Playing BF:BC2 multiplayer on my new 27" iMac i7 with ATI Radeon HD 5750

[donxqx]

what mice you use for fps gaming?

[BostonMacK]

I own the same computer. Installed Windows 7 via Bootcamp just for the sake of playing games. Gaming is the only reason I would ever use Windows. For everything else I'm on the Mac side. These 27" iMacs are incredible machines considering the display alone would cost you $1100. The most beautiful LED display on the market.

[Josh1901]

@jshaw6000 you should have chosen 1920x1080 instead of 1920x1200 as it's the same aspect ratio as the screens native resolution, so the image wouldn't be stretched out :)

[borjlee28]

well, some people just cant afford imacs! thats why they talk shit about it..

[ImprovedAtom]

i also dont have settings for the graphics card in my imac aswell whilst on windows 7 via by bootcamp

[ImprovedAtom]

@jshaw6000 I have windows 7 64 bit running via by bootcamp on my new 2011 imac 27inch and it sees the monitor as a generic pnp monitor.. and image looks generic, any chance of advice because im really lost thanks

[Josh1901]

@ImprovedAtom install graphics card drivers

[ImprovedAtom]

@Josh1901 No everything possible has been done and it just looks generic, it still shows generic pnp monitor, all drivers have been installed using apple cd driver disk.

[louinou]

Buy a mac... and use windows... x)

You can have a computer with a HD 6970 for this price, just fail. :/

[SuperCarsFullHD]

@louinou It ain't fail it's just you don't buy a mac for gaming :P I have a Mac Pro, didn't buy it for gaming but still can do the job if you want to. I bought it for video editing and just because I love it :) I also have a iMac also does the job pretty well :)

[jathalo]

@louinou its not a real 6970 its the mobile one... the one used in a gaming laptop... smh apple lol

[Josh1901]

@louinou did you include the $700-800 AUD screen?

also iMac's are damn sexy and people who use windows on mac's probably wouldn't use it as their primary OS

[jshaw6000]

@louinou

No, not a fail. 80% of the time I'm using Mac. The other 15% I'm using Windows on my Dell Laptop. 5% of the time I'll actually use Windows bootcamp and game.

[GatEntertainment]

@louinou he probably uses mac for everything but gaming and he can do it all

[razrazraz]

@louinou in a way i can see your point, but more games companys will eventually release there big games for macs as well as pc. bootcamp is just a solution to this in the mean time ...

[BostonMacK]

@louinou Fail? Hows that? If gaming is not your #1 reason for buying a computer and you prefer Macs then its the logical thing to do. I own both PC and Mac and find the Mac to be much better for my needs. The ONLY thing that I use Windows for is to play the occasional game. Thats it. So tell me how having a computer runs both OS's flawlessly is a "fail" as you put it. You people should think before you post.

[BostonMacK]

@louinou Also Lou. Also keep in mind that that LED display on that iMac has a higher resolution that almost anything on the market and would cost you at least $1000 by itself. Yeah, huge "fail".

[pcgamesystemnet]

How do you install Windows 7 64-bit on an iMac? It is impossible!

[DrOrtmeyer]

@pcgamesystemnet bootcamp

[macsrule67]

@DrOrtmeyer some macs dont come with boot camp you can also buy products straight from apples website like vm ware fusion

[technologyinffo]

@pcgamesystemnet Use Bootcamp

[RandallvonGilbert]

why didn't you use the 2560x1440 res

[jshaw6000]

@RandallvonGilbert

Because it lags a little. But you can't really see much of a quality difference at the next lowest resolution. The response is a lot better though.

[YouHaveMetYourMaker]

@jshaw6000 2560x1440 and do advanced with no AA and less quality on the shadows.

[nav19891989]

had this exact imac for couple of months :) great mac however it does get quite hot after a while which sucks i dont even need to touch it to feel the heat just hover your hand over that sucker and you'll feel it my god :|

[jacobmcr858]

Just so you know, the WEI # is locked at 5.9 if you have a spinning disk drive attached to your computer, even if it's some sort of WD Raptor or something fast like that.

[jshaw6000]

@jacobmcr858

Thanks. I didn't know that. I have 3 externals attached :).

[jacobmcr858]

@jshaw6000 Well, not necessarily that. Unless you have an SSD in your system as the boot drive, your score will always be 5.9, whether you have a 5400RPM drive, or a 10,000RPM Velociraptor.

[BigG53793]

what for a cpu you have??

[chueey14]

I really want to get an imac 27" too but not until I can play games at 2560x1440 resolution with smooth fps :(

[jshaw6000]

@chueey14

Trust me, you don't need to play at full resolution with most games. 1900 x 1200 is good enough and it is still HD and it runs perfectly smooth. Look at the fps counter in the top right corner of the screen. It's pretty good considering the game runs at 30 fps.

[frankth3frizz]

@chueey14 why get an mac for gaming? i LOVE macs but macs are for other not gaming, hence the 2500$ price but the crappy video cards. lol. i suggest just building your own rig for around 2000$ which will get you playing EVERY GAME running smooth with a COOL looking rig D:

[jshaw6000]

@frankth3frizz

I wouldn't consider the 5750 a crappy video card. And the iMac is an All-in-one computer. You can't compare it to a gaming rig.

A Mac pro is not meant for games but it can game if you get a good video card for it. And both NVIDIA and ATI make plenty of Mac compatible high-scoring GFX cards.

[frankth3frizz]

@jshaw6000 well i JUST had a 5750 for my 26" monitor and it wasnt playing 1920x1200 at high FPS especially black ops. thats what i said build his own rig FOR gaming. and the only way to upgrade a video card on ur imac is to buy a new one xD the only upgradable mac is a mac pro which starts at 2500$ with a 5770? lol. a 2500$ custom built pc will get him 2 6850's in crossfire. mac is so overpriced its crazy. but hey i dont hate. i think its awesome(well the OS).

[jshaw6000]

@frankth3frizz

What part of "A Mac Pro is not meant for gaming" did you not understand? It's a media development machine, a workhorse. Of course it's going to be more expensive than your average consumer gaming PC. People don't buy Mac Pro's with the primary intention to game like they do PC's. They usually buy them for business which is why Apple charges their premium for them. And businesses don't care whether something is overpriced or not. They care whether or not it will make them money.

[frankth3frizz]

@jshaw6000 im talking about if your gonna game with it. oh and trust me i know what a mac is for. lol. we had a powerbook like 2 years ago. 

[MrWeedgamer]

@frankth3frizz Dont forget about the ECC RAM + Xeon Class CPUs you have to take that with the price.

[DrOrtmeyer]

@frankth3frizz macs are so highly priced because of server based cpu's and ecc ram.. which is expensive...

[frankth3frizz]

@DrOrtmeyer u mean the glossy apple logo and the overpriced technology from the OS that they want SUPER profit from? lol. and about the processor, they dont use 1000$ processors. they use 300$ xeons which is on the MAC PRO? idk which is on here but it wont be better than the mac pros. and about the ram? they dont use no dominator GT's to call it expensive. trust me ur paying for the logo. lol.

[DrOrtmeyer]

@frankth3frizz im not talking about imacs though, imacs are mobility based for heat issues, they do have heatsinks.. OW YEAH mac pros have a billion heatsinks.... and ECC ram which corrects its own mistakes.. and again has heatsinks.... and last but not least.. macs are meant for company usage and are mostly server based.... AGAIN with the xeons they are in fact meant to run day and night.....

[DarkLiberatorZone]

I know what you mean, I have an ATI 5750 myself and it runs the game surprisingly well.

[emmanuelkir]

Nice video, what was your game settings? Was it a camcorder that gave the fps on the top right corner? Thx

[jshaw6000]

@emmanuelkir

Settings were on high and I had the resolution at 1920x1200 which is just one step down from the highest resolution. I used Fraps to give me the fps reading. I used the camera to recored so I would not get any degraded performance by recording with Fraps..

[emmanuelkir]

@jshaw6000

Wow, ok thx for the info.

[JAYBRANNICK1]

This Imac is so beautiful I'm getting this one next week ( i7 ) cannot wait after saving hard for 6 months! BFBC2 looks awesome definitely one of the games i'm gonna get for it! any other games you would recommend?

[jshaw6000]

Gameplay starts at 2:35.