The Comunity Hardware Poll

[Toinman]

I stopped playing games in general after switching to mac. But I took the time to install bootcamp (only to play FH2  ). It is a MBpro with a GF 330M (with 256MR RAM).  I was afraid it would't go well, but the game runs smooth on medium settings

Holy shit, yours actually manages to run games? My Macbook Pro (2009) panics when I start Portal or Poker Night  Though it's very full with the Adobe package and all on it. And I just don't like the thing 

Do you mean kernel panics? (looking like this: http://www.insidemac-blog.de/bilder/2007/08/kernel_panic.jpg )
Because in this case, there is really something wrong with your hardware.

I have a recent model, so I guess there have been some hardware upgrades since 2009.  And make sure you boot you mac in bootcamp and not using VMware Fusion or Parrallels because I tried those without succes.  (they both work fine, just not for games)

[Kwiot]

I have installed 2x1GB DDR2 533 MHz memory. And is it good to add also 2x256MB DDR2 533 MHz memory?

[Lydecker]

I have installed 2x1GB DDR2 533 MHz memory. And is it good to add also 2x256MB DDR2 533 MHz memory?

Every bit helps and since they are the same speed (not counting the CL#), go for it.

[Kwiot]

Ok.

Hmm... I installed new graphic card, because my old crashed... And I found out in the net that it's better than my brother's card. I thought that I can play FH2 on full details, but it's quite laggy on almost high.... My brother can play on full details... On medium details graphic looks simply pathethic - it was better on my old graphic card.

I have Radeon HD5570 1GB DDR3 and my brother has Geforce 9600GT 1GB DDR3.

And do you know why DVI input doesn't work? It worked with my old graphic card... 

[Kelmola]

The smoke effects seem to be the heaviest (bad coding plus no support for newer cards' features which would make it smoother) to handle in Refractor engine. Textures, geometries, lighting, shadows, plus everything else should run just fine even on highest settings with that card.

[The Crimson Major]

Two HD 4870s with 512mb each.

[Strat_84]

Hmm... I installed new graphic card, because my old crashed... And I found out in the net that it's better than my brother's card. I thought that I can play FH2 on full details, but it's quite laggy on almost high.... My brother can play on full details... On medium details graphic looks simply pathethic - it was better on my old graphic card.

I have Radeon HD5570 1GB DDR3 and my brother has Geforce 9600GT 1GB DDR3.

That's normal. If we told you to go for a HD4850 or a HD5770, there's a reason.

The HD5570 is a low end-graphic card. It's meant for office automation, not playing.

Edit: However, even though the 5570 is less powerful than a 9600GT, it should be better than a 7600GT. 
Did you properly wipe every single bit of the Nvidia drivers before installing the 5570 and its drivers ?

DVI input should also work. It might be a faulty card.

[Caselius]

I have HD4870 with 512 MB memory.
That has been broken for one time.  Even its 2 years old, i can play games on Very High settings without lag.

[Kwiot]

Well thx for advise. I uninstalled old NVIDIA drivers (forgot to do this) and it helped a bit. But still even on medium settings it is a bit laggy... It's quite weird, especially when I can play smoothly on high settings in such games like Call of Juarez or CoH... 

[Strat_84]

WHAT ? You kept the Nvidia drivers installed ? No need to search elsewhere THIS is the problem.  

Now what you need to do is to uninstall everything (Nvidia and ATI drivers), then use a cleaner tool for both to make sure everything is removed (that one should be enough http://downloads.guru3d.com/Guru3D---Driver-Sweeper-%28Setup%29-download-1655.html), and last install the ATI drivers.

And if it still doesn't work properly, you may have to format and reinstall Windows ...  

[LtnGeorge]

Running FH2 everything High on a 1GB HD5750 (passive cooled).
Combined with a Core i7 950 with 6 gigs of ram (helps also)

[Kwiot]

WHAT ? You kept the Nvidia drivers installed ? No need to search elsewhere THIS is the problem.  

Now what you need to do is to uninstall everything (Nvidia and ATI drivers), then use a cleaner tool for both to make sure everything is removed (that one should be enough http://downloads.guru3d.com/Guru3D---Driver-Sweeper-%28Setup%29-download-1655.html), and last install the ATI drivers.

And if it still doesn't work properly, you may have to format and reinstall Windows ...  

Ok, thx.

Running FH2 everything High on a 1GB HD5750 (passive cooled).
Combined with a Core i7 950 with 6 gigs of ram (helps also)

But 5570 is not 5750 and my PC is Intel Pentium Duo 2.8 GHz with 2GB...

Edit:
Ok, I reinstalled my Windows in order to be 100% sure. And it seems that it helped - it's much better. However I'm not still satisfied in 100%... But the graphics is much better than on my old Geforce 7600GT, so thanks for advise once again