Aspyr has up to date Civilization V with aid for the brand new Mac Pro, imparting OpenCL frameworks to enhance overall performance on NVIDIA and ATI chipsets in OS X Mavericks, in addition to 4K decision. The organisation says maximum Civilization V gamers ought to see quicker recreation and visible overall performance as a result.
Civilization V is to be had at the Mac from the Mac App Store [$14.99], Steam, and Aspyr’s GameAgent virtual save. The recreation is being supplied for 50% off briefly at the GameAgent save along the replace.
Update 8:53AM PDT 3/21/2014: A previous model of this submit claimed that Civilization V takes complete gain of each video playing cards at the Mac Pro, primarily based totally on records supplied through Aspyr thru a weblog submit and press release. Aspyr has up to date its weblog submit and reached out to MacRumors to problem a correction.
The Civilization V replace does now no longer make use of each video playing cards withinside the Mac Pro. An Aspyr spokesperson defined that the replace “specializes in the OpenCL framework in order that extra procedures are targeted across the GPU, thereby lowering the general reminiscence footprint” and that the organisation “made the choice to attention on one card so that every one different ATI and NVIDIA setups might enjoy the shape as opposed to JUST the Mac Pro.”
We have additionally up to date this submit with a complete-decision 4K screenshot of Civilization V.