Sternjaeger Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 (edited) UPS just showed up and brought me the new 27" iMac. Gotta finish some urgent work before I can do anything to it, but hopefully it will be up and running tomorrow night! Very excited now! The specs are: NVIDIAGeForceGTX780M 4GB GDDR5 3.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM-2X4GB I'll probably expand the RAM somewhere in the future, but the plan for the end of the year is still to get the new Mac Pro (since I can get a substantial discount on it). Now where's my Windows 8?! Edited January 9, 2014 by Sternjaeger
Guest deleted@1562 Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 Congrats! Was toying with the idea to purchase one of these super sexy machines, but Alas! the money issue ...
Sternjaeger Posted January 9, 2014 Author Posted January 9, 2014 well yeah, they're not cheap, but so far all my Apple stuff has performed flawlessly. If you want to get yourself one keep an eye out for the 0% interest rate deals they do every now and then, you won't regret it! Nice! That setup will see BoS maxed out no problemo. let's hope so!
Bussard_x Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) Go for 2x8GB RAM, you will need this when big missions are coming in BOS. Edited January 10, 2014 by Benz
ATAG_Slipstream Posted January 11, 2014 Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) Go for 2x8GB RAM, you will need this when big missions are coming in BOS. Link please? I can play huge missions online in Cliffs with 2 x 4GB... Edited January 11, 2014 by LG1.Oster
Sethos Posted January 11, 2014 Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) Go for 2x8GB RAM, you will need this when big missions are coming in BOS. Except with a 32 Bit .exe it can't utilize anything beyond 4GB at the max. Edited January 11, 2014 by Sethos
Sternjaeger Posted January 12, 2014 Author Posted January 12, 2014 ok, installed Win 8.1 last night and managed to make a 2 minutes flight with the 109 before going to bed, it runs smooth with everything maxed out, do you guys know how I can see the FPS ingame though?
72sq_Savinio Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) Nvidia Shadowplay all life long. With 780 gpu, my opinion, it's the best value. Edited January 15, 2014 by Savinio
72sq_Savinio Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Sorry i miss a piece. I understand to record video instead see fps.
Gort Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Finally got the Mac Pro (6core/D700). After getting my video editing setup configured and all of the data transferred to an external RAID, I am now running BoS under windows 8.1 (only OS that is supported by Bootcamp for the Mac Pro). Runs beautifully, but I've had a few crashes where the program closes, usually when shooting at something during the intercept mission. System runs cool and solid with no slow downs or stutters at 80 fps locked as per the launcher. I do need to tweak control settings, which I generally despise doing, to get a better feel out of the hardware. Feels like there isn't much inertia in the planes, especially in yaw response. No way to control the single fan speed so far on the new Mac Pro, but it does run in Crossfire for games that support it under windows only (amazing, no mac support for crossfire in games, but it uses dual cards for video in final cut pro x and other programs). GPU's run at about 70-80C with essentially no noise out of the onboard fan. Finally got to play the sim and very much enjoy being back in a fighter cockpit! Been a long time since I had smooth frame rates in any aviation sim, and it is obvious that BoS has great potential. I got an upright ME109 spin to go inverted. That takes ham-handed talent and decent physics modeling. 2
Sternjaeger Posted February 23, 2014 Author Posted February 23, 2014 hahaha great stuff man, I am more and more convinced to go for it in the end of the year
LastRightsXIII Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 That is ONE MEAN MACHINE! The crash is most likely BOS not your rig. Have a blast with it. S! Hey Sternjaeger How are you and your new rig getting along?
Sternjaeger Posted February 23, 2014 Author Posted February 23, 2014 it's going great actually! I'm also using Win 8.1 (which is mega fast!) and I have to say I'm really satisfied: I'm running all maxed out and apart for the same graphic issues everybody else is having, everything else is very very smooth! I'm flying DCS and COD again at full blast, I need to get myself some FPS now to have some diversity though lol The only true disappointment is with Windows 8 itself: some games just don't wanna work with it.. I have Steel Fury 1942 or whatever the name is, and the game won't see my graphic card for some reason :-(
LastRightsXIII Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 The only true disappointment is with Windows 8 itself: some games just don't wanna work with it.. I have Steel Fury 1942 or whatever the name is, and the game won't see my graphic card for some reason :-( That's one of the reasons I stayed with 7 on my build I didn't want to miss out on anything. I'm glad to hear you are pleased and having fun with it. See you in the sky soon
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