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Anyone been playing games through Bootcamp yet?
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Although to quickly answer your question: Yes, bootcamp works just fine with games. A couple don't work right (The PoP series is a pretty poor performer, in particular), yet games like F.E.A.R are smooth as butter on Medium settings configured just right. I have been playing EvE Online quite a bit lately.
Xp runs natively on macs, so it's pretty much a PC in a mac, meaning same performance. For what I've heard, it's fast as hell.
I've installed and played Age of Empires III and Quake 4 on my XP partition of my MBP, both run awesome. I'm happy.
Although I'll probably remove my XP partition soon. I almost never use it... In the very short time I've owned a mac (couple of months), I've really learned how superior OS X is...
Although I'll probably remove my XP partition soon. I almost never use it... In the very short time I've owned a mac (couple of months), I've really learned how superior OS X is...
bazotic said:
yep, got it installed under OS X.. UB version, havent had a chance to 'get into it' though..
You are correct, and I hear hell is quite fast.FF_productions said:
The ONLY thing I use bootcamp for is games, and its totally great.
I've been playing Battlefield Vietnam on medium settings on a Core Solo Mini with on-board graphics and it's been smooooth. Woo! And it was fine on stock RAM (512MB), too!
Here's a pic:
Of course, since I've been busy, I haven't booted into Windows in a month or so now...
Here's a pic:
Of course, since I've been busy, I haven't booted into Windows in a month or so now...
livingfortoday said:I've been playing Battlefield Vietnam on medium settings on a Core Solo Mini with on-board graphics and it's been smooooth. Woo! And it was fine on stock RAM (512MB), too!
Here's a pic:
Of course, since I've been busy, I haven't booted into Windows in a month or so now...
Impressive for the lower range mac!!
counter strike source runs great at max settings...i love it
im on a 1.83 macbook pro with 1.5gb of ram
im on a 1.83 macbook pro with 1.5gb of ram
Krevnik said:
I do get fed up with seeing this "under boot camp" thing.
Once Bootcamp has done the install thing, there is no boot camp. The O/S just windows, the graphics drivers are by ATi and its just a regular CSM allowing windows to boot.
I keep seeing "Performance under Bootcamp", "Doesn't work with Bootcamp" or "boot into Bootcamp".
You arent booting Bootcamp, you're booting Windows XP. Performance is the same as any similar windows laptop running windows XP.
Perhaps everyone is still kidding themselves that the Mac is booting "Bootcamp" not Windows XP, and that their Mac is only pretending to be a PC. This "PoP Series" (whatever that is) doesn't work with your graphics drivers, or the motherboard, or perhaps the Core Duo, or maybe even some windows software. It has however, nothing to do with "Bootcamp".
Once its installed via BootCamp, your Mac boots Windows XP via a CSM like most other EFI based PCs out there. In fact, with the firmware upgraded, you can install Windows without Bootcamp!!
Exactly, it's just like all those military movies you've seen. You know, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket... Stripes
When you are done with Boot Camp, you move on. In this case, your orders send you to XP. You don't go "back" to boot camp. Ever.
When you are done with Boot Camp, you move on. In this case, your orders send you to XP. You don't go "back" to boot camp. Ever.