Ziggy Posted March 20, 2011 Posted March 20, 2011 (edited) Hi Guys. While I'm seeing lots of help here for PC users. (understandably) I'm not seeing too much Mac/Bootcamp specific advice/experiences and I'm trying to get an idea of the general performance of A10 on the Mac. I had very little difficulty with Black Shark but particularly since A10 has gone gold, I have had all sorts of graphics glitches and CTDs. AM I ALONE HERE? or are others finding similar difficulties? I know PC users are also having the odd problem but I want know if Mac users are seeing just as many or more or less. I expect some Mac specific advice from those in the know would be very useful to this growing user group. Your input/advice would be much appreciated. <S Edited March 20, 2011 by Ziggy System specs; i7 9700k 32GB RAM 2x1TB SSD Drives (1 DCS Dedicated) MSI Z390 MB. MSI GeForce RTX 3070. 4KTV monitor. Reverb G2 VR.Stock TM HOTAS. (Tm WartHog) Throttle. VBK MCG.
stormrider Posted March 20, 2011 Posted March 20, 2011 I play using my MBP, 4mb ram, 2.67GHz, Nvidia GT330M. It runs smooth on 1080p and medium settings. I also have Arma2, but it didnt run as good as DCS A-10C Banned by cunts.
Bvoiash Posted March 20, 2011 Posted March 20, 2011 Are you running the latest version of DCS: A-10C Ziggy?
EtherealN Posted March 20, 2011 Posted March 20, 2011 (edited) How much vRAM on that integrated 4850? Also, what's the driver situation? A DxDiag output would be nice to have a look at that. Also, what graphics settings do you use? This would have a MAJOR impact. Which version of Windows are you bootcamping into? If 32-bit: that's your issue. Edited March 20, 2011 by EtherealN [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester
AlphaOneSix Posted March 20, 2011 Posted March 20, 2011 I play on a MacBookPro. Currently it's a Intel Core 2 Duo T9900 @ 3.06GHz with a 256MB nVidia GeForce 9600M GT and 4GB of RAM. Can you post tracks where you see reproducible problems? Then I can play the track on my machine and see if I get the same issues.
Ziggy Posted April 25, 2011 Author Posted April 25, 2011 Hi Guys. Thanks for your help / suggestions. after some testing I decided to take the plunge and upgrade to Win7 and finally I can see how absolutely fanastic this sim is!!!! STABLE. SMOOTH. SEXY..... sounds too good to be true but now this sim really rocks! Anyone running this sim on XP should really do themselves a favour and upgrade to Win7 and incase you're wondering, I dont work for Microsoft! ED has produced an awesome (in the true sense of the word) simulator. One that will keep me busy and happy for many months if not years. Looking very forward to their next effort! 1 System specs; i7 9700k 32GB RAM 2x1TB SSD Drives (1 DCS Dedicated) MSI Z390 MB. MSI GeForce RTX 3070. 4KTV monitor. Reverb G2 VR.Stock TM HOTAS. (Tm WartHog) Throttle. VBK MCG.
element1108 Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 I recently purchased and installed WIN 7 64 bit(had XP-32 prior) on my MBP and A-10C runs like a dream now. I had a few complications with the 32 bit install and performance wise wasn't as smooth. Agreed, 7 has made all the difference for me. Glad to see it's working nicely for you...and they say mac owners don't know how to game ;).
sandman330 Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 Gday Ziggy and all MAC users, Sorry for the late reply to this thread, however I run DCS A10c, amongst other games, through bootcamp 3.1 (I think thats the latest one... pardon if I am wrong.) with windows 7 professional. I have an iMAC 27, 8gb DDR3 ram, 1GB ATI card, i7 2.93ghz with 12mb cache, and to be honest it runs GREAT! I have always owned PC's, microsoft etc, but the MAC runs windows programs a lot more stable and reliable than the machines they were intended for.. So far no issues with graphics, FPS and game play, and with the HD screens MAC produces... just awesome. All the best Sandman
Speed Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 Gday Ziggy and all MAC users, Sorry for the late reply to this thread, however I run DCS A10c, amongst other games, through bootcamp 3.1 (I think thats the latest one... pardon if I am wrong.) with windows 7 professional. I have an iMAC 27, 8gb DDR3 ram, 1GB ATI card, i7 2.93ghz with 12mb cache, and to be honest it runs GREAT! I have always owned PC's, microsoft etc, but the MAC runs windows programs a lot more stable and reliable than the machines they were intended for.. So far no issues with graphics, FPS and game play, and with the HD screens MAC produces... just awesome. All the best Sandman Not really understanding what the difference is between a PC and the Mac is anymore. You're running the same hardware (intel processors, ATI/nVidia cards), and now you're running windows too. When you're doing that, what's the difference besides the case being shiny and made by Apple? Intelligent discourse can only begin with the honest admission of your own fallibility. Member of the Virtual Tactical Air Group: http://vtacticalairgroup.com/ Lua scripts and mods: MIssion Scripting Tools (Mist): http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=98616 Slmod version 7.0 for DCS: World: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=80979 Now includes remote server administration tools for kicking, banning, loading missions, etc.
EtherealN Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 (edited) and with the HD screens LG produces... just awesome Fixed it. ;) Last I checked, Apple sources it's panels from LG. They don't make them themselves. Speed, regarding the difference: the build quality is the main thing in my opinion, as well as a lot of "little small things" that on their own make you sort of wonder why no-one else does that. My favourite being the magnetic power choord connector on the macbook pro's - meaning that if you need to charge it in a weird spot and someone gets stuck in the power choord, the force will just disconnect the charger from your laptop instead of dragging the whole shebang crashing to the floor. Edited June 14, 2011 by EtherealN [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester
Steel Jaw Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 what's the difference besides the case being shiny and made by Apple? Price. "You see, IronHand is my thing" My specs: W10 Pro, I5/11600K o/c to 4800 @1.32v, 64 GB 3200 XML RAM, Red Dragon 7800XT/16GB, monitor: GIGABYTE M32QC 32" (31.5" Viewable) QHD 2560 x 1440 (2K) 165Hz.
NoJoe Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 (edited) I'm running an older Mac Pro with Windows 7 (64 bit), and I've been having great success! And to chime in about the hardware: Yes, definitely more expensive, but the case design is fantastic. I love the plug-in SATA hard drives, for one. If you haven't seen inside a Mac Pro, Apple engineered small brackets that you screw onto the outside of the hard drive. Then you just slide the drive into place on the brackets, and it plugs right into the computer (power and SATA, both). No cords required. I've also been really enjoying the cooling: the case is basically divided into two halves. RAM and CPU on the bottom, PCI cards and hard drives on the top. Combine that with large fans and a flow-through design. It's great; the computer is pretty much silent. There's just a hint of white noise from my video card fan (a regular GTX 460 I stuck in there a few months ago). Anyway, yes. More expensive, but totally worth it. However, that said, for my next computer I will do a regular PC build. Spare cash is a little harder to find these days. ;) --NoJoe Edited June 14, 2011 by NoJoe I fial at teh tpyign
sandman330 Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 Not really understanding what the difference is between a PC and the Mac is anymore. You're running the same hardware (intel processors, ATI/nVidia cards), and now you're running windows too. When you're doing that, what's the difference besides the case being shiny and made by Apple? quality and reliablitly ;) 1
arriflex Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 This is encouraging. Waiting impatiently for my HOG HOTAS, Track IR, Pedals, and some free time =)
automag928 Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 quality and reliablitly ;) I second that, my MBP Core2Duo from Sept 2007 finally had something break - well actually not really. I was getting a SMART alarm that the harddrive was failing some I/O writes, so I replaced it. Plugged in new 500gb HD, kicked off TimeMachine and its better than new :) I've never had a computer (Mac or PC) that has run 24 x 7 and never had anything fail. And I've build plenty of PCs for myself, and work in the IT field over 10 years.
Ziggy Posted June 15, 2011 Author Posted June 15, 2011 To mower... Yes the Mac is expensive but I use the mac for stuff I dont do on a Pc and with boot camp I can fly the best sims ever produced on the SAME beautiful machine! To everyone else I've just added another 4gig of ram. Will interested to see what difference it makes. I'm glad to see this thread has given encouragement to more mac users. Any Mac specific problems or solutions would be much appreciated although as speed suggested the differences between Mac and Pc are few. My main concern was getting the sim to work on a win7 partition on a Mac. Thanks gentlemen <s System specs; i7 9700k 32GB RAM 2x1TB SSD Drives (1 DCS Dedicated) MSI Z390 MB. MSI GeForce RTX 3070. 4KTV monitor. Reverb G2 VR.Stock TM HOTAS. (Tm WartHog) Throttle. VBK MCG.
stormrider Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 i still have and use my 1st mbp. it was the 1st mbp mpdel aswell, april 2006. its my field editing island. by field i really mean field like for example the catalunya world rally champ which i was assigned to cover last year. i take the pics and upload to my editor via iphone tetering. its just an example tho. during thw winter 2008 i worked as a ski photog up in argentinian andes. its flawless. mbp is what i called reliability. oh btw besides having it upgraded to leopard last year its still runnong its first instalation backed from 2006. on the other hand im already on my 2nd win7 reinstalation! Banned by cunts.
Smokin Hole Posted June 16, 2011 Posted June 16, 2011 3 yo Mac Pro dual zeon quad 2.8. ATI 4850. Runs very well on mostly medium. Looks great as well.
arriflex Posted June 16, 2011 Posted June 16, 2011 http://www.macrumors.com/2011/06/15/27-inch-imac-core-i7-with-ssd-is-fastest-mac-ever/ This ought to be a decent DCS machine. Most of this benchmark test is single threaded apps. Wonder what the next MacPro's will be like. 1
metalnwood Posted June 16, 2011 Posted June 16, 2011 I And to chime in about the hardware: Yes, definitely more expensive, but the case design is fantastic. I love the plug-in SATA hard drives, for one. If you haven't seen inside a Mac Pro, Apple engineered small brackets that you screw onto the outside of the hard drive. Then you just slide the drive into place on the brackets, and it plugs right into the computer (power and SATA, both). No cords required. I've also been really enjoying the cooling: the case is basically divided into two halves. RAM and CPU on the bottom, PCI cards and hard drives on the top. Combine that with large fans and a flow-through design. It's great; the computer is pretty much silent. There's just a hint of white noise from my video card fan (a regular GTX 460 I stuck in there a few months ago). --NoJoe My first mac was a dual g5 powermac, I have to add to the design of the case. I have been a pc guy forever. That got me hooked and I have had a mac pro, 3 mb pros an imac and a mac mini since. I got them when I was doing a lot of photo editing/multi platform software development. The case was amazing though, it was soooo quiet. It no doubt helped to bump up the price because in the pc world you wouldn't get your hands on a case like that with the cooling and design for under $600 . It was so integrated with the entire machine that I don't think there was even an equivalent for the pc. I also got the first MBP and it ticks along great on the latest OSes. Just one blowen up battery in my mac experience so far.
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