Turned all the way up it looks okay, as in max details with max AA, especially on an iMac.
These photos have 0 AA, and 2x AF, so they might look worse than yours would.
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Turned all the way up it looks okay, as in max details with max AA, especially on an iMac.
These photos have 0 AA, and 2x AF, so they might look worse than yours would.
Thanks, that did make it look better for me. Not sure how colors affect the sharpness of the image though.
It'd be entertaining to see if the games will even launch on Intel graphics and if so, how silly it is
My 7 year old Pc with a ATI 9800 Pro which is gathering dust somewhere in the garage maxes out Counterstrike Source and most valve games.
I'm pretty sure the Intel HD can handle this game perfectly
But on an external monitor, I suppose the 330M would be ideal.
My 7 year old Pc with a ATI 9800 Pro which is gathering dust somewhere in the garage maxes out Counterstrike Source and most valve games.
I'm pretty sure the Intel HD can handle this game perfectly
But on an external monitor, I suppose the 330M would be ideal.
You'd be suprised!
It'd be entertaining to see if the games will even launch on Intel graphics and if so, how silly it is
My 7 year old Pc with a ATI 9800 Pro which is gathering dust somewhere in the garage maxes out Counterstrike Source and most valve games.
I'm pretty sure the Intel HD can handle this game perfectly
But on an external monitor, I suppose the 330M would be ideal.
I remember my first discrete graphics card; the 9200 SE!
lol@ 64-bit bus. It was awsome for me at the time (grade 6)
Ok, so I compared the steam version with a community cider-wrapper version. The steam version did not perform much faster when they're on the same settings, but graphics glitches are non-existent. In comparison, the cider version had a lot of visual tearing and other glitches which are annoying.
Two thumbs up for Valve!
Two thumbs up for Valve!
Well I have the game fully maxed and it just does not look as polished or advanced as I remember...testing out the windows version again later today.
It won't let me even get on to Steam.
I do the update it wants and when it gets to about 28,000kb it will go back to the start, get to 28,000kb again and say "Steam must be online to update, please check your Network Connection."
It has been doing it since last night, I have just turned off my firewall so hopefully that will sort it.
I have had other things downloading in the bg that don't stop so it can't be my broadband. Re downloaded steam a few times and have tried it via Ethernet cable. Still get the same problem.
I do the update it wants and when it gets to about 28,000kb it will go back to the start, get to 28,000kb again and say "Steam must be online to update, please check your Network Connection."
It has been doing it since last night, I have just turned off my firewall so hopefully that will sort it.
I have had other things downloading in the bg that don't stop so it can't be my broadband. Re downloaded steam a few times and have tried it via Ethernet cable. Still get the same problem.
Probably not the most amazing advice i'm about to give, but if I were you I'd just restart my mac, and uninstall steam, making sure to trash the preferences file, empty the cache on my browser and reinstall
Cheers,
John
Intel HD is a poorly polished dog turd. Maybe it's just crappy drivers on Apples part, but the card is unfathomably awful.
My 7 year old Pc with a ATI 9800 Pro which is gathering dust somewhere in the garage maxes out Counterstrike Source and most valve games.
I'm pretty sure the Intel HD can handle this game perfectly
If you check out:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html
the 7 year old ATI mobility 9800 is still about 2X as fast as the GMA HD that was just released.
um there is a way to check im sure in console, but I am running whatever they did after the update last night. like 8 Pacific.
Runs much better for me now for some reason. I have had 0 problems with steam and updates.
guys I just tested it in windows and it looks 1000x better and I get literally double the fps! I dont understand!!! I took comparison screenshots, but I am heading out know so can't post them.
It's just how Apple has it's drivers set up; not very well. (at least for gaming, maybe they are for other things)
I assume that Valve will work on the engine and fine tuning it as much as possible, and Apple or Nvidia will work on optimizing drivers in the coming weeks and months, but who knows.
Open GL is supposed to beat DX, and it does on the Windows side, wish they could match the performance.
I can wait then
but doesn't free portal expire soon? Im guessing we don't get to keep it...I can wait then
Yes it does, the 24th.
I own the orange box though.
I am just waiting for them to get all the orange box series titles out.
Next Wednesday I'm hoping for either the HL series, or some of them.. or the L4D series.
TF2 isn't on my list.