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From: Noon on 12 Nov 2009 05:11 I've been using a Dell laptop for Warcraft, and it works fine at max settings (except for shadow, which I turn right down), giving me a fps of about 31 in Outland ( a lot faster, obviously, on levels up to 60 in Azeroth). I used to use an old iMac (the first LCD one, the 'iLamp') but it's now far far too slow, even at the min settings for everything. I'm considering buying a 21" iMac but have doubts that it'll run WoW at the 1920 x 1280 standard settings at anything like a reasonable rate. I appreciate the processor is 3GHz rather than the 2GHz of my Dell XPS M1530, but the graphics card would have to be a lot better than the NVIDIA 8600M used by the laptop. The iMac I'm considering has a lowish-end 'ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics with 256MB', according to the Apple web site. I've asked in the local Apple store and, exactly as you'd expect, they're non-commital about it. So does anyone actually have experience of using a 20" (or even better a new 21") iMac and can tell me what sort of fps they're getting? Thanks
From: Peter Ceresole on 12 Nov 2009 05:16 Noon <none(a)noon.non> wrote: > I'm considering buying a 21" iMac but have doubts that it'll run WoW at > the 1920 x 1280 standard settings at anything like a reasonable rate. As you will have seen, the 21" iMacs come in two flavours, with one of them having a larger HD and a bubbleicious graphics card, with extra cost to match. That one *might* do your job. -- Peter
From: Noon on 12 Nov 2009 05:38 Peter Ceresole wrote: > Noon <none(a)noon.non> wrote: > >> I'm considering buying a 21" iMac but have doubts that it'll run WoW at >> the 1920 x 1280 standard settings at anything like a reasonable rate. > > As you will have seen, the 21" iMacs come in two flavours, with one of > them having a larger HD and a bubbleicious graphics card, with extra > cost to match. That one *might* do your job. Thanks. That's the model I quoted, the higher end one with the 4670, which is a pretty low end graphics card these days, perhaps chosen for its low heat output.
From: Roger Merriman on 13 Nov 2009 03:55 Noon <none(a)noon.non> wrote: > Peter Ceresole wrote: > > Noon <none(a)noon.non> wrote: > > > >> I'm considering buying a 21" iMac but have doubts that it'll run WoW at > >> the 1920 x 1280 standard settings at anything like a reasonable rate. > > > > As you will have seen, the 21" iMacs come in two flavours, with one of > > them having a larger HD and a bubbleicious graphics card, with extra > > cost to match. That one *might* do your job. > > Thanks. That's the model I quoted, the higher end one with the 4670, > which is a pretty low end graphics card these days, perhaps chosen for > its low heat output. gaming is one of the mac's weaknesses while it's market is better than before, macs tend not to have powerful cards as the market for that use is low. roger -- www.rogermerriman.com
From: Peter Ceresole on 13 Nov 2009 05:06
David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > It's bollocks anyway. I've never understood how they can get away with it. They don't. As far as I'm concerned, it's no loss; since 3-D Monster maze on the ZX-81, I've never found a computer game that I liked. But I'm sure they lose a lot of sales because Macs are bad at games. -- Peter |