Stormlizzy: playing WOW on my iMac G5

[Mooseguy15]

why does blizzard fking discontinue support for ppc macs because of graphics update issues just buy a new fucking graphics card jeeze

[HTBairsoft007]

whats the fps on this mac? i am getting the new mac g5 looks te same as that. does it run wow good?

[thejon128]

No more WoW on PowerPC. Blizzard thinks that PPC Macs struggle to run WoW so they cut off support for it.

[lucaslanddotcom]

@thejon128 doesn't surprise me. apple's new OS doesn't support it either. That's what happens when computers get old. Good thing I bought a new mac mini

[thejon128]

@lucaslanddotcom Yeah, I don't really have to worry about things like that either. I've got my MacBook for games. It just annoys me a little since WoW was going to be one of the games I'd be playing on my Power Mac G5 that I'm getting for Christmas.

[lucaslanddotcom]

@thejon128 you could still play at least the first 2 expansions. You could build up your toon to lvl 70 and stay there and make it a "twink". you would them dominate all the bg's in that lvl

[longhornandsouthern]

@lucaslanddotcom looks like now it doesn't want to connect without an update...and no update w/o Intel, so the PowerPC guys are pretty much screwed as far as WoW goes.

[lucaslanddotcom]

@longhornandsouthern

all computers get old and obsolete anyway. I don't even use this imac any more. You can pick up an old intel imac for really cheap. I ended up buying a new mac mini which isnt expensive and it works great

[meropealcyone]

Ack. Cut and pasted the wrong thing. I meant to ask if performance was decent in crowded areas. I can pick one of these old iMacs up for cheap and will do so if it's useable...

[lucaslanddotcom]

@meropealcyone FPS was not good at all in dalaran

[jspen2]

@meropealcyone My G5 just bought the farm a few months ago.... logic board failure. Miss it.

[meropealcyone]

Netbook gaming

[Infinitrium]

I had Wow running on a G3 iBook one time. Only got 3-4 fps in unpopulated areas. I didn't dare try it inside any major city.

[entrailsgalore]

Alright, rush FR, cap MT and DR, rogues/dr00ds defend towers, when we have a 3 cap go for mid, ok gogogogogogogo!

[iTechInfo]

what fps did you get?

[lucaslanddotcom]

I no longer have this imac but i believe i got 30-50 fps, unless i was in dalaran , where it was bad

[iTechInfo]

@lucaslanddotcom do you know what specs it had?

[chingy922]

omg that mac looks sweet i wud buy if i knew where can i buy it :s

[AppleTechKid]

@chingy922 ebay i got 1 today for £230 with the new mouse and keyboard

[JGthedirector]

Im confused... If this is an Imac G5 where is the cam?

[lucaslanddotcom]

This is the first edition iMac G5, which did not have a cam installed

[kidchaorrobot]

runs better than my acer aspire one which sucks!!!idk why i got it

[rammstein1258]

i dont really like imacs they arent really good for gaming and thats all i use my comp for pretty much i mean i have 12 gigs of ram in my comp now and run ati crossfire graphics and get 250 to 300 fps in wow i dont think an imac can do that

[fullmetallpiano]

Omg the game must look amazing with 250-300 FPS o_O

[Neolimb]

If you wanted to get down to the nitty grittyness of a mac, they can. A Mac Pro could easily do that, they can get up to 12 gigs of DDR3 RAM and support the best HD graphics cards out there. You can also run Bootcamp full screen and run games normally only playable on Windows on your mac.

[PheonixRS]

the newest iMac can get up to 16GB's of DDR3 RAM (4 x 4GB'S) so think how wow would run on tht baby, sweet as candy xD, i know mine came with 4GB's (2 x 2GB's) but i haven't yet installed all my wow discs

[entrailsgalore]

How would WoW run sweet as candy having 16GB of ram? It would probably run exactly the same as having only 4GB of ram.

[Lemonaderz]

@PheonixRS Lol, 3gb of DDR3 would run faster.

There's alot more to a PC than ram, infact CPU + GPU are the main peices of hardware for gaming performance

[idpsyourmom]

LOL you wasteed your money on extra gigabits of RAM that dont ever be used b/c it can only have a certain amount of instructions per Core.. lol dipshit... and 250-300 fps is coomplete bullshit my friend... haha god your an idiot.

[mariokillzuall]

WHAAAAA how the fuck do you get 300fps...like wtf!

[lucaslanddotcom]

My imac is now officially over 3 years old. I would love to get a new one soon. Graphics card on this one has taken a beating

[y35n00b5]

how many frames are you getting

[lucaslanddotcom]

Unfortunately, I think my graphics card is really getting worn. Depending on how many players are in area, I'm getting between 10 - 35 FPS

[jeremieliveun]

What's your processor/ Ram, VRAM ?

[lucaslanddotcom]

1.8 Ghz powerPC G5, 2gb ram

[jeremieliveun]

Thanks, and a video ram ?

[y35n00b5]

i think his is about 128MB.....im not sure

[j4v123]

lol the beginning sounds like the hypno toad noise

[firestormcomputers]

I wish I had my friend's G5 iMac 24", the graphics look so good even not on highest, because of the 1920x1200 resolution and the colors are really good

my laptop with much better specs than his iMac plays WoW on highish settings but doesn't still look that great, but playing on my gaming PC helps alot but the colors and rez aren't still as high, i need to replace that CRT . . .

[camouflageX2]

Um, there never was an iMac G5 with a 24" screen. The 24" model was introduced with the Intel Core 2 Duo series, which was late 2006.

[firestormcomputers]

Yes, there was, I'll pm you a link of it.

[toberichmoe]

wtf it looks smooth

[brydon10]

looks to me like he's not getting very good frames :/

[RS2studios]

Any Lagg?

[vfen]

ally ftl

[diond408]

IS THAT THE 20"

[lucaslanddotcom]

yes, it is the 20" iMac

[PlanbBuilTToShred]

what do u replace the right click button with?

[lucaslanddotcom]

I use a different mouse. It is called dotmouse by macally. It works great too. It has a left and right button with a scroll wheel in middle.

[DavidsTechShow101]

the mighty mouse is touch sensitive so it actually does of a right click

[bzearfoss]

cmd + click is right click, it takes a while to get used to in WOW!!

[deathlord619]

how much fps you get? in outlands.

[lucaslanddotcom]

i get about 27-30FPS, but you game settings can affect it too.

[HuDeanee]

hey, what are the specs of that imac?

[lucaslanddotcom]

Its getting a little old, but its a 1.8GHZ G5 with 1.25 GB Ram

[brod10311]

i just got a mac so how can i play WoW on my mac

[lucaslanddotcom]

go to the store and buy it

[lucaslanddotcom]

the graphics are not choppy at all. I think Blizzard goes out of there way to cater to macs

[Zakku1992]

Does it play well on your Imac.

[lucaslanddotcom]

it plays great! playing over a year on it and never a problem

[Zakku1992]

does it seem chopper then if it were on vista *sorry im new at this XD