Warcraft III and iBook G4 800 (newbie)
I have purchased an iBook 800 (everthing standard - 800/30/256) and Warcraft III Reign of Chaos.
The game seems to be very choppy while i'm actually playing.
The video cutscenes run perfectly as do the in-game menus, but scrolling and panning while playing is very jumpy.
I was wondering if topping up the RAM will fix the slow scrolling and stuttering i am experencing while i play, or if my machine is simply not fast enough for a 3D game like Warcraft.
I have set all the gamesettings to 'low' or 'off' and it runs the same as everthing set to 'high'........bizzarre....
(p.s. this is my first computer and i specifically brought it to play games on - the specs seemed more than enough for most games minimum specs)
Any help anyone can offer would be great before i spend any more money.......
J
The game seems to be very choppy while i'm actually playing.
The video cutscenes run perfectly as do the in-game menus, but scrolling and panning while playing is very jumpy.
I was wondering if topping up the RAM will fix the slow scrolling and stuttering i am experencing while i play, or if my machine is simply not fast enough for a 3D game like Warcraft.
I have set all the gamesettings to 'low' or 'off' and it runs the same as everthing set to 'high'........bizzarre....
(p.s. this is my first computer and i specifically brought it to play games on - the specs seemed more than enough for most games minimum specs)
Any help anyone can offer would be great before i spend any more money.......
J
Comments
One question, though... what were you thinking when you bought, of all things, a Mac laptop for games??? Macs aren't good game machines, and neither are laptops. If you just want games, build a $400 PC box that'll smoke any G4 Mac for games, or buy a game console. Macs are better than PCs for a lot of things, but not for gaming.
I just figured i could do without all that until i learned more about computers....
I'm guessing i'll get more RAM in the future, but i'm still keen to hear from anyone else with an iBook 800 and 3D games...
cheers
So I've created a disk image and i play from that now (means i can play anywhere now which is great - kudos to Kraig) The game runs a little better, but i'll buy a 512mb chip soon and that should (hopefully) do the trick.
Thanks again for your help guys....
More RAM is probably a good idea, especially if the CD/hard drive spin up frequently during play.