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WoW on late 2013 imac

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freshe

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Just wondering can someone tell me how are they finding WoW on 27" with 775 GPU ? I'm thinking of making a move from my rMBP with Iris Pro to the 27"er. I only play WoW on a casual basis. I didn't try WoW on my 15" MBP but I used to play it on i5 with HD6970 and found it good enough in terms of quality/fps rate.

I kind of planned to get 780GPU version but in the end of the day maybe there's not much point in paying extra for the amount of gaming I do - once a week for few hours would be max.
 
Hi,
Just finished setting up my new iMac 27" Late 2013 with GTX 775M GPU and fired up WOW.

I have it set at windowed 2440x1372 Ultra setting with everything switched on and was getting 75-95 FPS so you should be fine with the GTX 775M GPU.

If you need any more information then please feel free to ask.
 
GlynJones said:
Hi,
Just finished setting up my new iMac 27" Late 2013 with GTX 775M GPU and fired up WOW.

I have it set at windowed 2440x1372 Ultra setting with everything switched on and was getting 75-95 FPS so you should be fine with the GTX 775M GPU.

If you need any more information then please feel free to ask.
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If it works fine in the full screen 27" native res then it's fine with me. Was just thinking is it worth taking a plunge and getting the 780GPU. It should give me more life out of it - but then again I don't play that much anymore. Thanks anyway.
 
freshe said:
If it works fine in the full screen 27" native res then it's fine with me. Was just thinking is it worth taking a plunge and getting the 780GPU. It should give me more life out of it - but then again I don't play that much anymore. Thanks anyway.
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I have the 780 and run it at native resolution windowed full screen but I do have 1-2 settings on high rather than Ultra and I can get around 70 fps average.
I also have 2 more 27" 1080p monitors being driven at the same time.
 
GlynJones said:
Hi,
Just finished setting up my new iMac 27" Late 2013 with GTX 775M GPU and fired up WOW.

I have it set at windowed 2440x1372 Ultra setting with everything switched on and was getting 75-95 FPS so you should be fine with the GTX 775M GPU.

If you need any more information then please feel free to ask.
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What drive you have there and how much memory?

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mmomega said:
I have the 780 and run it at native resolution windowed full screen but I do have 1-2 settings on high rather than Ultra and I can get around 70 fps average.
I also have 2 more 27" 1080p monitors being driven at the same time.
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That would be my sweet spot although I would not be using additional monitors. But because I am looking at straight swap my mbp for the imac I cant really choose the spec. I presume the 775 should be a tad faster than hd6970 on which I used to play on my late 2011 imac. Cant remember the settings but whatever theve been the quality and fps were totally to my liking.
 
And how does the ext ssd work for you? Is it as quick as when its connected to sata3?
 
mmomega said:
I have the 780 and run it at native resolution windowed full screen but I do have 1-2 settings on high rather than Ultra and I can get around 70 fps average.
I also have 2 more 27" 1080p monitors being driven at the same time.
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So the 780 gets less FPS than the 775 even though you have some settings lower than the guy posted his FPS with the 775? Sounds like a bad deal to me to get the 780 then.. :p
 
Makwak said:
And how does the ext ssd work for you? Is it as quick as when its connected to sata3?
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It works fine. Not as fast as direct sata connection but 3 times faster than the internal platter based hard drive.

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Tanax said:
So the 780 gets less FPS than the 775 even though you have some settings lower than the guy posted his FPS with the 775? Sounds like a bad deal to me to get the 780 then.. :p
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I'm only running 2 monitors and WOW is windowed so that is why mmomega is running with lower frame rates.

When I was in a section with lots of animation my frame rates did drop to 45 FPS but still no issues though.
 
Tanax said:
So the 780 gets less FPS than the 775 even though you have some settings lower than the guy posted his FPS with the 775? Sounds like a bad deal to me to get the 780 then.. :p
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Here's a screenshot with my settings.
Windowed Fullscreen mode, so I am pushing 3 monitors at once.
WoW on 2560x1440
Monitor 2 on 1080p w/ iTunes, etc
Monitor 3 on 1080p w/ Safari, Mail, etc.
 

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mmomega said:
Here's a screenshot with my settings.
Windowed Fullscreen mode, so I am pushing 3 monitors at once.
WoW on 2560x1440
Monitor 2 on 1080p w/ iTunes, etc
Monitor 3 on 1080p w/ Safari, Mail, etc.
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You don't mind screen tearing? Vsync disabled...
 
WilliamG said:
You don't mind screen tearing? Vsync disabled...
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Never saw screen tearing on any of my iMacs.

Not saying it isn't there, I just don't notice it or pay that close attention.
10 years ago maybe, now, not so much.
 
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mmomega said:
Never saw screen tearing on any of my iMacs.

Not saying it isn't there, I just don't notice it or pay that close attention.
10 years ago maybe, now, not so much.
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It's definitely there. Especially if you go over 60fps in low-activity areas.
 
p3ntyne said:
If its external, it is much better to use a thunderbolt connection. Not only is it faster but TRIM is supported over thunderbolt.
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The reason I went this way is because I had a 256gb Hard Drive from a MacBook Air and I put it in an OWC Envoy case as a cheap but acceptable fix.

I'd rather use Thunderbolt but I have not seen any cases that take the MacBook Air SSD with that interface.
 
GlynJones said:
Hi,
Just finished setting up my new iMac 27" Late 2013 with GTX 775M GPU and fired up WOW.

I have it set at windowed 2440x1372 Ultra setting with everything switched on and was getting 75-95 FPS so you should be fine with the GTX 775M GPU.

If you need any more information then please feel free to ask.
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i have this model I have serious issue with gaming via bootcamp running windows 7
fan issue, can't cope! gets too hot!

:mad:
 
WilliamG said:
You don't mind screen tearing? Vsync disabled...
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I notice screen tearing in ESO but vsync is an incredible hit on FPS. Does the same apply in WoW?

With all the settings maxed I get around 40-70 FPS on my iMac (store bought max, i5, 8gb ram, HDD) with vsync off. Keeping it maxed and turning on vsync I get 10-30 FPS. I can't decide if I hate the screen tearing or low graphic quality more. Lol
 
I purchased this iMac 2 weeks ago with the 775M 2048mb graphics card. I play WoW and Diablo and have no problem whatsoever. My fps is around 80-100 in high settings!
 
cynics said:
I notice screen tearing in ESO but vsync is an incredible hit on FPS. Does the same apply in WoW?

With all the settings maxed I get around 40-70 FPS on my iMac (store bought max, i5, 8gb ram, HDD) with vsync off. Keeping it maxed and turning on vsync I get 10-30 FPS. I can't decide if I hate the screen tearing or low graphic quality more. Lol
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vsync should just limit the frame-rate to 60fps (vertical sync). So if you're getting 10-30fps, I've no idea..

Personally, I'd just play in Windows. Gaming on Macs absolutely sucks. Diablo 3 literally runs at half the frame-rate on the Mac side than it does on the Windows side.
 
Go for the 780M and play in Boot Camp.

I've got an 775M and it manages to run WoW in almost every scene at 60fps@1440p with Vsync on. It also looks quite amazing because of the vivid colors and high resolution the screen can display.

The 780M is still 20-30% faster than the 775M, so you'll be safe for future patches. Max it out now, you can't and won't do it afterwards.

On OS X only the OpenGL backend is active and a little bit slower than DirectX. But the major problem with OS X is its very tenacious throttling:
When you play a game and see a less demanding scene in game, the GPU clocks drop to save power while maintaing the needed fps. Nothing bad here but... when you switch your camera to a demanding scene (like a water-scene in WoW) the GPU clocks won't go back to suit the now needed demands for a few or more seconds resulting in an annoying lag.

You won't notice this issue in Boot Camp and if so, you can disable it in the nVidia-Settings (Power Mode).
 
Hell, it plays fine on my 2011 27" imac. I play it windows though as I get better FPS than in OSX. With everything maxed it's pretty smooth. I imagine if I raided it wouldn't be.
 
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