Why cant I play games on my hackintosh??

zamdam · #1 05-07-2009, 12:55 AM

I installed iAtkos 5i and managed to get everything work, including my HD 4870 video card.

My question is, why am I able to play a demo I downloaded from apples website, but I cant play cod4 that I downloaded from a website. Once it mounted the .dmg it verified the disk...

But when I go to play it, the screen turns black and then about 5 - 10 seconds later, Im guessing the computer freezes cause my keyboard doesnt do anything when I press caps lock, it has a light on it when i press it to let me know its enabled. Also, my monitors power button starts flashing instead of staying on..?

Thanks in advance.

naquaada · #2 05-07-2009, 12:59 AM

Core Image and Quartz Extreme are enabled? Look in 'About this Mac' -> More information -> Graphics.

zamdam · #3 05-07-2009, 01:03 AM

Yes, they are enabled.

Im not in front of it right now, but I believe one of them say enabled and the other one says supported??

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Originally Posted by naquaada

Core Image and Quartz Extreme are enabled? Look in 'About this Mac' -> More information -> Graphics.

zamdam · #4 05-07-2009, 04:00 AM

Does anyone have another idea about this issue?

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Originally Posted by naquaada

Core Image and Quartz Extreme are enabled? Look in 'About this Mac' -> More information -> Graphics.

oneshot · #5 05-07-2009, 08:04 AM

I have an idea, my screen used to do that when I would play my halo demo in full screen. Oh my Graphix card there where two female inputs that I could plug my cable that goes to my monitor into. All I did was change the port to the one it wasn't plugged into.

Lets say its plugged into the 1st port. Try using the second one.

zamdam · #6 05-08-2009, 09:02 PM

Nice.. Let me try that, I will let you know..

Thanks..

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Originally Posted by oneshot

I have an idea, my screen used to do that when I would play my halo demo in full screen. Oh my Graphix card there where two female inputs that I could plug my cable that goes to my monitor into. All I did was change the port to the one it wasn't plugged into.

Lets say its plugged into the 1st port. Try using the second one.

zamdam · #7 05-14-2009, 05:39 AM

I tried that and it didnt change anything...

I figured it out though.. I must have been getting bad downloads or something, because I downloaded another copy of cod4 and it plays flawlessly. I have everything maxed out.

Thanks though

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Originally Posted by zamdam

Nice.. Let me try that, I will let you know..

Thanks..

xmhscratch · #8 05-14-2009, 08:08 PM

I think iAtkos isn't good for playing games...
You should try another distro like iPC,xXx,...or even RETAIL Leopard

Ali C. · #9 05-15-2009, 05:46 AM

The distro should not affect this.
And so you know, Kalyway plays games like a charm.

R0GUE · #10 05-15-2009, 08:48 AM

Try updating to 10.5.7 and then see how your games perform. The 10.5.7 update includes the latest OpenGL extensions which provides better support for that card. From what I understand the HD 4870 that shipped with recent Macs have been using a special build of 10.5.6 that enabled the card to work. However, performance has been noted as particularly buggy in some cases.

Good luck