Anyone running on Mac?

[Nightmender]

Hey guys, I'm new here and I've been following the forums and Cliffs of Dover for some time now. I can't wait for the US release, (hopefully without most of the bugs) but I was wondering if anyone plays or [is] going to run it on a Mac using Parallels or Fusion. This is what I plan to do, and any tips or experiences would be greatly appreciated.

[Vengeanze]

New iMacs tomorrow, they might have power enough. :-D

[GopherStibble]

By the thrice sh*tten shroud of Lazarus, why would you want to do that?!!
:-P

[DrDom]

I've got a MacBook Pro 2011 15" i7 QuadCore and AMD 6750m, 8 Gb RAM. I'm using BootCamp and Win7 to run CoD. Works okay. Custom settings around medium and 1600 x 1200 gives me average FPS of 35, over sea 50ish, over cities 25ish. It's playable.

EDIT: forgot to add, If I overclock the GPU core 780, memory 955, I get 25% boost in FPS.

[Furio]

My Mac is a Mac Pro 5,1 , quad-core with ATI Radeon HD5770. I use Bootcamp and Windows Xp. CoD performs quite well now, but I'm thinking to upgrade Os to Windows 7, because I've problems with trackIr. After last update of ATI Radeon's driver, TrackIr 5 refuses to load. Apparently it's a known issue, and I'm using my unit in TrackIr 4 mode. On average, Mac computers are tough machines, not directly comparable to Win pc, so, why not use them?:-)
By the way, I use my Mac professionally for graphic and publishing work, and it makes sense to use it also in a secondary role for playing, taking advantage of its excellent quality 27 inches screen.

[FlushMeister]

Guys, none of you answered his question, you're just giving him your specs, comaaaan! ;)


I wouldn't run COD in parallels or fusion, I believe you would need all the juice from the Mac, so IMO the only solution is bootcamp, I have never used parallels or fusion but it just can't be as good as a bootcamp solution?

Cheers

[Defender]

I agree, bootcamp is the only way to go. Bootcamp is already on your mac HD, you just need to purchase a copy of windows and install.

It runs windows at native speed and CloD doesn't have to be the only flight sim you play ;).

Collect them all! ;)

[DrDom]

Spot on FlushMeister! BootCamp is the only way to go - parallels or fusion will emulate windows over MacOS, so you will most likely run into performance and maybe some other problems too.

[Nightmender]

Thanks everyone for the replies and advice--it seems like Bootcamp is the way to go--forgot fusion and parallels only emulate windows. My personal reasoning for wanting to use a Mac is quite simple, generally Macs have more processing power then PCs, and also don't run into nearly as much problems as PCs do either. Only problem is that they don't make that many great games for Macs as they do PCs because unfortunately PCs are more dominant in the world :(

[akodonnell]

yeah running Parallels with this game sounds like a horrible idea

I've got that same 2011 Macbook Pro with the i7 that someone stated above, good to know it runs the game, haven't tried it yet.

[Codex]

My personal reasoning for wanting to use a Mac is quite simple, generally Macs have more processing power then PCs, and also don't run into nearly as much problems as PCs do either.

How do you come to that conclusion?

The 27-inch iMac costs $2199.00 (AUS) and has the following specs ...

2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
1TB Serial ATA Drive
8x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon HD 5750 1GB GDDR5 SDRAM

For the same money you can build a PC that has three times the graphics and memory speed which is where you need the grunt for CoD.

In terms of problems on the PC, they're almost always driver related, so if you're going to use Win 7 on a Mac using bootcamp, you're going to have the same problems.

Don't get me wrong I like Apple, but if you want to run a PC game, then get a PC.

[tintifaxl]

How do you come to that conclusion?

Don't get me wrong I like Apple, but if you want to run a PC game, then get a PC.

But the intel Macs are PC's. They just have the ability to boot MacOS :cool:

[Codex]

But why do it in the first place?

[Defender]

But why do it in the first place?

Because it's a preference? That's what it boils down to. I don't think mac users buy a mac SIMPLY to game, they CAN game now with INTEL macs, but they're not buying a dedicated game machine. They'll buy it for the OP system, the design, professional programs and a number of other reasons too pedantic to list.

There's nothing wrong with choice, in the end both users benefit with some healthy competition.

10 years ago you couldn't play PC games on a mac, today you can with ample power. Sure it's not a top of the line nuclear PC in terms of specs, but it does the job for it's users and has proven to me quite capable handling CPU intensive sims like DCS A-10C, Black shark, Rise of FLight, FSX. I'm holding off until further optimization for CloD, but it will get there i'm sure.

[W0ef]

They'll buy it for the OP system, the design, professional programs and a number of other reasons too pedantic to list.


lol, so true XD

Only the professional program thingy is getting outdated, less and less graphic programs for instance are Mac dedicated, some even dont get released on Mac anymore.

I myself would never run a Mac, just as I don´t buy for instance a Dell Computer. I want to be able to change and update whatever I want, whenever I want and not be stuck to for instance some A-Brand 200$ PSU when I burn my old one just because Dell or whatever company (Apple in this case) decides to tweak the case design such that you are stuck with using only their accessories.

Generic ATX case and the rest I will build myself, much more fun and you can modularly upgrade your system instead of having to throw a 2k machine out of the window after some years because you can´t mod or change anything.

[recoilfx]

Hahah guys. Why argue.

Build your own hackingtosh - that's what I did. All you geeks complain about not having choice - Use some elbow grease, fun times on learning dual boot Mac OS X.

Now you get to play both the games, not pay Apple tax, and also have a slick unix os.

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Okay, so right now my PC is not dual booting because I recently upgraded to Sandy Bridge/6950 - but only matter of time since the new iMacs are sandy bridge'd today and have 6970m built in. :-P

[W0ef]

lol, did you case mod a pc into a mac case? :P

I see the Radeon and the Asus Mobo. Looks pretty damn cool tho :!:

[recoilfx]

Heh yep.

i2500k - Asus p8p67-m pro - radeon 6950.

Which reminds me, practically everything on the last (office) picture is modded! Never of thought of that!

The Ch pedals are modded with a BU80836x and has no center detent.

Chair has a slide out tray to hold the warthog center mount. Warthog actually has a DIY extension now.
http://i.imgur.com/fYrQ3l.jpg

The desk was originally a transparent corner desk - hated the grease marks and corner, so I removed the corner and painted the underside glass white. Now the desk is long, usable and finger prints no longer show above.

The floor was originally carpet, but I replaced it with hardwood (backbreaking :-( ).

The ottoman was reupholstered by wife because my cats destroyed it previously.

Macbook Pro had the CD drive pulled and did a second HD mod.

[GopherStibble]

"but I replaced it with hardwood" Huh? What was under the carpet originally?

[recoilfx]

Ughh, subfloor & joists.
Hardwood flooring is different from plywood subfloors.