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Macpropro80

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Ok so today I went over to my friends house who has a 2007 20" imac with 4 gigs of ram, 2600HD pro, 2.4ghz C2D. he was running cod 4 with textures on High, and res set at what ever is native res for a 20inch imac, (it escapes me right now)

Any way.

I went home and played cod 4 on my 2008 mac pro, 4 gigs for ram, 2.8ghz octo, 2x2600 ati graphic cards same res as him. (my 30ACD is too high to run well so I turn it down the the 20 inch res) and for some reason I get far less Frames per second then him with all the same settings. And his computer is 1 year older then mine, and his hard drive is 90% full. How is he possibly getting better FPS then me? My mac pro (on paper) is way faster then his imac. Anyone no any tweeks to make the game use more of my cpu?
 
Tallest Skil said:
FB-DIMMs with ECC are stated to be slower than they "could" be.

CPU power doesn't really matter in games.
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ha ha ha yes it does! Why would I buy an i7 then when i could get a celeron? Is there anyway to use some of my cpu as gpu? Windows xp does it, why not mac osx leopard?
 
Tallest Skil said:
Sorry, I edited my post. You can't "give" it some power.
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Thanks, I was just looking for an excuse for why his mac is better at gaming then mine. See we are best friends and when I got my mac pro I rubbed it in his face, and now he is getting pay back because his imac plays games better then my mac pro. :apple:
 
Was he running it under Windows, or MacOS?

Windows versions of games usually run far, far better than the Mac ports.
 
Macpropro80 said:
Ok so today I went over to my friends house who has a 2007 20" imac with 4 gigs of ram, 2600HD pro, 2.4ghz C2D. he was running cod 4 with textures on High, and res set at what ever is native res for a 20inch imac, (it escapes me right now)
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The native resolution for a widescreen monitor is 1680x1050
What is his FPS?


Macpropro80 said:
I went home and played cod 4 on my 2008 mac pro, 4 gigs for ram, 2.8ghz octo, 2x2600 ati graphic cards same res as him. (my 30ACD is too high to run well so I turn it down the the 20 inch res) and for some reason I get far less Frames per second then him with all the same settings. And his computer is 1 year older then mine, and his hard drive is 90% full. How is he possibly getting better FPS then me? My mac pro (on paper) is way faster then his imac. Anyone no any tweeks to make the game use more of my cpu?
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You really need to read about the how a computer hardware affects a game's FPS and not be so childish about it.

In addition, COD4 was not coded to take advantage of multicore systems.

Every part in a computer plays its part in the amount of FPS displayed for a game.
In a standard PC everything in a computer helps/hurts your FPS:
PSU, CPU, GPU, NB, SB, RAM, even Motherboard Architecture

PSU: You need enough clean power supplied to all your components
CPU: Higher speed will increase your FPS
GPU: Largest contributor for obvious reasons (its chip to amount of Memory)
NB, SB, RAM: The speed of your RAM and its latency affects the FPS
And yes, Motherboard architecture does make a difference:
http://hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTYwNCw1LCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
HD: majorly affects your map load time.

For a workstation it changes as well.
Specifics are hard to cite on, because their architect are not meant for 3D gaming and design to get the best FPS; and a PC gamer is not going to buy and stress test a Mac Pro.
Same reason they do not use Xeon processors, and ECC RAM.
They are designed for Workstations and server crunching.

It is even harder to figure out how a Mac Pro handles game performance with two video cards (not in crossfire configuration), and how does one card & monitor compare to two cards & 2-3 monitors.

Barefeats have done a couple of reviews, but they are limited though enjoyable to read!
http://www.barefeats.com/harper17.html
http://www.barefeats.com/octopro2.html
Again, More Cores doesn't mean better FPS
 
I think they very simple answer to this is that your video card is no better and your RAM is potentially hurting performance.

Get yourself a fancy need video card and rub that in his face.
 
wetrix said:
I think they very simple answer to this is that your video card is no better and your RAM is potentially hurting performance.

Get yourself a fancy need video card and rub that in his face.
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I like your thinking sir. I will be sure to try that. :D
 
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