Hexidecimal Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I've recently put OSx86 back on my main rig, since WoW is now a universal binary and with advances like Titan and Natit I thought I would give it a shot. My rig is as follows ASUS A8n SLI PRemium nVidia GeForce 6800GT 2 gigs Corsair Platinum PC3200 @ 2-3-3-5 AMD 64 3700+ Everything works hardware wise without a hitch, Natit installed full QE/CI, All audio everything, installed WoW no issues, fired it up, log in is great, character selection screen is great, get into the game, 9 FPS. 9. The game runs great in windows, constantly at 60 FPS maxxed out, is there some setting im missing in OS X to get it to run correctly, this is really the only windows app I run anymore and would like to do a full switch. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/53939-yet-another-world-of-warcraft-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmab2k6 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 i had the same issue with the X1600 Pro it was what made me buy a real mac Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/53939-yet-another-world-of-warcraft-question/#findComment-385880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMX-Knuckles Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Might be a dumb question, but are y'all using SSE2 or SSE3 procs? Makes a big difference. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/53939-yet-another-world-of-warcraft-question/#findComment-386263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Running on my desktop (specs in sig) I usually run about 40 fps and that is with a ton of other apps running on my secondary screen. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/53939-yet-another-world-of-warcraft-question/#findComment-386329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexidecimal Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 AMD64 is an SSE3 system. I'd really prefer not to have to upgrade my graphics card, (doing a build in a few weeks) I was just wondering if there was something i'm missing. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/53939-yet-another-world-of-warcraft-question/#findComment-386355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
delish Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I got some issues with wow running on my amd too, I get like tiny spikes every sec, easiest to see when I put on autorun and look at my char from the side. Runs a few steps then a tiny halt and repeat, really annoying. graphics also seems to be somewhat wrong (see screenshot) I tried different gfx setting, and its all the same at low settings and rez. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/53939-yet-another-world-of-warcraft-question/#findComment-389541 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 few things to speed up performance : 1) turn off vsync in video settings 2) enable multithreaded opengl with this command in game : /console GLFaster 2 turning on multithreaded GL takes advantage of your multiple cores/cpus and disabling VSYNC while MT-GL is on removes the stuttering. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/53939-yet-another-world-of-warcraft-question/#findComment-390102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug the Impaler Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Uncheck "full screen glow" - it helps a ton. Also, IIRC, the 6x00 cards are considerably slower in OS X that Windows for OpenGL. You'd get way better performance by dropping about $80 on a 7600GS, regardless of what 6x00 series card you have. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/53939-yet-another-world-of-warcraft-question/#findComment-390187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
manga303 Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 any idea why mac os x always crash when i want to play wow ? i can start it, play it about 1-2 minutes then dots and grafik errors appear and the picture freeze complet... in full and window mode... i turn of everything in wow and set all effects to minimum ! The sound still work so the computer does not crash complet.. i can hear sound effects like normal in game while playing. It is like my grafik card would overheat but i have it only in wow and imovie when i use quartz effects, playing movies and everything other is 0 problem. i try nearly everything installing the ATI drivers NAutil 1.0 still the same, when i delete the ACPI files macos x will not load anymore and gives me errors. In wow i have a real good frame rate and everything works just like i said it crash after some secounds playing... maybe i have to turn this GLFaster off ? It is like wow would overclock my grafikcard and then it overheat any ideas are welcome ! Is 800mhz FSB normal for my CPU ? should it not be 200mhz ? Pentium 4 HT Machine Model: ADP2,1 Processor Speed: 2.41 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 1 Memory: 512 MB Bus Speed: 800 MHz L2 Cache: 512 KB Radeon X1600 Series: Chipset Model: Radeon X1600 Series Type: Display Bus: AGP VRAM (Total): 256 MB Vendor: ATI (0x1002) Device ID: 0x71c2 Revision ID: 0x0000 Displays: S/T 97P/96P: Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 85 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Supported Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported Display: Status: No display connected Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/53939-yet-another-world-of-warcraft-question/#findComment-391612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 You have a AGP card, go install the 10.4.7 IONDRVSupport.kext file that is in some Diabolik package, don't remember which one + ATINDRV.kext from 10.4.5 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/53939-yet-another-world-of-warcraft-question/#findComment-391676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
manga303 Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 uff... i should get what from what ? any links maybe ? ok found it http://diabolik1605.com/DHF/index.html hmm now wow say "could not start 3d acceleration" Radeon X1600Pro: Chipset Model: Radeon X1600Pro Type: Display Bus: AGP VRAM (Total): 256 MB Vendor: ATI (0x1002) Device ID: 0x71c2 Revision ID: 0x0000 Displays: S/T 97P/96P: Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 85 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Not Supported Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Not Supported Display: Status: No display connected Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/53939-yet-another-world-of-warcraft-question/#findComment-391682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
manga303 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 juhu thanks to you i get it working... i mess the first thing up and had to restore default from install DVD. then i load only the NatitX1600.r1v3.Installer from diabolik... I install only the first 2 things Stock 10.4.9 ATi Kexts Natit1600.kext Rev 1 V3 again.. no 3d working.. i read to change the vendor id... i did it in the 2 files to my vendor id... ok working 3d ! but again bugs in openGL so i load up the installer again.. and install 10.4.5 ATINDRV.kext now its working perfect even in full screen. now i have all my mac os x like i wanted Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/53939-yet-another-world-of-warcraft-question/#findComment-391832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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