MBP 2.4 low framerate

engine[ita] · November 25, 2008 3:58AM

I'm having some fancy problems going on with my new macbook pro. I don't know exactly if I'm missing something or what. I've downloaded the demo of Doom 3 for my brand new MBP 2.4 ghz and started it. With all settings set to maximum except the Anti Aliasing set to zero and no V-Sync I have a very low frame rate, the graphic is not fluid at all even if I've checked the benchmarks and it should run at 80fps or so. What am I missing?

Even Halo is having problems at medium settings.

I'm using the discreet chip not the integrated and still isn't acceptable. Althrough CINEMA 4D doesn't seem to have any problem but i've used it only for a few tests.

Any ideas?

Marvin · November 25, 2008 11:57AM

Do you have the Intel versions of those games?

yama · November 25, 2008 4:06PM

If they're both demos then it's the PPC versions.

If you want some FPS demos which have native intel versions, then check out either Call Of Duty 2, Prey or Quake 4:

http://www.macgamefiles.com/detail.php?item=19203

http://www.macgamefiles.com/detail.php?item=19386

http://www.macgamefiles.com/detail.php?item=19241

They should all run rather nicely on a MacBook Pro.

engine[ita] · November 26, 2008 3:28PM

Downloaded the Prey Demo and works nice (except it doesn't go widescreen but never mind).

Many, many thanks again guys, you were right. Again this shows up that AI is one of the best mac communities online. I bought this MBP instead of an iMac following your suggestions and I'm in love with it, and works great for my job.

Thanks again.

yama · November 26, 2008 4:18PM

You can get Prey to display in widescreen by messing around with the .cfg file:

~/Library/Application Support/Prey Demo/base/preyconfig.cfg

and add/change

seta r_customHeight "1050" (or height you want)

seta r_customWidth "1680" (or width you want)

seta r_mode "-1"

Same goes for Quake 4 as well.

MBP 2.4 low framerate

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