aww, this is for the mac section,well now iMacs are equipped with Intel, Call of Duty is for power pc's..and i saw that power pc games dont work on a intel game..is there a way i can play Call of Duty?
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Shadowspirit6 said:
Many games that are for PowerPC will run okay on the Intel Macs. If you really want to play a game that refuses to run on the Intel, you can always get it for Windows and play it there, but as far as I know, Call of Duty should run fine on an Intel Mac.
are you sure that it could run on an intel mac. I looked on the game list and Call of duty didnt have the Universal Binary symbol, and when i looked for the reviews, someone said that Call of duty Delux Edition didnt owrk on the intel.crazzyeddie said:
Shadowspirit6 said:
Don't worry mate, from what I have heard it will run all those games with max settings at like 30-40fps at least.
Also, the iMac's gfx card is underclocked by Apple, so you can clock it back at 475/470 without any risk and enjoy ~30% faster performance.
Some people have even taken it into the 500's.
Well well well, looks like the iMac's a pretty good gaming rig alright. I can't wait until mine arrives.
One of my friends has a Athlon 3500+ PC, it was quicker to start with than my 2Ghz G5 iMac, over time it's now about the same speed if not slightly slower (though I have 2GB RAM in my iMac now so it screams), that is because of the slowdown of Windows over time mainly though (and the extra RAM).Shadowspirit6 said:
The X1600 is a pretty good graphics card, though if you're a serious gamer, i'd wait for the Mac Pro as your going to want to upgrade your graphics card later.
Eraserhead said:
The iMac is a glorified laptop - but it rocks. I've no qualms about waiting a while to get a PowerMac or whatever they chose to call it. It's not the ultimate gaming rig though. MacOSRumors keep batting on about a gamer iMac coming out...we can but hope...
true that lol, but the only thing that i hate is that only "some" games are limited to the iMac which gets me kinda mad, maybe i should get the Widnows OS..i hope it doesnt cost too muchharveypooka said:
gta series in boot camp on macbook?
So I have a macbook on it's way to me (2.0, 120 gig hd), and a current core duo imac. I recently bought gta san andreas before the macbook was announced. I was hoping that i would be able to play gta on the macbook, but I've heard so many positive and negative opinions on the integrated graphics. I most recently heard that the macbook supports pixel shader 2.0... If that's right, I'm wondering what that means in reference to running gta san andreas. Keep in mind, the graphics requirements can be changed quite a bit. Essentially, I want to know if I should sell the 3 pc games I have with the imac, or keep them and play them on the macbook. None are too graphics intensive (I think), one is nba live 2006, and the other 2 are gta vice city, and san andreas.
cheers,
phil
ok ok, it's a black macbook.
Edit: for the record, my core duo imac runs nba live 06 and gta vice city wonderfully with all graphics settings on max.
So I have a macbook on it's way to me (2.0, 120 gig hd), and a current core duo imac. I recently bought gta san andreas before the macbook was announced. I was hoping that i would be able to play gta on the macbook, but I've heard so many positive and negative opinions on the integrated graphics. I most recently heard that the macbook supports pixel shader 2.0... If that's right, I'm wondering what that means in reference to running gta san andreas. Keep in mind, the graphics requirements can be changed quite a bit. Essentially, I want to know if I should sell the 3 pc games I have with the imac, or keep them and play them on the macbook. None are too graphics intensive (I think), one is nba live 2006, and the other 2 are gta vice city, and san andreas.
cheers,
phil
ok ok, it's a black macbook.
Edit: for the record, my core duo imac runs nba live 06 and gta vice city wonderfully with all graphics settings on max.
i have just one question, are any of the games you have being played on windows overthe GHZ on your iMac?firsttube said:Seeing as how all of these games are not available for Mac OS X, I am running them under windows xp.
i should have just edited the post above me but anyways, i made my choice im just buying windows and play all the games but one question still lurks in my head....Does the a game matter if its GHZ is over my iMac's GHZ (1.83). like The Blah Game is 2.5 GHZ..can i still play it even though my iMac's ghz is 1.83?----please answer this question..this will solve everything
Shadowspirit6 said:
I installed BootCamp this weekend to test out FEAR....
BOY-O-BOY!! The graphics and game play are amazing!!!
I also installed Call of Duty 2... Damn!! I was very impressed!!!
I'm running a 20" iMac w/2 gigs ram.... My next purchase is gonna be a joystick or game controller (like a ps2 version).. My fingers got tired after playing about 2 hours of FEAR...
oh ok just checkin, but anyways, my friend has made a list of all the Windows games that will work in boot camp, if you know anymore please add them to the list.Dopeyman said:
Quake 4
F.E.A.R.
Half-Life 2
Counter Strike: Source
Battlefield 2
Doom 3
NBA Live 06
GTA Vice City
Call of Duty(Original game)
The list will be much shorter if you make it a list of games that DON"T work with bootcamp.
This seems to be hard for a lot of people to grasp, but when you are running Windows through bootcamp you are running Windows the same as if it was running on a Dell. There is no more difference between Windows on bootcamp and normal PCs than there is between Windows on Dell and Windows on HP.
So when booted to Windows with bootcamp, treat your computer as a Dell that came with Windows because there is no difference (other than the superior build quality and looks).
This seems to be hard for a lot of people to grasp, but when you are running Windows through bootcamp you are running Windows the same as if it was running on a Dell. There is no more difference between Windows on bootcamp and normal PCs than there is between Windows on Dell and Windows on HP.
So when booted to Windows with bootcamp, treat your computer as a Dell that came with Windows because there is no difference (other than the superior build quality and looks).
Shadowspirit6 said:
Yeah dude, you don't need to do this. It's Windows. On a PC. That's actually Mac...*cough*...PC.
People dont seem to get that these mac's are essential PC laptop's filled with the best of hardware that is out there right now and the best OS OS X on the market. Any game will run on these Intel Mac's under bootcamp and will run well the most important thing though is setting up ctrl alt delete and having a external two buttton mouse then you will be all set to play games on the XP side... Ctrl Alt Delete is just for when your game freezes due to the OS spazing out.
OS X on the market. Any game will run on these Intel Mac's under bootcamp and will run well the most important thing though is setting up ctrl alt delete and having a external two buttton mouse then you will be all set to play games on the XP side... Ctrl Alt Delete is just for when your game freezes due to the OS spazing out.