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The ATI HD 5750 in the iMac is a mobility 5850.

ATI 3870 Results

Hello,

I was too excited to try out the beta drivers and forgot to run the "before" test.. oops.

Anyhow..

Here are the results;

Mac Pro Octo 2.8 GHz (MacPro3,1) w/ 16gb Memory (DDR2 FB-DIMM 800MHz)
ATI 3870 512mb
Apple 30" Cine Display @ 2560 x 1600 x 32bpp
Snow Leopard 10.6.4


Thanks again to whoever put this all together.

You rock!

ATF
 

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/V\acpower said:
I just got a new i5 iMac (5750)

Installed Windows 7 and installed Team Fortress 2 on Steam.

Played on 2560x1440 (native) with all setting on high, Texture to Ultra High, Motion Blur On, 2X AA, on a 32 player server, and the game run pretty smoothly, between 60 fps and 45 fps (in very intense action with lots of players).

Tried in a 1920x1080 window on the same server and it was around 80~100 FPS.

Ok, Source game are well optimized, but that's my gaming experience so far on the new iMac with Radeon 5750.
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Im going to get the same imac model and test Bad Company 2 the same way. plus some other games i might find useful. great posts guys
 
ATI drivers on BootCamp Win7

Hi dudes. Great posts n here. I have a question:

When i get the new imac i5 27" and run windows 7 via bootcamp, should i install the ATI Catalyst drivers? or do the graphics drivers that come on the snow leopard install DVD suffice?

Thanks
 
I took the regular HD drivers. Works great. Bad Company 2 all maxed out runs well. Not completly smooth but amateurs wouldnt notice. at AA x4 instead of x8 its perect ALL MAXED OUT. at AAx8 my brothers could only here me partially through the mike. when i turned it down to x4 the mike was good...that was weird^^
 
ConanTheBarber said:
I took the regular HD drivers. Works great. Bad Company 2 all maxed out runs well. Not completly smooth but amateurs wouldnt notice. at AA x4 instead of x8 its perect ALL MAXED OUT. at AAx8 my brothers could only here me partially through the mike. when i turned it down to x4 the mike was good...that was weird^^
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Were you playing at native res or at 1080p?
 
owen-b said:
n00b question:

I have a 2007 original aluminium iMac, 24" with the ATI radeon 2600 HD using EFI Driver Version: 01.00.219 (if that helps to know!).

All I see are references to people with 2009 and newer machines doing this kext update thing. Should i stay away from it? Is there anything I can do to ensure I've got the newest drivers for this card?

Cheers.
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I'm wondering the same thing too. Anyone who's good at this care to answer? Can I use the same method on my ATI 2600HD iMac described in this thread?
 
Bootliner said:
I'm wondering the same thing too. Anyone who's good at this care to answer? Can I use the same method on my ATI 2600HD iMac described in this thread?
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i wouldnt have thought that there would be any benefits in migrating to these new kexts as its just for the 4000/5000 series by the looks of it.
 
DoFoT9 said:
i wouldnt have thought that there would be any benefits in migrating to these new kexts as its just for the 4000/5000 series by the looks of it.
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It looks like it's for more cards than those? Here is the filelist:

ATI1300Controller.kext
ATI1600Controller.kext
ATI1900Controller.kext
ATI2400Controller.kext
ATI2600Controller.kext
ATI3800Controller.kext
ATI4600Controller.kext
ATI4800Controller.kext
ATI5000Controller.kext
ATIFramebuffer.kext
ATIRadeonX1000.kext
ATIRadeonX1000GA.plugin
ATIRadeonX1000GLDriver.bundle
ATIRadeonX1000VADriver.bundle
ATIRadeonX2000.kext
ATIRadeonX2000GA.plugin
ATIRadeonX2000GLDriver.bundle
ATIRadeonX2000VADriver.bundle
ATIRadeonX3000.kext
ATIRadeonX3000GA.plugin
ATIRadeonX3000GLDriver.bundle
ATIRadeonX3000VADriver.bundle
ATISupport.kext
 
Just updated the OSX GPU drivers on my late 2009 iMac (ATI 4850 card) as detailed in post 234 and really pleased with the results, see my before and after results below:

Before Update:

BeforeDriverUpdate.jpg


After Update:

AfterDriverUpdate.jpg


A nice boost in the GPU's performance and very easy to do, took all of 5 minutes. How do these figures compare to the new iMac's ATI 5750 GPU?
 
GyroFX said:
i posted this like a week ago but i forgot where i posted it. But here's one of my tests on OpenGL Viewer for 5750 @ 25x14

2560.jpg
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So, based solely on these results, it's not such a huge leap in performance between the 4850 and the 5750. I guess the DDR3 Ram and 1GB memory will have a bearing on Real World performance of the 5750 GPU.
 
imac 27" i5 Gaming

ConanTheBarber said:
I took the regular HD drivers. Works great. Bad Company 2 all maxed out runs well. Not completly smooth but amateurs wouldnt notice. at AA x4 instead of x8 its perect ALL MAXED OUT. at AAx8 my brothers could only here me partially through the mike. when i turned it down to x4 the mike was good...that was weird^^
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Sorry guys.

of course at native full resolution. Runs far better than just playable. But AA x4

is absolutely smooth.

Im trying Crysis 2 tonight. gonna give you an update. Lets keep this going.
 
ConanTheBarber said:
Sorry guys.

of course at native full resolution. Runs far better than just playable. But AA x4

is absolutely smooth.

Im trying Crysis 2 tonight. gonna give you an update. Lets keep this going.
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Good luck with that one. Crysis ran pretty slow on my older 4850 equipped iMac. I wouldn't expect much better with these new cards.
 
jmpage2 said:
Good luck with that one. Crysis ran pretty slow on my older 4850 equipped iMac. I wouldn't expect much better with these new cards.
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Mine does pretty well, I can play Crysis at native resolution with medium to high settings with playable frame rates, in fact, I often find myself setting everything to max with exception to water, shaders, terrain quality, etc. -- the big ones, and just have them on medium or high. That's with the 4850M i7 model.
 
Bootliner said:
It looks like it's for more cards than those? Here is the filelist:

ATI1300Controller.kext
ATI1600Controller.kext
ATI1900Controller.kext
ATI2400Controller.kext
ATI2600Controller.kext
ATI3800Controller.kext
ATI4600Controller.kext
ATI4800Controller.kext
ATI5000Controller.kext
ATIFramebuffer.kext
ATIRadeonX1000.kext
ATIRadeonX1000GA.plugin
ATIRadeonX1000GLDriver.bundle
ATIRadeonX1000VADriver.bundle
ATIRadeonX2000.kext
ATIRadeonX2000GA.plugin
ATIRadeonX2000GLDriver.bundle
ATIRadeonX2000VADriver.bundle
ATIRadeonX3000.kext
ATIRadeonX3000GA.plugin
ATIRadeonX3000GLDriver.bundle
ATIRadeonX3000VADriver.bundle
ATISupport.kext
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Isn't there anyone whos a guru at computers that can say if this will work at the 2007/2008 iMac with ATI radeon 2600HD? I'm not at home now, so can't try it on my computer before maybe tomorrow, but don't wanna mess with it either if I risk having to reinstall the system...
 
MythicFrost said:
Mine does pretty well, I can play Crysis at native resolution with medium to high settings with playable frame rates, in fact, I often find myself setting everything to max with exception to water, shaders, terrain quality, etc. -- the big ones, and just have them on medium or high. That's with the 4850M i7 model.
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And have you tried a custom config? People get massive performance improvements, with those. Check the official crysis forums.
Crysis is a great looking game, but a part of the large system requirements is also due to unoptimized system requirements, which means it take more of a powerful computer than it needs to. With that said, it's still pretty powerful tech.

Let me ask you... How well does crysis run at 1920x1080 then? can you then have high settings if the rez is only that?




Guys other games you should try and test:

Grand Theft Auto 4 - This game will stress the i7 to its limits. Remember that some people have had bad results with hyper-threading enabled. GTA4 was made with 360 and ps3 in mind, and their CPU are multithreaded(Cell, and Xbox has 3 cores) so even dual-cores run this game horrible. GTA4 is also horrible unoptimized... it uses stupid amounts of Vram.

Shattered Horizons - This game lives on physics I have heard. Very hardcore.

Medal of Honor Beta - This one should have higher requirements than Bad Company 2, I have heard.

Total War: Napoleon - Should stress the CPU a lot.
 
Hellhammer said:
Especially if he's going to try Crysis 2 because that is not due before 2011 :D
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I could have sworn that I had Crysis 2 on my HD and installed that badboy on my previous PC ^^. Doh!

Well Ill try Assassins Creed 2 soon...thats out right? ^^

And crysis and warhead

Give you a shout out once ive tried them
 
luffytubby said:
And have you tried a custom config? People get massive performance improvements, with those. Check the official crysis forums.
Crysis is a great looking game, but a part of the large system requirements is also due to unoptimized system requirements, which means it take more of a powerful computer than it needs to. With that said, it's still pretty powerful tech.

Let me ask you... How well does crysis run at 1920x1080 then? can you then have high settings if the rez is only that?




Guys other games you should try and test:

Grand Theft Auto 4 - This game will stress the i7 to its limits. Remember that some people have had bad results with hyper-threading enabled. GTA4 was made with 360 and ps3 in mind, and their CPU are multithreaded(Cell, and Xbox has 3 cores) so even dual-cores run this game horrible. GTA4 is also horrible unoptimized... it uses stupid amounts of Vram.

Shattered Horizons - This game lives on physics I have heard. Very hardcore.

Medal of Honor Beta - This one should have higher requirements than Bad Company 2, I have heard.

Total War: Napoleon - Should stress the CPU a lot.
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Im also trying GTA 4 soon. Gonna get back here once its done and when anything else new happens with my iMac 27" i5 Quadcore still only 4GB Ram
 
Hey guys, I have been trying to weed through this thread, but I am a tad confused. I just got the new 27 imac, do I need to update the drivers on the windows side to get better performance? Also is over-clocking my 5750 (on windows side) an easy thing to do via software, if so what piece of software should I use?
 
luffytubby said:
And have you tried a custom config? People get massive performance improvements, with those. Check the official crysis forums.
Crysis is a great looking game, but a part of the large system requirements is also due to unoptimized system requirements, which means it take more of a powerful computer than it needs to. With that said, it's still pretty powerful tech.

Let me ask you... How well does crysis run at 1920x1080 then? can you then have high settings if the rez is only that?




Guys other games you should try and test:

Grand Theft Auto 4 - This game will stress the i7 to its limits. Remember that some people have had bad results with hyper-threading enabled. GTA4 was made with 360 and ps3 in mind, and their CPU are multithreaded(Cell, and Xbox has 3 cores) so even dual-cores run this game horrible. GTA4 is also horrible unoptimized... it uses stupid amounts of Vram.

Shattered Horizons - This game lives on physics I have heard. Very hardcore.

Medal of Honor Beta - This one should have higher requirements than Bad Company 2, I have heard.

Total War: Napoleon - Should stress the CPU a lot.
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No, I've not tried a custom config, thanks for letting me know.

At 1920x1080 the game is playable maxed IIRC, although it can get a little laggy in intense fights. It's not a solid 30 FPS though... more like 20 at most. I've got Shattered Horizons, I can't play it on very high settings, low or medium settings work though at native res. I've played MoH Beta and I can play it maxed at native res IIRC (or on high).
 
MythicFrost said:
No, I've not tried a custom config, thanks for letting me know.

At 1920x1080 the game is playable maxed IIRC, although it can get a little laggy in intense fights. It's not a solid 30 FPS though... more like 20 at most. I've got Shattered Horizons, I can't play it on very high settings, low or medium settings work though at native res. I've played MoH Beta and I can play it maxed at native res IIRC (or on high).
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Out of curiosity, which iMac do you have? and do you have it overclocked?
Talking about Shattered Horizons, how is it at 1080p?

Thanks
 
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