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CoD4 System Requirements

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titaniumdecoy

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The official system requirements for CoD4 for mac include:

2Ghz or faster Intel Core 2 Duo processor
1GB of RAM
ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce FX7300 video card
128MB of VRAM
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My MacBook Pro has the following:

2.16Ghz Intel Core Duo processor (not Core 2 Duo)
2GB of RAM
ATI Radeon X1600 video card
256MB of VRAM
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Is this likely to be enough to run the game smoothly? I am not sure how much of a difference there is between the Core Duo and Core 2 Duo processors.
 
titaniumdecoy said:
The official system requirements for CoD4 for mac include:



My MacBook Pro has the following:



Is this likely to be enough to run the game smoothly? I am not sure how much of a difference there is between the Core Duo and Core 2 Duo processors.
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You will be fine :)
 
jaikob said:
You will be fine :)
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he said enough for the game to run smoothly

with my newer MBP, the game runs like crap. it won't stay at 75+ fps, sometimes dropping down to 30fps. and that's after sacrificing eye candy. but idk maybe that's just because i'm used to playing it on a pc.
 
How do you this game would fair with

20" iMac 2Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
With 3GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 2400XT 120MB
Leopard 10.5.5

?

Sorry to hijack the thread, I just thought making another one would be a waste of space.
 
t19880821 said:
he said enough for the game to run smoothly

with my newer MBP, the game runs like crap. it won't stay at 75+ fps, sometimes dropping down to 30fps. and that's after sacrificing eye candy. but idk maybe that's just because i'm used to playing it on a pc.
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30 fps is smooth enough, and far away from crap... anything above 20-25 is smooth.

Then again I guess there are different opinions on what "smooth" means in a video game, as discussed very often already. But if you say you need 75+ fps for it to be smooth you are a bit spoiled imo.
 
titaniumdecoy said:
The official system requirements for CoD4 for mac include:



My MacBook Pro has the following:



Is this likely to be enough to run the game smoothly? I am not sure how much of a difference there is between the Core Duo and Core 2 Duo processors.
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got the same as what you have OP, definately hoping that it will run on it!!!!

*crosses fingers*
 
chaosbunny said:
30 fps is smooth enough, and far away from crap... anything above 20-25 is smooth.

Then again I guess there are different opinions on what "smooth" means in a video game, as discussed very often already. But if you say you need 75+ fps for it to be smooth you are a bit spoiled imo.
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do you have any idea how bad 30fps is for cod4? for a game like crysis, it's fine. but cod4, especially online, requires at least 60fps. and i am not spoiled at all, i just know the difference between smooth vs. not smooth.
 
t19880821 said:
do you have any idea how bad 30fps is for cod4? for a game like crysis, it's fine. but cod4, especially online, requires at least 60fps. and i am not spoiled at all, i just know the difference between smooth vs. not smooth.
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yes, you're spoiled.

I play the game in Windows on my first gen intel iMac and I have my settings configured such that I get ~30 fps in multiplayer, occasionally dropping to around 25. It's definitely playable, and quite wonderful.

Granted, it COULD be better, but this is the info the OP needs, as my imac is identical to his macbook pro except that my processors a little slower (2.0 GHz core duo).
i AM running it in windows though, so you'll probably take a performance hit in the OS X version, that and i think ur video cards clocked a little slower than mine. Tomorrow I'll try to let you know what my settings are.

Does Aspyr offer a demo? I'm guessing not...
 
redsteven said:
yes, you're spoiled.

I play the game in Windows on my first gen intel iMac and I have my settings configured such that I get ~30 fps in multiplayer, occasionally dropping to around 25. It's definitely playable, and quite wonderful.

Granted, it COULD be better, but this is the info the OP needs, as my imac is identical to his macbook pro except that my processors a little slower (2.0 GHz core duo).
i AM running it in windows though, so you'll probably take a performance hit in the OS X version, that and i think ur video cards clocked a little slower than mine. Tomorrow I'll try to let you know what my settings are.

Does Aspyr offer a demo? I'm guessing not...
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single player on my MBP CD x1600 256mb (OC'd in XP) i can get around 40-80FPS, which is very reasonable for the card and the graphics.

multiplayer im lucky to get above 40FPS, with somewhere around 25-30 being the average. it is only just playable! i would say that anything over 40 is playable, for me. im kind of picky tho :p
 
redsteven said:
yes, you're spoiled.

I play the game in Windows on my first gen intel iMac and I have my settings configured such that I get ~30 fps in multiplayer, occasionally dropping to around 25. It's definitely playable, and quite wonderful.

Granted, it COULD be better, but this is the info the OP needs, as my imac is identical to his macbook pro except that my processors a little slower (2.0 GHz core duo).
i AM running it in windows though, so you'll probably take a performance hit in the OS X version, that and i think ur video cards clocked a little slower than mine. Tomorrow I'll try to let you know what my settings are.

Does Aspyr offer a demo? I'm guessing not...
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It is what I think smooth is... versus what you think smooth is.

Out of curiosity, are you one of those people who think 25fps is smooth in crysis?
 
I own CoD4 on my latest iMac 3.06GHZ fully upgraded to 4GB of RAM and the biggest internal HD, and it runs great at all settings maxed out (1920 by 1200 but make sure you have Antialiasing OFF).

This game is simply superb with photo realistic textures. I do not like FPS type of games but this one really took me in. I highly recommend it.
 
just out of curiosity, what kind of frame rates would i expect with a 2600HD for the previous iMac model running under bootcamp, with settings at 1920x1080 and AA off??
 
The official system requirements for CoD4 for mac include:

Quote:
2Ghz or faster Intel Core 2 Duo processor
1GB of RAM
ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce FX7300 video card
128MB of VRAM

My MacBook Pro has the following:

Quote:
2.16Ghz Intel Core Duo processor (not Core 2 Duo)
2GB of RAM
ATI Radeon X1600 video card
256MB of VRAM

Is this likely to be enough to run the game smoothly? I am not sure how much of a difference there is between the Core Duo and Core 2 Duo processors.
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You should be aware that the System Specs usually specify their requirements based on desktop video cards. Laptop video "cards" are usually cut down, clocked down versions of the desktop cards. So you'll need a more powerful laptop graphics "card".
 
KJmoon117 said:
How do you this game would fair with

20" iMac 2Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
With 3GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 2400XT 120MB
Leopard 10.5.5

?

Sorry to hijack the thread, I just thought making another one would be a waste of space.
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dmw007 said:
CoD4 should run fine on both the MacBook Pro and the iMac in question. :)
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Nooo, noo, noo. The iMac in question has the abysmal 2400XT. Be prepared to jack the settings all the way down and suffer through horrendous frame rates. And I can guarantee that Aspyr will just tell you that your GPU doesn't meet the sys reqs if you ask for support.

EDIT: Upon reflection, Aspyr may actually support the 2400XT because it's a newer generation than the 1600, even though it's technically inferior. That said, the original point stands that performance will be very poor.
 
I run CoD 4 on windows and have been for the past year on my 2.4 MBP 4GB ram(just upgraded the ram). I play this on windows and settings almost maxed out (shadows off and a few things like that) and I receive about 150-250fps. On the large maps with lots of smoke it may go down to 50 or so fps.
 
My Macbook.... 2.4 Ghz with 4GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
All my settings are at the lowest and I only get 10-15 fps..
How do I increase my fps?
 
can i run as well?

can i run it as well? im on a 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 1GB RAM, 667MHz, Gma950 video card with 64 mb VRAM
 
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