Diablo 3 will my mac run it?

[Mr.C]

Is there any way to force it not to backup while you play and then run as normal hourly backups when done?

I'm not sure as I've never tried to pause mine. I have a feeling you may have to turn it off altogether and then turn it back on when done playing. It's something I'll have to consider too when playing Diablo III or any other games.

 

[jterp7]

I have a late 2008 MBP with the same card 9600GT / 9400M. I get around 10-15 fps in big open areas with battles and up to 20 fps in small areas. My character is always the slowest as well. In fact a guy I was playing with said my character looked like he was stutter-stepping. I have a good internet connection, playing off wireless from a Time Capsule that runs a backup every hour (Time Machine). Is my 10-15 pretty normal? Would the trilinear filtering help me?

Edit: Also using 24" external apple display as my monitor. MBP is open and screen is on but black.

i guess that explains the baba that joined my game a couple days ago. HD3000 + TBD is a disaster really w/o the help of an external gpu (Sonnet has preorders for an empty enclosure at 599 self powered and 799 for anything that's powerful enough to be worth it lol). I don't even think the TBD allows 600p that was suggested by Fraaaa in the last page.

 

[keelio]

D3 on late 08 MBP

I suspect the Time Machine backup is going to slow down things significantly.

Which CPU and how much memory are you running? Do you have your energy saver setting set to use the GPU and not the 9400? I have a late 2008 MBP, and I have zero problems (running mostly medium settings on D3) running on the GPU; I run 8GB memory and am running the 2.8GHz CPU.

D3 usually runs at ~50 FPS; I can get faster when I set the D3 settings lower. I also tell my Time Machine to stop backing up before I start the game.

 

[ARK]

Which CPU and how much memory are you running? Do you have your energy saver setting set to use the GPU and not the 9400? I have a late 2008 MBP, and I have zero problems (running mostly medium settings on D3) running on the GPU; I run 8GB memory and am running the 2.8GHz CPU.

D3 usually runs at ~50 FPS; I can get faster when I set the D3 settings lower. I also tell my Time Machine to stop backing up before I start the game.

Im running on the 9600GT I believe (plugged in discrete, etc.). I just installed gfxcardstatus to be sure. I will tell my time machine to stop tonight and report back. Im running on 4gb ram. I thought 8gb wasn't possible?

Im running it at 1920 x 1200 with mbp open. Screen is on but goes to black color because Im using Apple 24".

 

[err404]

My iMac runs the game well, but I was having to choose between shadow quality and resolution. I found a solution by modifying the D3pref.txt. The game was auto selecting my Hardwareclass as "4". I stepped this down to "2" (1 and 3 also work, but 2 was the best compromise for speed and fidelity). This setting seams to affect the method used for rendering certain effects. The result was the shadows losing some of the softness at the edges, but rendering with very little performance impact compared to class 4. This has roughly doubled my performance at higher resolutions.
While the shadows do look different, they still look very good. In fact I think I may even prefer the sharper shadows.
Overall I'm much happier with the look of the game with this setting.

 

[xerenthar]

wonder if my 2008 iMac with 3.06 GHz, 4gb ram, and the 8800GT will run it...

 

[apiannone]

Any Advice for me

I've been reading the thread and didnt notice anything similiar to my iMac. I have attached my system. Can anyone let me know if my iMac will be able to play Diablo 3 at an enjoyable level. I dont want shell out 60 bucks and have low fps, lag, or have to play at really poor resolution. Thanks for any help provided.

 

[Mr.C]

I've been reading the thread and didnt notice anything similiar to my iMac. I have attached my system. Can anyone let me know if my iMac will be able to play Diablo 3 at an enjoyable level. I dont want shell out 60 bucks and have low fps, lag, or have to play at really poor resolution. Thanks for any help provided.

I believe that GPU is an integrated one with shared memory. If that's the case then no it's not going to run very well at all. I'm not aware if the 9400 was also available as a dedicated GPU. As far as I'm aware it's integrated only.

 

[apiannone]

I believe that GPU is an integrated one with shared memory. If that's the case then no it's not going to run very well at all. I'm not aware if the 9400 was also available as a dedicated GPU. As far as I'm aware it's integrated only.

I may be completely wrong here, but if its shared memory wouldn't the fact that i loaded it out with 12gb of ram help the gpu out a lot? Also, has anyone heard of a demo or anything so that we can test our system before buying?

 

[Mr.C]

I may be completely wrong here, but if its shared memory wouldn't the fact that i loaded it out with 12gb of ram help the gpu out a lot? Also, has anyone heard of a demo or anything so that we can test our system before buying?

No it doesn't work that way. Main RAM is not as fast as the VRAM ON THE GPU. Plus an integrated card is not as powerful as a separate dedicated card. Yes adding more main RAM will make a difference up to a point but it will still be insignificant. When it comes to gaming especially graphic and sound intensive ones integrated cards will never be good and dedicated cards will be needed to get a performance that is playable.

 

[Psychj0e]

Wi-Fi is a wireless data transfer protocol between computer hardware in close proximity. The Internet is a network of computer hardware that spans the world.

If a piece of computer hardware does not have a connection to the Internet via either mobile or fixed line broadband modem, and is actively sharing that connection with other devices on the Wi-Fi network, how can the Wi-Fi connection provide the Internet? Also, as an Ethernet connection to a broadband modem is just as viable, "Wi-Fi" is irrelevant in this case.

In other words, Wi-Fi can provide the Internet. The Internet cannot provide Wi-Fi.

Therefore WiFi ≠ Internet.

QED.

P.S. Would it not be safe to assume that Diablo 3 would have an offline mode like SC2? Even if it is a really crap offline mode?

There's an autistic reply if ever I've seen one.

 

[Erasmus]

There's an autistic reply if ever I've seen one.

Don't make me explain it again.

'cos I will...

 

[Scrapula]

I've been reading the thread and didnt notice anything similiar to my iMac. I have attached my system. Can anyone let me know if my iMac will be able to play Diablo 3 at an enjoyable level. I dont want shell out 60 bucks and have low fps, lag, or have to play at really poor resolution. Thanks for any help provided.

You really just need to look at your GPU which is a 9400M. I'm playing with a 9400M but I have 512, not 256 on the GPU. My FPS is 15-20.

 

[RockPortTech]

You'll be fine. I have a 2011 MacBook Pro 13" with i5 Processor, 512Mb HD3000 video and 8Gb Ram. I run Diablo 3 flawlessly. You should have no issues.

 

[Mr.C]

You'll be fine. I have a 2011 MacBook Pro 13" with i5 Processor, 512Mb HD3000 video and 8Gb Ram. I run Diablo 3 flawlessly. You should have no issues.

That depends on your definition of flawless. With those specs especially the GPU there is no way that laptop would run Diablo III flawless.

 

[malman89]

I've been reading the thread and didnt notice anything similiar to my iMac. I have attached my system. Can anyone let me know if my iMac will be able to play Diablo 3 at an enjoyable level. I dont want shell out 60 bucks and have low fps, lag, or have to play at really poor resolution. Thanks for any help provided.

Nope. There's a whole thread on the awfulness of a 9400m. I personally used pretty much the exact same setup (minus the 12GB RAM, which will not matter) for the open beta and it was miserable. 1024x768 resolution at best, or some people even stating 800x600. Even then, hardly playable FPS. The only way it's playable (and just barely, in the 20-40 FPS range), is in Bootcamp with beta NVIDIA drivers on those same tiny resolutions.

Just scroll down a tad more on the Mac/PC games subforum to this 9400 fail thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1308185/

 

[jterp7]

That depends on your definition of flawless. With those specs especially the GPU there is no way that laptop would run Diablo III flawless.

if by flawless you mean 1024 x 600 and just about everything off just to achieve 20+ fps consistently, then yes. There's a reason why my MBA is the backup gaming machine and not the primary.