08-14-2007, 07:07 PM

Hey all! I'm a newbie to the forum, but a quick check back leads me to believe that this hasn't been mentioned / caught yet. I was looking over Macworld's bench tests of the new iMacs, and decided to nab the 20" 2.4 GHz one. I intend to do a lot of graphic design work on it, and for that kind of thing I'm satisfied with performance so far.

But one thing bugs me: I tried the UT2004 DEMO (NOT the full game, I don't have the Mac version), and the framerate was terrible. As in, sub 20. I have read that the 2600 Pro isn't stellar, but Macworld's benchmark quite clearly indicates that UT2004 should be running over 80 frames, and on a higher resolution than I was! What's the deal?

EDIT: Ok, you know what? Lock the thread, forget I mentioned it, and allow me a silent retreat to a corner. I feel like an idiot. Checking the Info for the demo revealed, magically, that it's designed for the PowerPC macs. If I had to guess, I'd say THAT is why it's running horribly.

08-14-2007, 07:26 PM

Hello, JonEthan and welcome to Mac-Forums.

Nah it's fine, you are just picking up the Mac lingo and getting used to the Mac world so don't hit yourself over the head. In fact, I would say you're doing fine!

If the game is for PowerPC then this means the code has to be translated by Rosetta which I have heard slows down software significantly. Like for instance Intel-based Mac users running Adobe CS2 apps find it a bit unpleasant due to lack of speed.

So!... Make yourself comfy and enjoy the forum! Looking forward to see your contributions in here!

08-14-2007, 07:49 PM

See, THAT's the sad part. I'm not really new to mac, I had nothing but macs up to the first iMac in '99, went on a temporary mac hiatus (during which I got UT2004 for XP, hence my lack of a mac copy) then returned a little over a year ago when I got my MacBook. I needed something for the heavier stuff, so I snagged the new iMac. The PPC - Intel crossover happened while I was away, so to speak, so sometimes things like PPC - Intel incompatibility doesn't click for me right away. Same thing happened for me with Descent, only then it was OS9 vs OSX.

08-14-2007, 07:59 PM

Don't sweat it, you'll get used to it all over again in no time. I for one was pretty rattled when Apple decided to go with Intel! But I still go googly eyes over His Steveness' keynotes presentations.