how come roller coast tycoon 3 runs so slow on my new imac?

[togermano]

I can't even do anything with it because it runs soo slow,I try making the foot paths to the roller coaster it took me 3 minutes because it lags so much Is there away of fixing this? Could it be possible that the current macosx for the new ati card just suck real bad?

 

[bc008]

RCT3 is running fine on my base end imac?
i dont know.. i play it all the time

 

[swordfish5736]

it runs good on my G4 PowerBook and when I get my imac im definatly going to try it. Is RCT3 universal or is it powerpc?

 

[AlexisV]

It's a PowerPC game which will run poorly on anything other than a G4 or G5.

Macs are Intel now and run old PowerPC programs through an emulator.

 

[togermano]

It's a PowerPC game which will run poorly on anything other than a G4 or G5.

Macs are Intel now and run old PowerPC programs through an emulator.

Its universal though! THis issue is really pissing me off!

 

[GTiPhone]

2 words...

Graphics Acceleration.

There ain't enough. You need to set the detail settings as low as possible to get it to run OK.

It lags like crazy on my 2 ghz, 2 gb ram MacBook Pro. That game and most others are not designed to be fully enjoyed on anything less than a top of the line Mac Pro with the best NVIDIA graphics you can install. (Not to mention the need for a screaming fast machine with beefy specs to begin with).