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This from a poster on Digg
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don't know guys, you might be pretty disappointed with the performance of it. Aspyr ported the Windows versions too, and it was very poorly optimized. Here's my system specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo e6300 @3.2 Ghz
2GB of DDR2-800 @1066
Geforce 7900GS OC'd @ 600/1600
2X 320GB Seagate .10 + 1x 500 Seagate .10
It doesn't run very well at all, it's playable, but it does give some lag when hitting the keys. My system can play COD4, Bioshock, and Dirt @1280x720 very nicely, but Guitar Hero lags. Hopefully you guys don't get as popsnizzlety as a port as we got.
Intel Core 2 Duo e6300 @3.2 Ghz
2GB of DDR2-800 @1066
Geforce 7900GS OC'd @ 600/1600
2X 320GB Seagate .10 + 1x 500 Seagate .10
It doesn't run very well at all, it's playable, but it does give some lag when hitting the keys. My system can play COD4, Bioshock, and Dirt @1280x720 very nicely, but Guitar Hero lags. Hopefully you guys don't get as popsnizzlety as a port as we got.
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Unfortunately, you'll most likely feel compelled to turn those graphics down in a hurry, as we had issues with the game stuttering on our main test rig (an Alienware PC with a 2.66 GHz dual-core CPU, 2GB RAM, and a GeForce 8800GTX). Although the game ran fine about 95% of the time, it would often stutter a bit at the start of songs or at random moments throughout, a dealbreaker in a fast-paced rhythm game like Guitar Hero. Sadly, setting the graphics to low detail, turning off the crowd and physics and lowering the resolution to a prehistoric 800x600 didn't seem to help much, leaving us scratching our heads. This same machine has spent the majority of the past month running Enemy Territory, Team Fortress 2 and Call of Duty 4 at 1920x1080 with barely a stutter, so the technical performance is a bit of a downer...
...Overall, the PC version of Guitar Hero III is a solid port of a fairly awesome game. If not for the high system demands and random slowdowns, it might actually compete with the 360 and Wii for the best version available
...Overall, the PC version of Guitar Hero III is a solid port of a fairly awesome game. If not for the high system demands and random slowdowns, it might actually compete with the 360 and Wii for the best version available
This video from an angry youtuber entitled "Guitar Hero 3 for PC SUCKS" outlines this most obvious problem with GH3. At around 1:00 in there are several Lag Fits which result in the player missing notes. The youtuber, "Bakudai" comments that "everyone who worked on it(the PC port) should seriously think about killing themselves.". Youtube has seemed to have become a small vehicle for users to vent their thoughts concerning the game. These comments come from a test video of GH3
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man... i got a Core 2 Duo 1.8, 2gb ram and Geforce 7300 LE, the game runs like popsnizzle xP..really suck.... when the game come up with 3 frets to press it freeze a lot....and it is running at the lowest config... =/
Game spot mentions these points in its PC review
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Guitar Hero III delivers the rock to PC owners, but it does it with the performance capability of a second-rate bar band...
...One thing about the PC version of Guitar Hero III that makes it potentially more difficult than its console brethren is the generally slothful performance the game can turn in. The steep minimum system requirements include a 2.8 GHz dual-core processor, a gig of RAM (2 gigs if you're running Vista), and either a Radeon X800 or Geforce 7600 video card to run. On the two systems we tested, which both exceeded these statistics, we still ran into some general sluggishness with the game. The 360 and PS3 versions of Guitar Hero III had some notable frame rate issues, but nothing quite like this. Notes will sometimes seem to be behind the music, and it's not uncommon to see notes just skip on down the fretboard to catch back up. For a rhythm game this is a killer, since precise timing is needed for success. The Vista machine we tested on displayed issues like this only on a very infrequent basis, and with a bit of lag calibration, it mostly ran quite well. However, the XP machine we used (which included a Pentium D 3.40 GHz dual-core processor, a gig of RAM, and a Geforce 7800 GTX video card) became practically unplayable in spots, even with all the graphical effects turned to low and the crowd graphics turned off.
...One thing about the PC version of Guitar Hero III that makes it potentially more difficult than its console brethren is the generally slothful performance the game can turn in. The steep minimum system requirements include a 2.8 GHz dual-core processor, a gig of RAM (2 gigs if you're running Vista), and either a Radeon X800 or Geforce 7600 video card to run. On the two systems we tested, which both exceeded these statistics, we still ran into some general sluggishness with the game. The 360 and PS3 versions of Guitar Hero III had some notable frame rate issues, but nothing quite like this. Notes will sometimes seem to be behind the music, and it's not uncommon to see notes just skip on down the fretboard to catch back up. For a rhythm game this is a killer, since precise timing is needed for success. The Vista machine we tested on displayed issues like this only on a very infrequent basis, and with a bit of lag calibration, it mostly ran quite well. However, the XP machine we used (which included a Pentium D 3.40 GHz dual-core processor, a gig of RAM, and a Geforce 7800 GTX video card) became practically unplayable in spots, even with all the graphical effects turned to low and the crowd graphics turned off.
So far i have heard no comments on the mac port.
Another interesting point i noted down is that there is supposedly a lot of In-Game advertising that didnt seem to find its way to the Console versions
one reviewer said he hoped these adds didnt come at the expense of performance.I am looking foreward to seeing how performance turns out on Mac OS X, and i bloody hope Aspyr (for their sake) fixes these performance issues.
P.S i hope more that the hybrid version hits Aussie stores verry soon
