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    Is it possible to save SWTOR?

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    MMOs in general aren't doing very well. The industry is moving on to more hybrid multiplayers like Destiny. When this game was released they tried too hard to go up against the behemoth, world of warcraft and it made it feel like a knock off. The idea of incorporating Bioware's talent at story driven games into an MMO based around their Old Republic franchise (one of the most popular in Bioware's stable) was ingenious but ultimately the format of the game itself felt more like WOW in Space and that reputation stuck. Now this game has evolved quite a bit over the years and is a generally enjoyable experience but you can see the cracks in the foundation here and there. It needs a facelift. But, add into the chaos that has gone on at Bioware with all of the chaos as Disney incorporates Lucasfilm and ontop of that changes to the gaming industry seeing players fleeing MMOs for other options across the board and makes the future look bleak for this game. Really it all boils down to money, as long as EA is netting more than this game costs I can't see them shutting it down unless they need the resources for another property.

    MacBook Pro help/question

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    I'm still new to this GPU industry but this would be the specs off the GT650M in the new MacBook retinas. I don't know if anyone would could interpret this for me to see if it would get a decent amount of performance.

     

    GPU Engine Specs:

    384 coresCUDA Cores

    Up to 900 MHzGraphics Clock (MHz)

    Up to 27.2Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)

    Memory Specs:

    DDR3\GDDR5Memory Interface

    128bitMemory Interface Width

    Up to 80.0Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)

    Feature Support:

    4.1OpenGL

    PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0Bus Support

    YesCertified for Windows 7

    DirectX 11, Optimus, PhysX, OpenCL, DirectCompute, 3D Vision, CUDASupported Technologies

    Display Support:

    3840 x 2160Maximum Digital Resolution

    Up to 2048x1536Maximum VGA Resolution

    YesHDCP

    YesHDMI

    3D Vision Ready

    Yes3D Blu-Ray

     

    Here take a look at this: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-650M.71887.0.html

    MacBook Pro help/question

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    Yeah and Im not looking for crazy performance because I have that in my desktop i get 100+fps in that. I just want to be able to game while I am on the road. I leave for a month straight in a few months and it would be nice to be able to play while traveling. Even 30-40fps in a WZ would be do able for me while on the road.

     

    I always aim for 60fps since that's the refresh rate of most displays. Anything over that is gravy.

    MacBook Pro help/question

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    Yeah but with those Retinas they only have 1gig of video ram. My fear is i sell this macbook pro buy one and the game still runs like crap. Then I did all that for nothing. I have not seen a forum or video of a retina playing swtor.

     

    The vid ram lets it hold more texture files. Makes loading faster. Its the GPU power that makes the biggest difference with your frame rate. The number of shaders it supports and cores and blah blah blah. Its not all vid ram.

     

    Go to the apple store, get on one and surf to NVidia's site and run their performance checker. That will tell you how well the GPU performs without having to buy one.

     

    Oh and I went on youtube and looked at some videos of games running on the retina macbooks and it looks pretty good.

    MacBook Pro help/question

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    I am using Bootcamp. You know what Im an idiot lol I only have 256mb of vram its the Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 256 MB... Thats no where near enough. I have no problem saving up for an Alienware m14x and purchasing it when the time is right. I just think coming from a macbook I would had all the functions of it besides gaming, and buying a new macbook pro with 1gig of vram seems stupid because it would be real expensive. You have to go to the Retina models to get 1gig of vram

     

    Yeah that would be the problem. You could get a retina MacBook. I've seen those things in action and they are amazing computers. Very fast and the display is gorgeous. But you are right, they cost big bucks.

     

    I dunno about Alienware though. Before they were bought by dell they had a great reputation but now its been kinda spotty. Take a look at Falcon Northwest if you are going into the custom gaming rig thing.

    The one reason why WoW still destroys SWTOR

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    Did you read what you quoted? Blizzard has upgradad the grafics, at least twice that I know of. Once at the launch of Wrath again at the launch of Cataclysm. They may have at the launch of MoP too, I don't know for sure I don't follow wow all that closely anymore.

     

    You're talking about new textures. Thats not updating graphics, thats like changing the background image on your desktop. Its the same thing as before, they just gave it a new paint job...the engine is the same. Its like driving around in a 1982 Toyota Corolla...you can go and give it new paint, new rims new interior, hell you could make it look like a ferrari if you wanted to but underneath it all its still a 1982 toyota corolla.

    The one reason why WoW still destroys SWTOR

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    No, what is "asinine" is to assume that WoW has the same graphics that it did 10 years ago. It looks nothing the same, not even remotely close.

     

    It does. They layered some effects and remapped some textures to make them high-res but essentially its the same exact game engine they put out 10 years ago. In order to change the engine they'd have to rewrite the entire game. In that case it would be simpler to just create a brand new game...which is usually what winds up happening.

    this game dead?

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    I've never played a game in which the community seemed do eagar to declare it dead. It's quite bizarre.

     

    Its happened in every MMO i've ever played. Except for Eve Online. Thats some dedicated players they have.

    this game dead?

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    Half a million subscribers is pretty good. And I believe EA has said in the past they make more money off the F2P players that buy on the cartel market. So if you combine the subscribers with the Cartel Market revenue I'd say this game is probably really stable.

    6850 to a 6970

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    So I don't have to uninstall anything?

    Just unplug and plug. And ill be good?

     

    Thanks for the support!

     

    I would definitely uninstall the old graphics drivers first and use the most recent ones that are specific for your card from the manufacturer's website. Just to be on the safe side.

    6850 to a 6970

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    Uninstall the old drivers. Shut down and unplug the PC. Remove the old card. Put in the new card. Start up PC and install the new drivers. Thats basically it.

     

    However, make sure your power pack can handle it. Thats the first mistake most people make when they upgrade their video card for the first time. Check the wattage on your power pack in your PC and make sure its putting out enough power to handle the new card. The card should have a required power amount listed on the box.

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