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CCP Casqade
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Posted - 2009.01.08 21:35:00 -
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 Originally by: Shadowfigt
Ok so now they announced that EvE premium for mac will come at the release of the 10th expansion on march 10'th, but they say it's gonna be able in retail box, so what i don't get is, do we mac users have to pay for a retail box to get the premium, and if so, why do we have to pay when the windows users got it for free?
Please tell me how to understand it, if we can DL the mac premium or if it will only be included in the retail boxes
You will be able to download premium for mac on March 10th. You do not need to buy anything, unless you want to. I will certainly buy it, I like boxes. 
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CCP Whisper
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Posted - 2009.01.09 10:16:00 -
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Originally by: Dr Sheepbringer
I would like to know if this will run on anything other than a "supernew mac". Can we "old" intel machines even consider running it? How about light laptops (macbook, air) surely it won't run, but will classic be more efficient?
The current "benchmark system" we are using to determine minimum acceptable performance is a late 2006 iMac 2.0 GHz Core 2 Dup with an X1600 128Mb graphics card running the game at 1280x800. One of the things we are in the process of compiling, and which we will be asking for community input on during the beta, is a table of all Mac hardware with suggested settings for optimal performance. While I can't guarantee that you will get high framerates on the X1600 chipset, the game should be playable. Our core graphics team is also working on more client refinements that will allow you to tailor the graphics and effects quality. This is part of the work for Apocrypha, so you should be able to tweak client settings more effectively to get the balance of quality and performance that is right for you.
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CCP Whisper
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Posted - 2009.01.09 11:36:00 -
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Originally by: Dr Sheepbringer
Originally by: CCP Whisper
The current "benchmark system" we are using to determine minimum acceptable performance is a late 2006 iMac 2.0 GHz Core 2 Dup with an X1600 128Mb graphics card running the game at 1280x800.
Do you mean that's the benchmark system for premium or both premium and classic? I just happen to have a late 2006 imac with 256mb X1600, so this info would be rather interesting for me. Even more so, because i'm running the classic now in 1680x1050 and it's "good enough" for me (even though it's not a marvellous performance).
That is the benchmark system for Premium. The Premium engine is actually quite a bit more efficient than the Classic engine, especially following some of the optimisations which came out of the work of getting it to play well with Cider. |
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CCP Whisper
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Posted - 2009.01.09 13:43:00 -
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Originally by: Dansel
So, are you saying that the premium gives you better FPS then classic? Or just that the Premium client it better optimized? In that case i hope you include the "Disable Premium Graphics" button for us who won't be able to run premium, but would like more FPS.
The Premium Mac client should give you more fps than the current Classic client and also be a lot more stable.
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CCP Casqade
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Posted - 2009.01.09 15:55:00 -
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We're hoping that most of your questions will be answered with the Public beta. I would strongly suggest that people wait until they have the public beta on their machines before trying to predict performance on their system, especially those who are willing to bring their frying pans to iceland.
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CCP Casqade
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Posted - 2009.01.09 17:04:00 -
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Originally by: Dansel
Ok, when is the Beta going to air?
Soon, soon, soon... soon. (4 soons!)
Originally by: Dansel
Or has it already done so and I have just missed it??
We will make sure that everyone knows when we announce it.
Originally by: Dansel
Also, will the beta be TQ compatible, or just SiSi, because by the look of it it would be only client-side fixes.
It will not be TQ compatible, no. |
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CCP Casqade
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Posted - 2009.01.12 14:33:00 -
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Soon soon soon soon soon. (5)
I'm so excited.
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CCP Casqade
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Posted - 2009.01.12 17:38:00 -
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http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=971003
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