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iomatic
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May 5, 2004, 01:55 PM
 
Splitting off this thread, I'd like to document a reference post here that helps us with setting up games for the best performance/quality ratio (I realize this is highly subjective, but let's get a starting point:
[list=a][*]PowerBook 12" 867GHz[*]PowerBook 12" 1GHz[*]PowerBook 12" 1.33GHz
Halo
800x600, Low, Medium: Good
1024x768, Low, Medium: OK
Unreal Tournament 2004[*]PowerBook 15" 1.25GHz[*]PowerBook 15" 1.33GHz[*]PowerBook 15" 1.5GHz[*]PowerBook 17" 1Ghz[*]PowerBook 17" 1.33GHz[*]PowerBook 17" 1.5GHz[/list=a]

Please let me know if I missed/messed up a model, and if you have more contributions. If not, we'll let this thread die a lonely death. Thanks.

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May 5, 2004, 02:08 PM
 
I'm not sure where this thread is going, but I do know that barefeats has some benchmarks up on how Powerbooks do in Halo and Unreal. It seems that if you turn off all the settings in Halo but put the vertex shading on, you'll see a 5 to 6 fps increase on the 12"ers. I run Halo on my 12" Rev B with 1024 x 768, everything on low or off, but I keep vertex shading on and I get real decent game play (catch me in Halo with the gamertag IP iRez).

Here are some links
Halo with a bunch of Macs
New powerbooks vs older ones
NOW YOU SEE ME! 2.4 MBP and 2.0 MBP (running ubuntu)
     
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May 5, 2004, 04:39 PM
 
This is where I'm going; thanks.

Originally posted by iREZ:
I'm not sure where this thread is going,
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