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Yellow Stars · Oct 6, 2005, 06:26 PM

I TRIED PLAYING DOOM 3 ON MY MAC AND IT MOVES VERY SLOW!

WILL MACTEL MAKE IT ANY FASTER? CAN I BUY A INTEL INSIDE AND STICK IT IN MY MAC?

WHY HAS nOBOdY ANSEER MY QUESTIONS YET?!

goMac · Oct 6, 2005, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by Yellow Stars

I TRIED PLAYING DOOM 3 ON MY MAC AND IT MOVES VERY SLOW!

WILL MACTEL MAKE IT ANY FASTER? CAN I BUY A INTEL INSIDE AND STICK IT IN MY MAC?

WHY HAS nOBOdY ANSEER MY QUESTIONS YET?!

Well, you could start by telling us what kind of iMac you have, and fixing your caps lock key.

Edit: This is what I get for not looking at the games page index first.

Yellow Stars · Oct 6, 2005, 06:30 PM

I Have An I-mac 1.6ghz. It's Very Slow Though.

You Have A Pentium 4, Is It Fast For Doom 3? I Was Thinking About Buying A Dell But I Heard They Break Real Easy.

My Caps Lock Key Is Broken. Sorry ! It Happened When I Was Fixing My Space Bar!

Yellow Stars · Oct 6, 2005, 06:31 PM

Thank U For Fast Reply! You Rawk Go.mac!

Yellow Stars · Oct 6, 2005, 06:32 PM

Are You Still There?

Yellow Stars · Oct 6, 2005, 06:32 PM

Hello?!

I want a alienware now!

jaydon34 · Oct 6, 2005, 06:34 PM

Gaming = consoles/pc but hopefully that will switch once apple starts shipping intel macs

The iMac Man · Oct 6, 2005, 06:38 PM

Wow, you are annoying.

Oh, you're from LA... makes sense.

dampeoples · Oct 6, 2005, 08:35 PM

It's the debug code in Doom3, you need the latest patch

viruscool · Oct 7, 2005, 08:10 AM

Why can't people get the name of their computer right? Same with iPod, so many people type it wrong.

It's iMac, not IMac, I-Mac, i-Mac, IMAC!

brokenjago · Oct 7, 2005, 03:54 PM

Oh, you're from LA... makes sense.

Hey, I'm from LA....

goMac · Oct 7, 2005, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by Yellow Stars

I Have An I-mac 1.6ghz. It's Very Slow Though.

You Have A Pentium 4, Is It Fast For Doom 3? I Was Thinking About Buying A Dell But I Heard They Break Real Easy.

My Caps Lock Key Is Broken. Sorry ! It Happened When I Was Fixing My Space Bar!

I don't have Doom 3 for Windows, therefore I don't run it on my Pentium 4. A Dell probably wouldn't run it too nice either unless it was a high end one.

Try lowering your graphics settings on Doom 3. You're running one of the slowest machines possible for it. Your graphics card isn't that fast.

lenox · Oct 9, 2005, 12:59 PM

the trolls are feisty!

Wiskedjak · Oct 9, 2005, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by Yellow Stars

I Was Thinking About Buying A Dell But I Heard They Break Real Easy ... My Caps Lock Key Is Broken. Sorry ! It Happened When I Was Fixing My Space Bar!

Irony alert

Kissargi · Oct 13, 2005, 12:57 PM

I think its somone taking the p*ss, theres another daft thread by someone thats spelt imac in the same way.

Chuckit · Oct 13, 2005, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by Kissargi

I think its somone taking the p*ss, theres another daft thread by someone thats spelt imac in the same way.

Same guy, isn't it?

Kissargi · Oct 13, 2005, 02:51 PM

different name, but same style.

JoshuaZ · Oct 14, 2005, 12:20 AM

Dude, you`re getting a dell!

James41 · Oct 15, 2005, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by Yellow Stars

I Have An I-mac 1.6ghz. It's Very Slow Though.

You Have A Pentium 4, Is It Fast For Doom 3? I Was Thinking About Buying A Dell But I Heard They Break Real Easy.

Sorry to tell you, but Doom does require good hardware. A 1.6 really isn't a top of the line game machine, about equal to a laptop. How much ram does your machine have? that could also make a difference. You really need at least a gig of ram to make it into anything close to a "Game Machine", so if you are running less what you see is what you get. And the quality of your video card is very important also, probably more than the speed of your processor.

As far as the Dell goes, it all depends on which Dell you buy. The regular $300 - $400 Dell is not going to be all that hot, but their high end machines are not bad. And as far as the Pentium 4, my system with 1 gig of ram does a very nice job on Doom 3 and every other game out there.

riotge@r · Oct 15, 2005, 02:15 PM

You limitation is primarily the video card in the iMac. The new iMacs now have decent video cards. If you want to play Doom3 and do not want to spend $1000 + on a new PC or buy a new iMac, I suggest you get an XBox. Gaming on the Mac = joke.

dampeoples · Oct 15, 2005, 11:00 PM

I think gaming on any computer is pretty much a joke, considering the price of the machines required to play them.
Of course, that's just me.

italiano · Oct 15, 2005, 11:27 PM

Macs were never known as gaming machines... If you feel the need for speed I'd recommend a fast PC - I have a PC sitting here collecting dust I built for gaming but gaming has become stagnant - Doom 3 is the most bloated POS I tried to play. There's hardly any new games that are actually "New" - most are just copies of other ones.

nationwide · Oct 16, 2005, 06:27 PM

i would have to agree with everybody here, the problem is the imac was not made to handle these kinda games. i would spring for a powermac g5 if you want to play intense games like doom 3. plus you can upgrade you video card over the years when faster cards come out. something you can't do with an imac.

Cadaver · Oct 24, 2005, 12:39 PM

Please don't feed the trolls...

The iMac Man · Oct 24, 2005, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by Cadaver

Please don't feed the trolls...

Dude, this thread hasn't been posting in for 8 days.... YOU are now the one who is feeding the troll.

JoshuaZ · Oct 26, 2005, 02:34 AM

Oh, if only there were more threads NOT about WoW.

Dewaine · Nov 3, 2005, 11:15 AM

I finally have given up on gaming on my Mac. There is just so little available, and what there is, is way overpriced. I got an Xbox and can now game to my hearts content. I love my Mac, but it is not a game machine. I realize Mac's can be powerfull enough, but there are so few commercial games.

mdc · Nov 3, 2005, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by Yellow Stars

I TRIED PLAYING DOOM 3 ON MY MAC AND IT MOVES VERY SLOW!

WILL MACTEL MAKE IT ANY FASTER? CAN I BUY A INTEL INSIDE AND STICK IT IN MY MAC?

WHY HAS nOBOdY ANSEER MY QUESTIONS YET?!

i think it's because you forgot to capitalize the n in your post.