in the 15" there is less space so it is underclocked to reduce heat
in the 17" it is not underclocked
the underclock is marginal though
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Crysis and FSX on Macbook Pro?
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in the 15" there is less space so it is underclocked to reduce heat
in the 17" it is not underclocked
the underclock is marginal though
Oh, right. Didn't think of that.
Well, I've been doing some more research (because I'm cheap and will do anything to save the money and go for the small version) and it seems like Crysis is quite tweakable... so, with my gigantic brainpower, I have come to this conclusion: Since XP/Vista runs natively on the Intel based system, all the performance tweaks and such should work on the macbook, too. Right?
Well, I've been doing some more research (because I'm cheap and will do anything to save the money and go for the small version) and it seems like Crysis is quite tweakable... so, with my gigantic brainpower, I have come to this conclusion: Since XP/Vista runs natively on the Intel based system, all the performance tweaks and such should work on the macbook, too. Right?
good luck running crysis on an intel GPU
lmao..
http://www.barefeats.com/mbook2.html
if you got it running on low at a playable fps i would be impressed
^ He meant on his macbook PRO
Read his first opening thread. Or even the title of this thread...... and see where it says 'Thread Starter' under his name.
So there's no need to post a 'I scoff at you' post
Read his first opening thread. Or even the title of this thread...... and see where it says 'Thread Starter' under his name.
So there's no need to post a 'I scoff at you' post
Umm.. yeah... still talking about the MBP... I won't be getting the MB, it's simply too expensive for what you get. By Intel based system, I meant the Intel processor, not the gma 950
Crysis on MBP: The Verdict!
Installed it at 2am this morning, played the first few checkpoints in both 'High' and 'Medium' settings. Not a huge difference visually between the two, but framerates significantly better on 'Medium' - definitely playable, and still looks gorgeous.
In fact, this is enough confirmation that my bittorrented copy of the game will be replaced by a bona fide version from amazon.
The bump-mapping and textures of rocks etc looked pretty good, even on 'Medium', and i can only guess what the whole thing looks like on 'Very High' - it will be a slideshow, but oh, what a beautiful one!
Installed it at 2am this morning, played the first few checkpoints in both 'High' and 'Medium' settings. Not a huge difference visually between the two, but framerates significantly better on 'Medium' - definitely playable, and still looks gorgeous.
In fact, this is enough confirmation that my bittorrented copy of the game will be replaced by a bona fide version from amazon.
The bump-mapping and textures of rocks etc looked pretty good, even on 'Medium', and i can only guess what the whole thing looks like on 'Very High' - it will be a slideshow, but oh, what a beautiful one!
Look in his signature
I agree Prisoner, it would almost be worth lagging your way through it just to get the Very High graphics... Too bad it'll be another year before I'm getting a PC that will be able to run it smoothly on high
The game honestly looks great even w/ just high settings. And pick and choose which settings you use - some like postprocessing and shadows take up a lot more GPU resources than other settings. Textures are primarly affected by RAM so high textures can be affected by lack of it.
I can run it at 1920 x 1080 with most settings very high or high on my PC and it looks gorgeous, but even at lower settings it still looks quite good! The upper settings IMO are for immersiveness more than anything else
I can run it at 1920 x 1080 with most settings very high or high on my PC and it looks gorgeous, but even at lower settings it still looks quite good! The upper settings IMO are for immersiveness more than anything else