Games on a PB G4 1.67GHz, 2gbRAM, 256MB graphics...

[steveOooo]

specs are

Machine Name: PowerBook G4 17"
Machine Model: PowerBook5,9
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.5)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.67 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.9.6f0

Graphics

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700:

Chipset Model: ATY,RV360M11
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
VRAM (Total): 128 MB

I like me FPS, resident evil, wipeout, sonic, mario etc... already own a ps3, just looking for stuff to solve the boredom of revision and coursework (im doing a plant science report at the mo - Zzzzzzzz)

I also have a xbox 1 controller set up to play Sega megadrive, snes games, just wondered if there were decent modern, 3d games avail - note also, have played cod1 and 2 on my imac previously.

cheers, s

 

[Rodus]

Unreal Tournament 2004 will play ok if you crank down the graphics a bit, Return to Castle Wolfenstein runs fine too as do Jedi Knight II and Jedi Academy. Technically Doom 3 will also run but it's pretty painful and stuttery so I woudn't bother.

 

[steveOooo]

thanks, wil have a look for them...

 

[KingYaba]

Halo will run well.

 

[0098386]

I tried out Halo, Doom 3 and UT2004 and they ran well if you turn the settings down (actually I had a 1024x768, 64mb card). They ran on my machine smoothly but in low resolutions with low settings.
Never used my PB for games though, think the only game I left on the drive was a set of Doom engines, Duke 3D and Cave Story.

 

[PracticalMac]

Battleground Europe.

If you avoid the big cities in game, will play fine.

 

[Quad 2.5 G5 =)]

Good

The system bus is the main chokepoint, but games run quite well on this system.
One thing that helps me is the ATI accelerator. It overclocks the GPU, and you shouldn't do it too much, but I have it at 25% over stock limits for the Processor and the Memory.
You can underclock the GPU, saving the battery, but overclocking consumes the battery more than usual.

 

[Jonnym]

Americas Army 2.5 will run very nicely on this machine.
Get it at http://25assist.com

 

[Consultant]

No one lives forever is a great game. Sneak around for the funny conversations.

 

[Rodus]

Diablo II, Warcraft III and Starcraft are all great time killers and will all run great on your machine.