IMacs and gaming - or not?

[davidcmc]

The problem with those review sites (where everyone seem to get a base to their opinions) is that they benchmark games in low intense moments.

Surely a 6750M can perform 38FPS in high settings at a game like Bad Company 2, but they've done that test in a single player map, staring at a tree, when nothing around is happening.

Put that same IGP in a map like Atacama Desert, during the moment when the bomb has been planted and there's 483043298 vehicles and soldiers shooting, exploding things and dust flying around.
That, exactly, is the moment when you want to test if the money you invested was worth.

Playing games in non-intensive moment is not a good reference.

I've got a notebook with a Radeon 5870 Mobility. It runs Bad Company 2 so beautiful, but in a moment as a described above the FPS are droped to around 23, which is, in my opinion, bad. Yes, I'm running the game at high settings (no antialiasing).

If that GPU performs that way, just imagine how a 6750M (IGP) is going to do it.

Ps.: no, my notebook is not defective; I've runned 3DMark Vantage on it and the results were around 7600 P GPU (no PhysX, Performance preset), which is almost the same as described on this page: http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-5870.23073.0.html

 

[Icy1007]

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The problem with those review sites (where everyone seem to get a base to their opinions) is that they benchmark games in low intense moments.

Surely a 6750M can perform 38FPS in high settings at a game like Bad Company 2, but they've done that test in a single player map, staring at a tree, when nothing around is happening.

Put that same IGP in a map like Atacama Desert, during the moment when the bomb has been planted and there's 483043298 vehicles and soldiers shooting, exploding things and dust flying around.
That, exactly, is the moment when you want to test if the money you invested was worth.

Playing games in non-intensive moment is not a good reference.

I've got a notebook with a Radeon 5870 Mobility. It runs Bad Company 2 so beautiful, but in a moment as a described above the FPS are droped to around 23, which is, in my opinion, bad. Yes, I'm running the game at high settings (no antialiasing).

If that GPU performs that way, just imagine how a 6750M (IGP) is going to do it.

Ps.: no, my notebook is not defective; I've runned 3DMark Vantage on it and the results were around 7600 P GPU (no PhysX, Performance preset), which is almost the same as described on this page: http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-5870.23073.0.html

You are completely wrong. The 6750M is NOT an IGP. I can play BFBC2 just fine on my MBP with the 6750M at 1920x1080 with medium-high settings on any map.

 

[QCassidy352]

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The problem with those review sites (where everyone seem to get a base to their opinions) is that they benchmark games in low intense moments.

Surely a 6750M can perform 38FPS in high settings at a game like Bad Company 2, but they've done that test in a single player map, staring at a tree, when nothing around is happening.

Put that same IGP in a map like Atacama Desert, during the moment when the bomb has been planted and there's 483043298 vehicles and soldiers shooting, exploding things and dust flying around.
That, exactly, is the moment when you want to test if the money you invested was worth.

Playing games in non-intensive moment is not a good reference.

I've got a notebook with a Radeon 5870 Mobility. It runs Bad Company 2 so beautiful, but in a moment as a described above the FPS are droped to around 23, which is, in my opinion, bad. Yes, I'm running the game at high settings (no antialiasing).

If that GPU performs that way, just imagine how a 6750M (IGP) is going to do it.

Ps.: no, my notebook is not defective; I've runned 3DMark Vantage on it and the results were around 7600 P GPU (no PhysX, Performance preset), which is almost the same as described on this page: http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-5870.23073.0.html

No. Read barefeat's descriptions of how they benchmark. Your assertions about how they test are simply incorrect. Though I'm not sure why I'm still arguing with you after you revealed yourself as a troll with that "monkey brain fanboy" comment.

 

[MythicFrost]

The problem with those review sites (where everyone seem to get a base to their opinions) is that they benchmark games in low intense moments.

Mmm, no. I'm betting you've not actually gone to the (i.e Barefeats site and read their description of what they do. It's not staring at a tree, that's for sure.

If that GPU performs that way, just imagine how a 6750M (IGP) is going to do it.

It's a dedicated GPU not an IGP

 

[rockyroad55]

So will the low end 21.5" be good for BFBC2?

 

[Icy1007]

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So will the low end 21.5" be good for BFBC2?

On medium settings and no AA it runs just fine at native 1080p. My MBP had the same gfx card and it's more than playable. I use it with an external monitor.

 

[dh2005]

Does anyone else think it might be time to make a Sticky with some gaming benchmarks? Only, I've seen three or four of these 'iMac gaming' threads in the past two weeks, and it tends to be the same few people answering the same few questions.