I've also been playing UT4 on a Retina 27" iMac with the same specs and the same game settings, but I find the game very playable. However, I've never been a PC gamer so perhaps my standards are lower - I don't mind the low settings for detail and such, as long as I can identify the important components of the game, such as other players and the various pickups. My FPS seem pretty good (120 when things are quiet, and pretty much always in the 60-100 range during active periods, though I have a harder time checking the fps stat when things get hot). I usually play the WIP maps, though, so the lower detail in those certainly helps. I've also never noticed any mouse issues during game play (other than my general lack of skill, but that's pilot error). I'm using a Logitech Daedalus G303, by the way, since Logitech now supports their configuration software on the Mac and those profiles are saved in the mouse.
I played and love UT99 back in the day (also on a Mac), and UT4 seems every bit as playable now as back then. I do wish the crashing bug with the previous update would get fixed, but other than that I'm pretty impressed with the current state of UT4 on the Mac.
I also occasionally play UT4 on my old 17" MacBook Pro (it's the last version of that model, so it's a Late 2011 model with a Radeon 6770M GPU with 1GB of memory). While UT4 definitely plays less well on that old hardware, I still believe it's playable for someone of my limited abilities. I suppose it's possible my hardware is holding me back a bit, but I think most of that is my 57 years (my "OFSG" handle stands for "Old Fat Slow Guy").
Just thought I'd add another perspective on this topic.
I played and love UT99 back in the day (also on a Mac), and UT4 seems every bit as playable now as back then. I do wish the crashing bug with the previous update would get fixed, but other than that I'm pretty impressed with the current state of UT4 on the Mac.
I also occasionally play UT4 on my old 17" MacBook Pro (it's the last version of that model, so it's a Late 2011 model with a Radeon 6770M GPU with 1GB of memory). While UT4 definitely plays less well on that old hardware, I still believe it's playable for someone of my limited abilities. I suppose it's possible my hardware is holding me back a bit, but I think most of that is my 57 years (my "OFSG" handle stands for "Old Fat Slow Guy").
Just thought I'd add another perspective on this topic.
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