WoW Universal Binary for Mac is FAST

by C.K. Sample, III Feb 7th 2006 at 2:00PM

This is much better. After this morning's patch, the new, universal binary version of WoW running on my 17-inch iMac Core Duo is very speedy. I'm seeing between 50 and 60 frames per second consistently. That's on a 1.83Ghz Core Duo with 2GBs of RAM and 128MB of VRAM.

Who says a Mac isn't a gaming machine?

ps—I'm in the Royal Quarter of the UC on Akama if anyone wants to come sign the charter.

Tags: core duo, intel, mac, universal binary

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Shahrum Amiri Feb 7th 2006 2:20PM

This is amazing!!!

I currently play WoW on my Powerbook G4 15" 1.67 with 128mb video and 2gb ram.

I have preordered and expecting my new MacBook Pro 15" 1.83 with 256mb video and 2gb of ram on Feb 19th.

Right now my Ironforge and Molten Core FPS is around ~6fps. I can't wait to see if this improves greatly with the new Macbook pro :)

Chris Gardner Feb 7th 2006 2:26PM

Yes, but with what detail settings?

Paulringo Feb 7th 2006 2:46PM

I have a similar configuration, except my company cheaped out and only got 512mb of ram. doh! WoW is running atleast 2x as well as it ever did on a g4/g5 mac though.

jennie Feb 7th 2006 2:48PM

What's it like in Ironforge? ;)

C.K. Sample, III Feb 7th 2006 3:11PM

Hey, Chris, if I ramp all the settings up to the high end the FPS drops to about 40. Tee hee hee.

Chris Gardner Feb 7th 2006 3:43PM

Not bad. Certainly nothing to sneeze at for an all-in-one.

I have a very highend card (7800 GTX, which I also paid a lot of money for :/ ). It runs Wow at 60 fps, vsnyced, at 1600x1200 with all settings on. Looks fantastic, but you definitely pay for it.

I'm holding out until they release the Power/Pro Macs with Intel Duos. If I can use a card similar to the 7800 or the new ATI 1900 in those I might consider making it my main machine.