Bioshock on new iMac 27"?

[jcruz]

Hi all,

My old iMac 21" failed the other day and I just purchased a brand spanking new 27" iMac with the following:

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac11,3
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.93 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: IM112.0057.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.59f2

Here's the graphics card info:

ATI Radeon HD 5750:

Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 5750
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 1024 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x68a1
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-B9710C-238
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.417
Displays:
Color LCD:
Resolution: 2560 x 1440
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes
Connection Type: DisplayPort
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected

To my great disappointment, Bioshock is soooo slow on the new iMac it is completely unplayable. It's very choppy at all resolutions/graphics settings. 🙁 It ran perfect on my old 21" at even the highest graphics options. I've searched the forums and haven't turned up much...

Anyone have any ideas as to why it would run so slowly???

Thanks,

John

 

[jcruz]

It turns out that there is a general problem running Flash movies on the iMacs. Once I got past the intros and into game play, performance was fine.

 

[Dont Hurt Me]

Make sure you have all your updates to the software installed both mac os and bioshock, heck I play it on a new mini and it plays fine on a 320m gpu.

 

[edddeduck]

It turns out that there is a general problem running Flash movies on the iMacs. Once I got past the intros and into game play, performance was fine.

FYI if you let Feral know when you have an issue we can work on a fix, however in this case I have read your post and will have a look on a i7 machine in the dev room for you.

Edwin

UPDATE I loaded BioShock on an i7 iMac with the new 1GB 5000 series ATI graphics card. The iMAc was running the latest OS with all updates installed the game ran fast from the first menu all the way till you see the first person being killed with a splicer on entering Rapture.

 

[Fuchal]

If for some reason this has something to do with Flash, try updating Flash to the latest 10.1.

 

[edddeduck]

If for some reason this has something to do with Flash, try updating Flash to the latest 10.1.

Test machine I used above does not have an Adobe Flash installed only the default Flash plug that comes with the OS.

Edwin