[Liquidity X]

Still waiting on my 17........ grrrrrr, damn u apple. Just wondering how it plays on a Rev B 17 PB with pixel shaders on. Thanx.

[Jacke]

Originally posted by Liquidity X:
Still waiting on my 17........ grrrrrr, damn u apple. Just wondering how it plays on a Rev B 17 PB with pixel shaders on. Thanx.

I don't think you have to worry. I don't know the difference between a rev. A and B but if it's the one currently at Apple's site you should be well above the required (1.33 Ghz, Radeon 9600, 512 MB RAM). At least it will run better than on my eMac...

[gbafan]

Originally posted by Liquidity X:
Still waiting on my 17........ grrrrrr, damn u apple. Just wondering how it plays on a Rev B 17 PB with pixel shaders on. Thanx.

Considering I'm playing the game on a rev B 12" PB well (with some eye candy turned down but vertex shaders on), I'd say the 17" will be awesome.

[NY152]

I just finished the game on my revision A 17" PowerBook and it ran without a hitch.

[RooneyX]

Originally posted by NY152:
I just finished the game on my revision A 17" PowerBook and it ran without a hitch.

Runs like shite on mine. I mean, playable but I was far from impressed. MOHAA and other games have far better graphics and run better at twice the res.

I'd like to drop Halo down to 16bit color and adjust it to the native res. How do I do it?

[gbafan]

Originally posted by RooneyX:
Runs like shite on mine. I mean, playable but I was far from impressed. MOHAA and other games have far better graphics and run better at twice the res.

I'd like to drop Halo down to 16bit color and adjust it to the native res. How do I do it?

From what I can tell Halo is 32bit color only as I'd like to attempt the same thing.

[pbarton]

Here are Timedemo results on rev B 17" under 10.3.2 (Pixel+Vertex shaders ON):

Date / Time: 12/18/03 9:49:22 (0ms)
1300MHz, 1024MB
Macintosh HD\Applications\Diversions\Halo\Halo Frames=4700
Total Time=219.04s
Average frame rate=21.46fps
Below 5fps= 2% (time) 0% (frames) (5.934s spent in 12 frames)
Below 10fps= 4% (time) 0% (frames)
Below 15fps= 29% (time) 15% (frames)
Below 20fps= 48% (time) 31% (frames)
Below 25fps= 77% (time) 61% (frames)
Below 30fps= 86% (time) 72% (frames)
Below 40fps= 93% (time) 83% (frames)
Below 50fps= 97% (time) 91% (frames)
Below 60fps= 99% (time) 96% (frames)
###Sound Options###
Hardware Acceleration= No
Sound Quality= Low
Environmental Sound= No
Sound Variety= Medium
###Video Options###
Resolution= 800 x 500
Refresh rate= 0 Hz
Framerate throttle= No Vsync
Specular= Yes
Shadows= Yes
Decals= Yes
Particles= Off
Texture Quality= High

[RooneyX]

Originally posted by pbarton:
Here are Timedemo results on rev B 17" under 10.3.2 (Pixel+Vertex shaders ON):

Date / Time: 12/18/03 9:49:22 (0ms)
1300MHz, 1024MB
Macintosh HD\Applications\Diversions\Halo\Halo Frames=4700
Total Time=219.04s
Average frame rate=21.46fps
Below 5fps= 2% (time) 0% (frames) (5.934s spent in 12 frames)
Below 10fps= 4% (time) 0% (frames)
Below 15fps= 29% (time) 15% (frames)
Below 20fps= 48% (time) 31% (frames)
Below 25fps= 77% (time) 61% (frames)
Below 30fps= 86% (time) 72% (frames)
Below 40fps= 93% (time) 83% (frames)
Below 50fps= 97% (time) 91% (frames)
Below 60fps= 99% (time) 96% (frames)
###Sound Options###
Hardware Acceleration= No
Sound Quality= Low
Environmental Sound= No
Sound Variety= Medium
###Video Options###
Resolution= 800 x 500
Refresh rate= 0 Hz
Framerate throttle= No Vsync
Specular= Yes
Shadows= Yes
Decals= Yes
Particles= Off
Texture Quality= High

That's seriously bad considering the settings and the hardware. Even worse considering the graphics are crap compared to some shooters. This game has a seriously slow engine.

[gbafan]

Originally posted by pbarton:

Specular= Yes
Shadows= Yes

Turn these two options off and you should see a nice speed boost.

[pbarton]

Originally posted by gbafan:
Turn these two options off and you should see a nice speed boost.

Nope. Gives me less than a 1fps increase. However, switching to Vertex shading only increases fps to 37+, but it does not look as cool.