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Bioshock on a MacBook
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I'm fine with my PS3 where I can play Warhawk and The Darkness and not worry about graphics cards, RAM, etc. I did play a few games on my black C2D Macbook like COD2, Dreamfall, and Half-Life 2.
I know, that card is so antiquated, you should be ashamed of yourself for spending the money on it. Shame on Apple for not giving us a new card to buy every week.
The 2x Voodoo 2 cards in my PC junk box are ancient history if I want to exaggerate, not any card that's come in the past 3 years, especially not a card that can still play every new game released and will be able to for a few years. Yes, GPUs progress every 6 months, but comments like yours and PCMacUser lead to unnecessary waste from others that are too pliable to think on their own.
Oh no, I can't play this game, because I don't have the settings on max!
What will I ever do? After all it's all about graphics and impressing others not gameplay! To continue my sarcasm, I feel sorry for anyone that doesn't have a 30" like me, because obviously they'll never be able to enjoy any game, because of their ancient sub-par resolutions. bleh. <]=)
And that is exactly the same conclusion that most other people are coming to. PC gaming is dying because of the horrendous ongoing costs in hardware.
the only thing more annoying is the "consoles are cheaper than PCs for gaming crowd"
i need a PC _anyway_ so it's never a 1500 vs 500 but a 200 vs 500 decision
(actual graphics card prices: old x1950 pro from asus <140 euro, 8800 GTS from MSI: <270 euro including taxes)
most PC gamers i know buy a cheaper PC and then simply slap in extra ram and a graphics card in the 150-200 range which will be good enough for 3 years
only idiots with too much money upgrade with 500$ cards every year
middle range on the PC is simply too good in terms of price/performance ratio to ignore
edit: oh and PC gaming dying ? i've heard that before... last time a console generation just has launched .. and the generation before
around here PC gaming is still the king
You have obviously never seen what turmoil there is at the moment with DX10.1, that lovely little update which makes all DX10 cards obsolete. Every optional feature that DX10 has is now mandatory.
Funny. Reading the numerous threads on MR about gaming, one could easily come to the conclusion that only the very latest high-end cards will do.
erm, no, The iMac in that vid is doing well, and no, it's not scripted at all, it's interactive. the plane scene is NOT an AVI: change the settings and you will see the difference--> not pre-rendered!
I have an old iMac core duo, nothing special, and much to my surprise, Bioshock is completely playable at medium settings, with a strong framerate - I am not sure how to put a number on it, but I would guess 40 fps, give or take. I know this sounds funny, but I swear its true. I played the game for about half an hour so far, with absolutely no slowdown of any sort. I even tried it on high settings, the framerate went down, but believe it or not, it rarely stuttered for the 10 minutes I had the settings cranked, it was just a lower fps.
Has everyone been using BootCamp to play Bioshock? Has anyone used Parallels or Crossover? I have been trying to get it on Crossover with little success. No matter what options I try, it will go through the installation process and nothing happens. Normally the application folder shows up automatically after you finish the installation process. Has anyone had experience with this?
When I saw the sytem requirments for windows for this game I pee`d a little in my pants. What a hog! Reminded me why I cannot keep up with the games out for pc and why I prefer console systems....If only the wife would let me play...Will trade good wife for new Macbook pro....
Great reminder that there are 'gamers', and there are people who play games.
Unless you introduce yourself as 'Hi, I'm [your l33t hAXor nam3 h3r3], and I'm a gamer', most video cards priced over $75 or so will work, and current apple video like the 2600, 1900XT, etc. are just dandy. I went wild and bought a X1900GT for my PC last year at a stunning $200 to allow playing 'Supreme Commander', and it's a great card.
If you are that type who possesses 'f34r my l33t sk1llz' mojo, and have $500+ annually in video card spend, then go for it, and call cards in current production 'severely out of date', but it's just silly to suggest that there are no games to be played on the 950 or any of the card-carrying macs.
You may be right that there are no gamers on 950, but it's dead wrong to say there is no gaming on 950.
Unless you introduce yourself as 'Hi, I'm [your l33t hAXor nam3 h3r3], and I'm a gamer', most video cards priced over $75 or so will work, and current apple video like the 2600, 1900XT, etc. are just dandy. I went wild and bought a X1900GT for my PC last year at a stunning $200 to allow playing 'Supreme Commander', and it's a great card.
If you are that type who possesses 'f34r my l33t sk1llz' mojo, and have $500+ annually in video card spend, then go for it, and call cards in current production 'severely out of date', but it's just silly to suggest that there are no games to be played on the 950 or any of the card-carrying macs.
You may be right that there are no gamers on 950, but it's dead wrong to say there is no gaming on 950.
I got to disagree here, yeh some people upgrade for being a hard core gammer. but the x1900 is really kinda old. The new generation cards even the 8600GTS are better at handling HD and blue ray decoding as it offloads it from cpu and can free up them extra processes, I just cant see why apple cannot keep up with things in the graphics market, maby power supply issue
the new generation cards are power hoggers needing 150+ watts each and 20 amps on the 12 volts rails each ....Not everyone cares about playing games on the highest resolution
just comes as a bonus to building a rendering rig 