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<blockquote data-quote="Jay" data-source="post: 224722" data-attributes="member: 504"><p>That used to be true, but Apple has stepped up its game in that department and is in fact offloading a lot of graphics processing onto the GPU instead of the CPU. Some older Macs (more than four years) can have less beefy graphics cards, but most current systems should be fine. And now with Apple implementing their Metal technology, there's no excuse for poor graphics with Mac gaming. The issue is that Farsight apparently has not put a big investment into a Mac-specific port of the game. Even though my Mac Pro is quite capable of running TPA at its highest setting, there's no real way to adjust the look of the game and it pales in comparison to ports for other platforms. I do agree, unfortunately, that I don't think Farsight will ever make the Mac version look any better, especially given their apparent turnover in programmers. </p><p></p><p>As for that slow-down issue with OS versions up to 10.10, going into the display setting and changing any of the parameters and then changing them back would eliminate the slow-down problem (until you restarted your computer). But with 10.11, something changed so now that workaround no longer applies. The slowdown always happens. Mac users are basically screwed for now (unless you don't want to update your OS).</p><p></p><p>This is one reason I'm very picky about TPA tables that I buy. Why should I spend money on something that doesn't work correctly? If the games looked and ran as good on my Mac as the console versions (and there's no technical reason why they couldn't), I'd be more inclined to have a larger assortment.</p><p></p><p>I'm also really frustrated by TPA's seemingly random camera implementation. From table to table, the numbered camera settings make little sense. View 3 on Funhouse looks completely different than View 3 on Whirlwind. I think this mess (once again) is only on the Mac.</p><p></p><p>Incidentally, my Mac Pro is connected to a simple 27" HDMI monitor, and I get the slowdown every single time, even with TPA's graphics settings at their lowest level. So it's not just an issue for higher display levels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jay, post: 224722, member: 504"] That used to be true, but Apple has stepped up its game in that department and is in fact offloading a lot of graphics processing onto the GPU instead of the CPU. Some older Macs (more than four years) can have less beefy graphics cards, but most current systems should be fine. And now with Apple implementing their Metal technology, there's no excuse for poor graphics with Mac gaming. The issue is that Farsight apparently has not put a big investment into a Mac-specific port of the game. Even though my Mac Pro is quite capable of running TPA at its highest setting, there's no real way to adjust the look of the game and it pales in comparison to ports for other platforms. I do agree, unfortunately, that I don't think Farsight will ever make the Mac version look any better, especially given their apparent turnover in programmers. As for that slow-down issue with OS versions up to 10.10, going into the display setting and changing any of the parameters and then changing them back would eliminate the slow-down problem (until you restarted your computer). But with 10.11, something changed so now that workaround no longer applies. The slowdown always happens. Mac users are basically screwed for now (unless you don't want to update your OS). This is one reason I'm very picky about TPA tables that I buy. Why should I spend money on something that doesn't work correctly? If the games looked and ran as good on my Mac as the console versions (and there's no technical reason why they couldn't), I'd be more inclined to have a larger assortment. I'm also really frustrated by TPA's seemingly random camera implementation. From table to table, the numbered camera settings make little sense. View 3 on Funhouse looks completely different than View 3 on Whirlwind. I think this mess (once again) is only on the Mac. Incidentally, my Mac Pro is connected to a simple 27" HDMI monitor, and I get the slowdown every single time, even with TPA's graphics settings at their lowest level. So it's not just an issue for higher display levels. [/QUOTE]
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