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Anyone here running Rift on a bootcamp Mac? If so how is it working? My PC is about dead and I am thinking about getting an iMac and running windows 7 on it to run Rift. Of course I am kinda waiting to see if they do update the iMac line with Sandy Bridge.
iMAC's are awesome, but they are not gaming computers.
Graphic cards in the iMac is a generic one that is optimized to be used as an all-round card. Granted they made newer versions of iMac's since the one I have, but when it was new, it could just run warhammer on lowest settings (i got that MAC a little over a year ago)
2nd with mac's, they are expensive in comparison to what you get.
Take the same money that you wanted to use on a MAC and buy a pc (makes me cry saying that) with a great graphics card
» Edited on: 2011-04-15 08:06:41
I'm bootcamping Rift on my iMac (vintage one, at that). It works, if you don't mind the low quality renderer and rare (maybe once a night) DC from overload if there are a couple hundred people together at once... but if you're getting something for the express purpose of running Rift, it's not what I'd recommend (sadly, as I've been a Mac guy since there was a Mac). New iMacs should run it reasonably well, I expect. But Booie's right, they're not gaming machines. And iMacs are not upgradeable, so as graphics cards advance, yours doesn't. :-) Now, if you can afford a Mac Pro (starting at $2500 last I looked), it's a different matter. You can upgrade your components in it.
I wish I could afford a Pro. I want the mac for Final Cut which makes a lot more sense on pro but will be servicable on an iMac. If worse comes to worse I will just keep the PC running for rift.
I run Rift on a late 2009 27" iMac and it runs perfectly fine. I ordered it with a 2GB hard drive and upgrade the memory to 16GB. I run Windows 7 64-bit. Most settings are medium to high (some a bit higher) and I run it at full resolution (2560x1440). Game is gorgeous; only time it slows down is when there are a LOT of players on-screen with spell effects. My friend Kris who is also in the guild, plays on an older iMac under Windows 7, albeit with lower settings than mine. What are your reasons for wanting to get a Mac, just out of curiosity?
I have, in my garage, an apple iie, a Mac SE, LC 520 and a purple iMac G3(to go along with a TI 994/A.) The only reason I have a Win machine was I took a job supporting PCs and started building them and playing games. I want to get back in to creative ventures including video editing. I think I am better off on a Mac there.
We have similar stories. I've always been a creative person (writing, artists, etc), but somehow ended up in the IT field after school. I just had a natural aptitude for it and this was back with the IT boom was really taking off and they were looking for any warm body that could plug in a hard drive. After spending the better part of a decade doing IT support as a help desk tech, administrator and systems admin (from Windows 3.1 until nearly Windows Vista) -- I burned out. Had enough of Microsoft and Windows and desired to get back to my creative roots. Fortunately I was in a position to make that transition as a professional and now have all Macs and home and work, doing print/web design, video editing and photography. I'm not going to profess that a Mac is required to be all this, it's not, but it certainly suits my nature better. Best way I can describe it is -- the Mac feels a lot more transparent to me while doing things, whereas when I was in IT and had many different Windows boxes, I was always very aware of the limitations and capabilities of my hardware and the software. First computers I ever worked with in gradeschool I think were Apple IIe's and the first computer I owned at home was an Atari 800XL. That should tell you how much exposure I've had to about every type of system since "the olden days". :D
