thenameisgabe Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I am running 10.5.2 on a hackingtosh with an 8800gts 320Mb installed. It works fine on the finder and I can set whatever resolution I want as well as dual monitor support, but I was wondering if this card is fully supported (I thought 10.5.2 would fix the problems). I installed cod2 and it runs fine, but it tooks horrible even with all the settings maxed out. I read some posts about how some people were able to play this game successfully on their hackingtoshes. Here is my system: p5b-vm mobo c2d 2.6ghz 4gb ram 8800gts 160gb SATA drv Kalyway 10.5.1 + 10.5.2 Kalyway update. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Can you post a picture/screenshot of what horrible means? cod2 looks fine here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenameisgabe Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 What drivers did you install, and are you using the graphics update from apple? Maybe its just me being used to cod4 that makes me feel like cod2 is running like {censored}, but I think i remember it looking better than this on my PC. I'll try to post a screenshot, I just can't find the screenshot folder. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 What drivers did you install, and are you using the graphics update from apple? By driver I assume you mean enabler. (Since the driver is built into OS X) I started using NVinject but I've switched to using an EFI gfx string. Make sure the in game resolution matches the native resolution of your LCD. The first time I started the game and the in-game resolution was lower, it didn't look as sharp as possible. (worse than most games when not at native resolution) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenameisgabe Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 Here are the screens What it looks like: What it should look like: Disregard the 1680x1050, I just found it on google. Yea, I'm running it at 1440x900, so there shouldnt be any LCD antialiasing effects taking place. All my settings are on max. Does the gfx string work better? I am using nvinject. Thanks, Gabe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Does the gfx string work better? I am using nvinject. Exactly the same. Neither is a driver. They both just inject device properties so the included OS X nvidia drivers will work with non-Apple included hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenameisgabe Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 I'm I right in my suspicion that something isn't right? or is that how cod2 looks on yours too. I guess it doesn't have any OpenGL acceleration. Its a shame, I was looking forward to not having to restart when cod4 comes out in may. Btw, the second screenshot was taken from an Imac running cod2 on osx. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Here are the screens What it looks like: What it should look like: Disregard the 1680x1050, I just found it on google. Yea, I'm running it at 1440x900, so there shouldnt be any LCD antialiasing effects taking place. All my settings are on max. Does the gfx string work better? I am using nvinject. Thanks, Gabe It seems the first screenshot you ve posted is from COD 1... The 2nd screenshot is COD 2!!!! Anyway CoD2 is buggy on 8xxx, it's laggy. If you ever dl/ it, be sure to patch it using the last patch and disabling vsync. But it's surely as nice as on 2nd screenshot ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 It seems the first screenshot you ve posted is from COD 1... The 2nd screenshot is COD 2!!!! Up at top in command prompt looks like 1.3 multi-player of CoD2. Anyway CoD2 is buggy on 8xxx, it's laggy. If you ever dl/ it, be sure to patch it using the last patch and disabling vsync. Vsync enabled here OK. (on 10.5.1) thenameisgabe are you talking about the "fuzzyness" in the distance of the field in the first screenshot. OpenGL acceleration works fine unless you don't have it enabled for some reason. What does Graphics section of System Profiler say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenameisgabe Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 Graphics Section from Profiler: Chipset Model: Graphics by NVIDIA Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 320 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0193 Revision ID: 0x00a2 ROM Revision: NVinject 0.2.1 Displays: SyncMaster: Resolution: 1440 x 900 @ 60 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported SyncMaster: Resolution: 1440 x 900 @ 60 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported Yes, the fuzzy distance as well as the lack of texture detail. Like I said, all my settings are on high so I don't see why this is happening. I'm also getting 60-75FPS, but it still feels laggy. Thanks for your help guys, Gabe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Yes, the fuzzy distance as well as the lack of texture detail. Like I said, all my settings are on high so I don't see why this is happening. I'm also getting 60-75FPS, but it still feels laggy. Thanks for your help guys, Gabe Are you using 10.5.2? I just used Time Machine to recover my copy of CoD2 and lo and behold, laggy and graphic issues. Was fine with 10.5.1. Gonna test with some other 3D games and see if its just this and/or a result of Graphics Update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenameisgabe Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 Yes, i'm using 10.5.2, but it was the same on 10.5.1 if not worse. I've never tried it on any other versions since i have kalyway. -Gabe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 The game has always been laggy on any Geforce 8xxx I tried it... It seems to be due to vsync. Well it's running at 60 fps+ but it feels like there is some frameskip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenameisgabe Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 I'll try with other games as well, I just want to know whether I'll be able to play cod4 when it comes out for osx. Are you running 10.5.2 cyclone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajujo Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 hi, i suffer the same franeskip effect but my card is a ATI x1950xtxwith aty inject...any solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 I'm running 10.5.2 For sure CoD4 will run flawlessly, it's a new game, they won't take the risk of preventing people using 8xxx cards to play it : after all, MacBook Pros and Mac Pro use those ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thespottedelf Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I don't know if it will help but that is just how it looks on my imac all maxed (99% sure, will check next time i get on it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenameisgabe Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 I would imagine it would look that good, and the frame skip is understandable since they are newer cards, but that still doesn't seem to resolve my problem of crappy textures. Anyone got any ideas on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 how about taking a screenshot at the same location so we can actually compare? in terms of graphics, it either works or it doesnt. you're getting what it would look like on a 'real' mac because osx is osx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenameisgabe Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 Well, I kind of can't take them on the same location because I can't replicate the second screenshot, I simply found it on a forum in which some guy posted the screenshots from his imac. But I think the difference is pretty evident, just look at the textures on the gun. If cod2 is supposed to look better than that, then I guess there is something wrong with my setup, which is what I'm trying to figure out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrblissbeats Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Not to hijack this thread but what gfx string are you using for your 8800 GTS 320MB .... mines UPS tomorrow and I wanna have as much information on hand as possible for my build and OSx86 install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenameisgabe Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 I am using the latest NVInject with the 10.5.2 kexts and graphics update. I tried the Quake 4 demo and it does look better, I still notice some frame skip but that could be caused by anything. CoD2 still looks crappy, hopefully aspyr will come out with a cod4 demo in the near future and I can test further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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