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I had serious issues with gaming in Windows 7 with bootcamp.. I tried Age Of Empires 2 and 3, Halo, Rise Of Nations, as well as Counter Stikre Source. Only AOE 2 and counterstirke 1.6 worked. I then decided to install Xp instead and now all those games work amazingly with no issue. I also tried COD4 and it work quite well also, the problem was Widnows 7 was giving directx issues but xp seems fine. This is all on my June 09 2.53 mbp 15"
nick1516 said:I just ordered my first macD), an early 2009 white macbook with the 9400m card, what games will play well under boot camp with windows 7? looking more at shooters like crysis(i wish lol), and world at war.
I had serious issues with gaming in Windows 7 with bootcamp.. I tried Age Of Empires 2 and 3, Halo, Rise Of Nations, as well as Counter Stikre Source. Only AOE 2 and counterstirke 1.6 worked. I then decided to install Xp instead and now all those games work amazingly with no issue. I also tried COD4 and it work quite well also, the problem was Widnows 7 was giving directx issues but xp seems fine. This is all on my June 09 2.53 mbp 15"
Forgot to mention, it's the 2.0 ghz model with 2 gigs of ram (i'm going to upgrade to 4 gb ram within a week or two)
Were you using the rc or the beta because the rc gave me a boost in performance on my windows computer with the x3100. or is it a bootcamp only issue, if thats the case how long would everybody think before games stop being supported by xp?
Were you using the rc or the beta because the rc gave me a boost in performance on my windows computer with the x3100. or is it a bootcamp only issue, if thats the case how long would everybody think before games stop being supported by xp?
Realistically, games from 2005 and before will run very well. Games up to 2007 will run decently and lower settings and newer games, like Batman Arkham Asylum won't run very well at all.
BareFeats has run some benchmarks. These were in Mac OS X, so add 5 - 15 fps to get plausible performance in Windows.
Games I'd recommend? Half-Life 2, Portal, Halo, Prey, and perhaps Call of Duty 4, depending on how well it will run.
BareFeats has run some benchmarks. These were in Mac OS X, so add 5 - 15 fps to get plausible performance in Windows.
Games I'd recommend? Half-Life 2, Portal, Halo, Prey, and perhaps Call of Duty 4, depending on how well it will run.
The MacRumors Windows Gaming on a Mac does have a section on Mac performance running Windows games, but the titles listed there don't really reflect today's games. If you/anyone have any games you know runs well on a MacBook or any model Mac for that matter, feel free to pm me and I can add them to the guide. Please include what model Mac and Windows OS you are using. Thanks!