sambosbag Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Just to let you know it does work. The 3d engine doesn't work. But the game runs fine in classic mode...which is what most use anyway. I run a Duel 2.3ghz PowerPC G5 with the latest version of Tiger. The sticky above about 9.1.1 states FM09 does not work on Power PC's with either Mac OS, which is wrong. The July 24th issue also happens on Macs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Girondins Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Just to let you know it does work. The 3d engine doesn't work. But the game runs fine in classic mode...which is what most use anyway. I run a Duel 2.3ghz PowerPC G5 with the latest version of Tiger.The sticky above about 9.1.1 states FM09 does not work on Power PC's with either Mac OS, which is wrong. The July 24th issue also happens on Macs Why doesn't the 3d work? Is it software crippled or just a case of you needing a better GPU? I can't imagine its a lack of processing power .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambosbag Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Not sure with the 3D..mabe that was solely developed for Intel Macs? It does work kind of....but the players are invisible and the pitch is blue...its also incredibly slow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Girondins Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 What GPU do you have in that box? If its only an FX5200 then that explains the crappy 3d. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambosbag Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 ATI Radeon 9650 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Girondins Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 ATI Radeon 9650 Is it a mac edition card or did you flash the BIOS? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambosbag Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 I have no idea what you're talking about hahah. Its the bulk standard one that came when i bought the comp 3.5 years ago now. The 3d doesnt really effect me.....i dont even watch the 2D. I like the old school text mode Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Girondins Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Fair enough. TBH that GPU is pretty old hat nowdays. ATi support for OSX is woeful as well. There's been no software updates in nearly four years .. I'd look into an Nvidia 6 series AGP. I use a 6600GT in my x86 Hackintosh rig and it runs FM 2009 fine. If you really want to sort it out at some point forget ATi. Go for a Mac Edition 6800 or a 7800 GT. Should be able to find them on fleabay .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambosbag Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 cheers mate. Im not the biggest technical whiz......is that an easy thing to install ?(i have installed my own RAM and a DVD burner before) Would it help run Photoshop and Archicad better also? Or is it only really beneficial for games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Girondins Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 cheers mate. Im not the biggest technical whiz......is that an easy thing to install ?(i have installed my own RAM and a DVD burner before) Would it help run Photoshop and Archicad better also? Or is it only really beneficial for games Very simple. Just the same process as inserting a ram dimm or any other PCI card type device. You line it up, push firmly but not forcefully: screw it down. Job done. Re: application benefits. Possibly. I wouldn't like to say yes or no, but you can do some googling on the subject and find out from the iLifer crowd what the score is. Don't pay too much for it either. A dual G5 is effortlessly slower than even entry level Intel Core Duo. You can get a board with integrated graphics (intel GMA X3100), a Core 2 cpu etc. and install a slightly tweaked copy of OSX on it now for about $400. Yet dual g5 rigs are still fetching $800 on ebay .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambosbag Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Is it possible to upgrade to Intel without forking out for a new rig? Im pretty happy with this machine. Ive got 3.5gb RAM....and TBH it still kicks all my mates computers asses, and the uni computers too. But it seems alot of new programs are totally being geared toward the Intel Macs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Girondins Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 No. You'd need a new motherboard, RAM, psu and likely HDD as SATA is now the standard. The G5 case might not accept a standard ATX psu either. So possibly a new case. The G5 is ok for running OSX, maybe get another couple of years out of it. But for games? No. I have a box running OSX purely for iLife and the CS3 suite. The apple version of EXT2/3 filesystem works much better for me in terms of data integrity and the workflow on OSX is light years better than Vista. I can also use Darwin Ports to keep my X11 repository up to date. That and I have all the licenses for all the software on this platform, so there's no incentive to upgrade. For games, I have a windows XP box with a cheap AMD 6000 and an ATi 3850. The rest is on a notebook .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Gribble Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Is it possible to upgrade to Intel without forking out for a new rig? Im pretty happy with this machine. Ive got 3.5gb RAM....and TBH it still kicks all my mates computers asses, and the uni computers too. But it seems alot of new programs are totally being geared toward the Intel Macs. I've seen services on Ebay where they will convert your G5 Powermac to Intel and make it a Mac Pro in essence, they aren't cheap though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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