Questions on UE4 for Mac

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Yeah, that was our story also. UDK looked great, but we’re mostly Mac-heads, so we ruled it out. The new licensing scheme and a Mac client brought us into the fold, and we’re really happy here.

You might want to pickup a Windows PC but, another option would be to pick up a retail copy of Windows and use BootCamp instead. You can upgrade the GPU in those Mac Pros. There aren’t official hardware upgrades, but there are several after market cards available that people have figured out how to get working in the aluminum Mac Pros. Another big win is to replace your a spindle boot drive (if you have one) with an SSD. For less money, you could end up with a better Mac and a pretty decent PC. I use Bootcamp on my Mac Pros pretty extensively and have had no problems with UE4 or any games I’ve played.

Not to talk you out of the PC purchase - I’ve been contemplating a dedicated gaming rig myself.

I hadn’t even thought of that, perhaps Windows 7 or 8 in Virtual Box would do the trick to run UE4. That’s how I do all my Linux development. It’s not so much talking me out of buying a PC, it’s just monitor space is already at a premium. Bootcamp or Virtual Box would be much better.

If this machine turns out to be the problem, a video card replacement might be the ticket. I did have to switch from mini-DVI to a mini-SVGA adaptor on one of my monitors. I assumed it was the cable, but perhaps there is something more serious causing this problem in the video card, the other problem showed up as momentary hangs on screen refresh. I didn’t know after-market video cards existed for this thing, I’ll look into it.

I will have to spring for an SSD one of these days. Cheaper than upgrading to the new Pro (or a new PC).

I still have not installed UE4 on the other box, sometime today.