WoW on the new iMac

[Shepherd]

Has anybody run WoW on the new imac with its supposed "HD 2600 PRO"? I'm really interested in hearing how it does in terms of fps with various settings. If anyone has been able to toy around with this game on the new platform I'd be anxious to hear, as I've read benchmarks from other games but not many from WoW.

Please include the resolution and graphics detail if you reply so we can get an idea of the iMac's potential with this game (screenshots would be great ).

-Shepherd

 

[Haoshiro]

I'll have benchmarks of this game soon.

Although I do have to reactivate my account, so it might be a week or so

 

[gloss]

I imagine it'll just fine in XP. Dunno about Mac OS.

 

[DopestGingah]

I imagine it'll just fine in XP. Dunno about Mac OS.

Why would it be different? It is optimized for a Intel Mac.

 

[iSee]

Why would it be different? It is optimized for a Intel Mac.

On my MBP CD, WoW ran at about twice the frame rate under bootcamp vs. OS X. I did my tests about two weeks after BC was released.

 

[mkaake]

There have been improvements to WoW since then (though I don't play, I just read news...)... especially multi-threaded openGL. If memory serves, it made a nice impact on frame rates...

edit:

https://www.macrumors.com/2006/08/21/mac-gaming-and-multithreaded-opengl/

 

[Josh396]

I don't play WoW anymore but when I did there was barely a difference between OS X and XP on my iMac. I have an Intel Core Duo 2 Ghz, with 2 GBs of RAM and the upgraded 256 VRAM. I think you'll be perfectly fine with the new iMacs processor and graphics card. I would get about 25-35 FPS in Ironforge with settings near max.

 

[Shepherd]

I don't play WoW anymore but when I did there was barely a difference between OS X and XP on my iMac. I have an Intel Core Duo 2 Ghz, with 2 GBs of RAM and the upgraded 256 VRAM. I think you'll be perfectly fine with the new iMacs processor and graphics card. I would get about 25-35 FPS in Ironforge with settings near max.

Well that's good to hear. I'm hopeful that the new iMac will be at least as powerful, and 30fps (in lagforge nonetheless) is more than playable for WoW imo. I've crawled along with an old G4 iBook at 12fps max, so I'm sure whatever I get with the new machines will be a breath of fresh air compared to that.

-Shepherd

 

[mkaake]

Well that's good to hear. I'm hopeful that the new iMac will be at least as powerful, and 30fps (in lagforge nonetheless) is more than playable for WoW imo. I've crawled along with an old G4 iBook at 12fps max, so I'm sure whatever I get with the new machines will be a breath of fresh air compared to that.

-Shepherd

http://www.barefeats.com/imacal3.html

 

[DopestGingah]

On my MBP CD, WoW ran at about twice the frame rate under bootcamp vs. OS X. I did my tests about two weeks after BC was released.

Yeah your wrong. See mkaake's post.

 

[cluthz]

Yeah your wrong. See mkaake's post.

Atleast on my MBP with 8600m GT I get atleast 20% higher FPS on bootcamp!

 

[lordjonny]

it is awesome on the new imac especially compared to my macbook lol
standard 20" spec with 1gb ram. i get a least 60 fps minimum and that goes up to 120fps in not so busy areas. im gonna get 4gb ram when i get payed that will be gd also need to try it in parallels soon but it is really gd no worrys about performance, and about the "pro" chek the 2600xt? thread for reassurance