub forum exclusively for games. Whatever.

I got my new iMac and I'd like to test my GPU performance by playing some graphically intense game. I want to buy Bioshock Infinite, but it only runs at 1600x900, I bet it looks bad on the 27"iMac.. almost half the native resolution. I own it for PS3, so it has be beautiful to justify the price.

Is there anyone who played it on a 27"iMac and can tell me about it?
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I read if you do want to play it on iMac you can apparently edit the config (it is locked to a lower resolution by Aspyr for performance purposes.
It can be changed here:
Library/Application Support/Bioshock Infinite/XGame/Config/

More info here https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1628665/

Also, it appears the move to Mavericks will allow better OpenGL support for games and so any new games produced/ported for Mac should be better :)
 
I try playing mafia 2 on my new iMac the other day, in performance test it shown that the iMac using inter iris graphic instead of the 780M...:mad:
 
I don't play the Mac version - I use bootcamp and play the Windows version, which I run at 2650x1440 on ultra settings and get great performance. This is on a 2012 i5 with the 680MX.

The machine can handle it just fine, but the graphics drivers under OS X leave a bit to be desired - hopefully this has changed for the better in Mavericks; there was talk of major improvements.
 
Bottom line: Play these games in Windows. Frame-rates are exponentially higher, and you'll run into far, far fewer issues.

Currently, bottom line/s:

iMacs are NOT gaming systems.

iMacs running Windows 7/8 are absolutely gaming systems.

This may change with Mavericks, but that's an if and when..
 
I just bought Bioshock 2.
The program is blowing up every time it tries to load the second segment. I can drain the airlock into the train station then boom.
27” iMac late 2013
Software OS X 10.9 (13A603)
3.5 GHz i7
32 GB mem
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780M 4GB VRAM

Please update it soon.

The App store claims you can reload a purchase from the "Purchased" page, how?
 
Runs well in Bootcamp on a 27" + 780M iMac @ 1440p with everything turned up and a hefty helping of AA.
 
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