Is getting an iMac to play CloD a stupid idea?

[=XIII=nic0]

any wrapped version for mac yet? i know you can use bootcamp.. but it could be so awesome if everything was running under osx.

freetracker
joystick
CloD


i agree.. the design is über and not so noisy as a home built computer

[Qpassa]

I think so lol

[Vengeanze]

Originally Posted by =XIII=nic0

any wrapped version for mac yet? i know you can use bootcamp.. but it could be so awesome if everything was running under osx.

freetracker
joystick
CloD


i agree.. the design is über and not so noisy as a home built computer

If with wrapped you mean CloD ported to os x then forget it. Will never happen. Bootcamp is the only way.
But is same thing as running Windows on a PC with same specs so everything works as normal.
Looking for a MSFFB2 and gonna build me a TrackClip. That'll keep me occupied while waiting for delivery.
I wonder if I can use the facetime camera as a tracking camera!?

[Georgio41]

Just did a quick london intercept with everything on medium settings, rez at 1920x1080 and the framerate over London was
40+ and very playable.
Obviously with a 2GB card this should be even better.
Tried at 2550x1440 and the framerate was 25+ but not so smooth.

[Vengeanze]

Thanks Gergio!

[Georgio41]

Off topic a bit but RoF looks absolutely incredible on an i7 Mac which has obviously taken a year from release so I would imagine that CoD will be as good, if not better a year from now once it's been optimized.

[Vengeanze]

Originally Posted by Georgio41

Off topic a bit but RoF looks absolutely incredible on an i7 Mac which has obviously taken a year from release so I would imagine that CoD will be as good, if not better a year from now once it's been optimized.

Was there the same issue with performance in RoF, meaning that peeps had problems running the game even with specified system requirements?

[Georgio41]

Yup, I tried RoF on release as I had always loved the era; I originally bought a PC back in 1989 purely to play the original Red Baron from Dynamix.
It was a train crash on my machine at the time which was a duo-core Mac so I dropped it and went back to IL-2.
Roll on a year and we have the refined, polished masterpiece that RoF is now, that is looking to get even better with the forthcoming career mode.
I can't believe how much difference a year makes, flying over towns they look 'right' and logical.
I think if I'd seen into the future from 1989 with it's flat vector planes and landscape to RoF I would have been astounded with the progress in 20 years.

Originally Posted by Vengeanze

Was there the same issue with performance in RoF, meaning that peeps had problems running the game even with specified system requirements?

[jt_medina]

I few years ago I almost bought a IMac, like many I liked its OS. But once I compared the hardware vs price, I see it a huge waste of money. For $1400 I can build or even buy something twice as powerful as the IMac setup.

If it cost as much as PC I'd certainly give it a try in fact I'd love to have the OS which is really nice but with those prices and that hardware those days it's far much cheaper on PC and last the same.

Still many people say that macs are meant to last, well I still have an "old" P4 3.2 up and running no problems ever.

I guess money can buy anything and when money is not the big problem...

[Vengeanze]

You drive a Hummer H3, lots of power, I drive a Maserati Quatroporte.
We both get from A to B. Just a question of preference.
Maybe not the best analogy but hope you get my point.