Elfenlyte Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I had a Core 2 Duo Aluminum iMac with 2.0Ghz CPU and 4GB RAM, as well as 128MB ATI video card. I normally got about 40 fps in Call of Duty 2 at 1650-1050 res with 2x aa. I am upgrading to a Q6700 3.0 ghz Core 2 Quad, 8GB RAM, and 8800GT NVIDIA 512MB video card. What type of performance increase will I notice in Call of Duty 2 and Halo, as well as some of the newer games like Battlefield 2142, Call of Duty 4, and Need for Speed Carbon and Colin Mcrea? Will I be able to achieve 70 or 80 fps at 16x aa, etc? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134680-upgrading-performance-increase/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 CoD2 will run like {censored} because this game has problems with 8xxx series cards. CoD4 runs fine but not with FSAA, it runs like {censored} because of {censored} optimization. NFS&BF2142 wont be smooth because it uses Cider, but CmcRae will be fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134680-upgrading-performance-increase/#findComment-954802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
diafebus Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 CoD2 will run like {censored} because this game has problems with 8xxx series cards. CoD4 runs fine but not with FSAA, it runs like {censored} because of {censored} optimization. NFS&BF2142 wont be smooth because it uses Cider, but CmcRae will be fine. lol? so it's best with ancient mac? I use ATI 2600HD 256mb, and cod4 in high textures settings and FSAA x2 is running amazing, i need to use vsync, but very good, i don't know about frames/s but i'm not a gamer so with a normal view it's ok for me... For what I readed in apple's web page they say that 10.6 will increase all mac performance, including grapphis... so the same computer will be more powerful muahahah cya Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134680-upgrading-performance-increase/#findComment-955300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 obviously you dont care about frames... Try to disable FSAA and you'll notice how smooth the game is You have a 2600, and I have a 8800, and I can notice how slow it runs (60fps vs 30 fps) when enabling FSAA 2X so obviously it's really slow for you Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134680-upgrading-performance-increase/#findComment-955367 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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