Sengkang Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I had a bit of problem with steam on my Dec 2010 iMac 27". I had to re-install steam because it wouldn't respond. Did so and it took several attempts to log me in. Purchased fm12 around 1am UK time and had to do it several times. I can understand that this popular franchise could have caused a strain on Steam's server but to take 12 hours downloading is not too much of a big deal. To separately downoad the editor is no issue at all.. But i really do miss those days when you can buy the game on a CD/DVD (since CM2! oh how i missed that box!), install it and play.. I don't mind waiting for patches, download it and you know, just play without Steam. Steam takes up 11% of my usable RAM and on my 8 GB RAM, on my less than a year old machine.. it's probably causing fm12 to run slower than optimum. I have to purge the free memory to speed things up.. Granted, I have Chrome running as well.. but nothing else. Aww man.. I really miss those days where you buy a disc, slot it in and play. I guess.. Steam is good in a while that I no longer have to download patches but.. It is kinda inconvenient to have another program running. To play fm12 = 2 programs running. Not very efficient since most of us do other stuff besides running FM.. Well. The game is enjoyable at the moment. Just wanna air my thoughts after all these years with cm2,cm3,fm07-12.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan99 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 11% Wtf?! Oh and FM won't use any more than 4gb of Ram, so that's 4gb for the rest of your stuff, which will be fine. It won't be running slower than optimum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim_Less Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 there is an issue with steam macs version that is using too much cpu on idle , you need to wait for a fix Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sengkang Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Shocking eh? equally shocked when I was looking at my Activity Monitor. Guess you're right. Am on quad-core anyway. 10% ought to be nothing.. But when I run Adobe Photoshop together with editing my RAWs in Canon's Digital Professional Photo.. I could do without Steam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sengkang Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 there is an issue with steam macs version that is using too much cpu on idle , you need to wait for a fix Oh really? There is an issue?? amazing.. for now, I just keep purging (Free App from App store - its called FreeMemory) or you could open up terminal and type 'purge'. They both do the same thing. The former if you aren't inclined to install more rubbish onto your mac.. The latter.. A 2-step kinda job.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim_Less Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Valve is aware of the issue you need to wait for an update its a matter of patience Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sengkang Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 It's not really affecting me actually. Just never knew it would take as much of my CPU. As much as editing a full HD video. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sengkang Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Valve is aware of the issue you need to wait for an update its a matter of patience THanks anyway Aim_Less. For pointing that out! Good on ya! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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