Anyone Try QuakeLive on their MBA with 9400m?

[Maven1975]

I stumbled upon QuakeLive the other day and it frickin rocks on my MBP. Its quake run through the browser. It can run in a window on the browser or switch to full screen.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/quakelive.html

http://www.quakelive.com/

I just wanted to see how the MBA, Specifically the 1.86 or 2.13 with SSD, runs this.

Thanks in advance!

 

[gman901]

It runs flawless at the highest resolution offered. I am surprised that a lot of people buy the Air thinking it won't game. I can pretty much play most games very well at decent resolutions. I have been playing FEAR and L4D about the same as it played on my 2.4 Unibody MacBook with 4 Gb of ram

 

[Maven1975]

I have owned several Airs in the past and agree with you. However, the MBP 13" runs games better due to the amount of ram and the fact that its CPU is not throttled. (Thank god for CoolBook)

Anyways, i'm glad to hear it doesn't send the fans blazing and forcing Safari to shut down due to CPU temps. Quakelive is definitely cool during those quick breaks.

I will be back to the Air once the Ram is addressed. Also, heres hoping they put the new nvidia graphics chip in thats replacing the 9400m. Im hoping this happens next revision.

 

[Gadgetman99]

I signed up just to try it out on my 1.6ghz rev B. The graphics are amazing for a game playing in a browser window. I only went into the training area for about 5 minutes. The cpu temp got to about 80 degrees C, but ran very smooth and fast. With a laptop cooler tray, I am sure it would be quite fun and satisfying for a gamer, even on this lowly cpu.

 

[michael.lauden]

quake 4 and quake 3 arena (under crossover and vmware fusion) have run flawlessly for me.