Thinking about getting a living room computer to hook up to my big tv. I want something small like a Mac mini. It has the iris Intel graphics card. Anyone run the game with this? Thanks!
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The published specs for the game are:
The other issue you will have is that the fonts in the game do not scale at all. If you use a high resolution on your TV the writing will be very small, you may need a font mod to help with that.
I rather doubt the Mac Mini lives up to that, but make sure of the video memory yourself.Mac+Linux-CK2 said:
The other issue you will have is that the fonts in the game do not scale at all. If you use a high resolution on your TV the writing will be very small, you may need a font mod to help with that.
Thank you for that! However, I did a lot of scrolling around here and EUIV to see and it seems like many people run EUIV with Intel 4000HD and what not. I plan on getting the 3.0 ghz, 16GB memory version so the only question was really if the graphics card would work or not.
I always got the feeling that gaming companies list NVIDIA/Radeon more for marketing/business rather than being the only cards that run the game. But that's just an unsupported feeling....and belief in the free market! lol.
I always got the feeling that gaming companies list NVIDIA/Radeon more for marketing/business rather than being the only cards that run the game. But that's just an unsupported feeling....and belief in the free market! lol.
Again, the key factor is Video Memory - how much is on the card? Some Intel 4000s have enough, some don't. No Intel 3000s do; they were able to run the game initially OK, but after 2.1.x not so well.
good point. I need to check that out.
I would hope that the Iris card is significantly better than the 3000, but that is just me hoping. THANK YOU for your help. I plan on getting it regardless (the size makes it perfect as a media console), but wheter or not I could play CK2/EUIV would be the cherry on the sundae.
Edit: This is what the apple site says--- Apple computers using Intel Iris Graphics as the primary GPU dynamically allocates up to 1.5 GB of system memory.
Does that mean it gets 1.5GB of video memory?
Edit 2: To give a better idea, I'm currently running the game on a MBP 2008 with GeForce 9400M and the game runs fine (EUIV is choppy but CK2 is just fine). I did a PassMark comparision and the Iris is 741 G3D and the 9400M is 120. Is it safe to assume that I have a good chance of running it fine?
I would hope that the Iris card is significantly better than the 3000, but that is just me hoping. THANK YOU for your help. I plan on getting it regardless (the size makes it perfect as a media console), but wheter or not I could play CK2/EUIV would be the cherry on the sundae.
Edit: This is what the apple site says--- Apple computers using Intel Iris Graphics as the primary GPU dynamically allocates up to 1.5 GB of system memory.
Does that mean it gets 1.5GB of video memory?
Edit 2: To give a better idea, I'm currently running the game on a MBP 2008 with GeForce 9400M and the game runs fine (EUIV is choppy but CK2 is just fine). I did a PassMark comparision and the Iris is 741 G3D and the 9400M is 120. Is it safe to assume that I have a good chance of running it fine?
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PassMark is talking about the processing power of the GPU, which is not directly related to the amount of video memory available. We really want to see the amount of dedicated video memory, rather than that borrowed from the system. This is a large part of the problem with Intel on-board video chipsets; they have maybe 64mb of dedicated memory and have to steal the rest from the OS on demand. This is less than ideal. Real video cards these days have 2-4gb on board already.
That said, if you're happy with the nVidia 9400m (which is WAY below spec power-wise) then I imagine the mini Mac will be adequate for you. At worst you'll need to dial down the graphics settings, and perhaps run a low-res graphics mod like Flat Map.
That said, if you're happy with the nVidia 9400m (which is WAY below spec power-wise) then I imagine the mini Mac will be adequate for you. At worst you'll need to dial down the graphics settings, and perhaps run a low-res graphics mod like Flat Map.