Can anybody tell me how Fallout 3 runs on the ATI 2600 at 1920x1200?

mattcube64

mattcube64

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I asked for the game for Christmas...

So yeah, anybody know how it'll run? Has anyone tried running it on their 24"?

Thanks!
 
I tried it on 2.4 GHz 24" iMac and it ran @ low-mid 20's outdoor 1280x800 Max.

Your iMac won't be a big improvement so no, no 1920x1200.
 
:confused: I run it on my MacBook Pro with the 8600 512 mb card at a mixture of high/very high settings at 1440x900. I have not tried it on my iMac but I would guess 1920x1200 at low/mid settings is definitely possible, just turn of anti aliasing and try some different combinations of settings. It took me a while to find out what works best for me.
 
chaosbunny said:
:confused: I run it on my MacBook Pro with the 8600 512 mb card at a mixture of high/very high settings at 1440x900. I have not tried it on my iMac but I would guess 1920x1200 at low/mid settings is definitely possible, just turn of anti aliasing and try some different combinations of settings. It took me a while to find out what works best for me.
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8600 GT is faster than 2600 Pro.
 
eXan said:
8600 GT is faster than 2600 Pro.
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Didn't know it's really that much! I mean we are talking "runs Fallout 3 great" vs. "barely runs Fallout 3" here.

WoW runs about the same on both of my machines, with the same settings but the iMac at a higher resolution obviously, maybe because of the worse nvidia drivers for OS X? I'm no way an expert in these things, as you can tell. :eek:
 
chaosbunny said:
Didn't know it's really that much! I mean we are talking "runs Fallout 3 great" vs. "barely runs Fallout 3" here.

WoW runs about the same on both of my machines, with the same settings but the iMac at a higher resolution obviously, maybe because of the worse nvidia drivers for OS X? I'm no way an expert in these things, as you can tell. :eek:
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I wouldn't define running outdoor levels with 1280x800 Max at low-mid 20's as "barely runs Fallout 3". I was saying that its the lowest I've seen the FPS meter to drop to during play. Indoor levels runs beautifully (40+) and some less open outdoors run faster as well.
 
i would also love to know this answer.

with AA turned off, what kind of settings/resolutions should i expect to see on the HD2600 iMac (see sig for specs).
 
It's very playable on my 24" iMac with the 7300GT, but I believe the resolution is around 1280 or 1440. I don't remember what the graphics quality was set at, somewhere around low-medium. But the FPS is usually anywhere between 20-30 depending on your location. The 2600 is a good bit faster than the 7300, right?
 
Littleodie914 said:
It's very playable on my 24" iMac with the 7300GT, but I believe the resolution is around 1280 or 1440. I don't remember what the graphics quality was set at, somewhere around low-medium. But the FPS is usually anywhere between 20-30 depending on your location. The 2600 is a good bit faster than the 7300, right?
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oh i dono when the new intel macs came out i remember everyone cracking the ***** cauz the gpu wasnt as good as it was meant to be. Great to hear about your frame rate though thanks
 
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