First of all,
ALL recent Macs are have a generic built-in soundcard, so choose "Generic PowerPC builtin audio" in the application. However, if you're one of those rich bi0tches who can actually afford a PCI sound-card, select About this Mac --> More Info... to open System profiler. The model number and manufacturer should be listed under 'PCI/AGP Cards'.
What about dual processor machines?
There's really not much of a difference. There are only a few high grade applications (Photoshop CS, UT04, etc.) that actually utilize both processors, but still its only increases the processing by 5-15%. Wee.
kreiggers wrote:What about monitor choices - I hope you realize that there are is more than your generic 4:3 aspect ratio monitors out there (cinema displays, powerbook 15" & 17" display, etc...) and I appreciate having an appropriate display mode for my games that show off what the mac can do.
Guess what? No one really can really see your monitor over the internet. Introversion really doesn't care about how pretty their game on your particular monitor, they want to know how it does on your machine and any bugs/quirks. They may ask for a few screenshots, but they won't see your 4:3 LCD.
kreiggers wrote:as to the display card - I don't remember which series, but it has 128MB VRAM
C'mon people, would a little research hurt you? Apple-->About this Mac-->More Info... and click PCI/AGP Cards. Right there in front of your face is the graphics card model and manufacture. Was that hard?
mbarr wrote:There are only a specific number of models of Macs in the past 4 years. Each of them will have it's own quirks, etc. There is no way to tell if the application I just submited was for Powermac G4 AGP single proc or dual processor with various other things ( from 4 years ago), or a Mirror Door PowerMac( from 2-3 years ago), or a ibook g4 from march of this year.
There were also a specific amount of Alienware models, AMD models, Pentium models, etc. ALL computer models have there own quirks/bugs, including PCs. Also, there are thousands of PC models, but the sign-up doesn't ask "is your computer a 3489342-59 Pentium IV" for the PC people, did it? No. Also, ALL MACHINES RUN RELATIVELY THE SAME! Sure, there are some key differences such as bus speed, maxium processor speed, RAM, etc., BUT THAT'S EXPECTED! Do this. Buy some software that comes in boxes (if you have a box, get it) Now, look on the side of the box or the bottom where it says minimum system requirements. Does it say 'Only works on desktops' or "Doesn't work on eMacs"? Hell no. It lists the slowest processor it can run at, minimum RAM, and other stuff. The software doesn't care what model computer you have, they want to know general information.
mburr wrote:We don't have sound cards, for the most part, and (since one of my mac's does, it isn't supported by anyone.)
Play iTunes and turn on your speakers connected to your computer. Do you hear any music coming from your speakers? THEN YOU HAVE A SOUND CARD!
mburr wrote:Speeds- Apple has only put systems out at certain speeds. They are not so many of them.. so you might as well just put an exac number, since each unit is different, and should probably be tested.. You can have an exact test of all hardware, instead of a good guess of PC hardware.
Holy fucking crow... THEY DON'T NEED TO KNOW YOUR EXACT MODEL NUMBER! All Macs basically operate the same, they're all PowerPC issues, they all run the same operating system. Geez...
OSX_Phantom wrote:Mine's 933 MHz by the way
Then put 500Mhz-1Ghz... not that hard. Same for the rest of you.
MacSteven wrote: but I'm sure that it would be helpful for you guys to know whether or not somebody's G4 chips is running at 1.5 GHz or 500 MHz
They ask that. Thats kinda the whole "CPU speed" thing.
And for everyone else who posted their specs here.... DON'T! Enter them in your application.
Sorry if you got in my wrath, ignorance just bugs me
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I used to develop for Gentoo/*nix, and I'd get questions like this all the time: "It says min. requirements is 300 Mhz. Does that mean my P4 2Ghz can run it?" Seriously, you have no idea how annoying it was. I guess these posts just brought back the nightmares within.