Mac for Diablo 3

[Strigoi]

Diablo 3 on a Mac Pro 2010

Here is some footage of Diablo 3 on my Mac Pro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCRVBQHWpwo&list=UUz2ha_f76xhhkD94O8agG9Q&index=1&feature=plcp

Mac Pro 2010
2.8Ghz Xeon Quad
12GB Ram
ATI AMD 5870 1GB

Diablo 3 on High, max frames per second for front and background off, 1920x1200 resolution

Mac OS X 10.7.3 gave me 40-50 frames per second (with Mumble off a very smooth ride, Mumble sometimes made some scenes drop frames)
Windows 7 (via Bootcamp) gave me with the same settings 100-120 frames per second. So it seems that I still keep work and gaming separated by Bootcamp, seems that OpenGL didn't close the gap with DirectX..

 

[And1ss]

Here is some footage of Diablo 3 on my Mac Pro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCRVBQHWpwo&list=UUz2ha_f76xhhkD94O8agG9Q&index=1&feature=plcp

Mac Pro 2010
2.8Ghz Xeon Quad
12GB Ram
ATI AMD 5870 1GB

Diablo 3 on High, max frames per second for front and background off, 1920x1200 resolution

Mac OS X 10.7.3 gave me 40-50 frames per second (with Mumble off a very smooth ride, Mumble sometimes made some scenes drop frames)
Windows 7 (via Bootcamp) gave me with the same settings 100-120 frames per second. So it seems that I still keep work and gaming separated by Bootcamp, seems that OpenGL didn't close the gap with DirectX..

Mmmm, your experiences help prove what I said earlier that running bootcamp to play the game is a much better route than running natively on OSX. It seems like despite Blizzard`s attempt to optimize the game, OSX still isn`t enough to go mainstream for gaming. Just my opinion.

 

[SBradford]

I have a 2010 Macbook White with 4gb of Ram and the Nvidia 320m chip. I didn't see anyone post about performance with the 320m yet... Any luck?

I have the same.
Anyone tried it?
I tried the open beta and it ran like trash, but i'm hoping this was because of the patch issues they had?

 

[ndonnine]

Why bother with bootcamp when Blizzard makes sure their games plays almost exactly the same on both systems. They put a lot of work into both platforms.

agreed. They spent 10 yrs on this. It runs fine on my mbp 2011.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X_kjuWadyg

 

[PaulKemp]

I donno. Although I hate booting to bootcamp, if im sitting down for a couple of hours of gameplay, and I can squeeze 10-20 more fpss out i will. Will have to try and see how it works on both platforms.

 

[Bushy162]

Can I just say that I too think that Diablo 2 was one of the most remarkable games I've ever played. Wonderful game, of another dimension.