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Macbook Games (What I've tried)

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Virtualball

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Hey, I know people have been wanting to know about games on a macbook, and I have seen threads with games already being talked about bu heres my list:

ALL GAMES ON FULL SCREEN

Windows:

Counterstrike Source runs well
Half Life 1.1.1.0 runs well (I actually got 95 fps!)
Sim City 4 Deluxe runs well
The Sims and Sims 2 run well
Half Life 2 runs choppy
Battlefield 2 runs well
Age of Mythology and Age of Empires 2 runs well

Mac:

Halo runs well (full screen, highest settings, a little choppy here and there)

Thats all the games I played so far, if anyone wants requests.

I Plan On Testing:

The Simpsons Hit and Run
Civilization 3 (Mac)

BTW I have the $1099 model. And all I can say is that games on the MacBook actually run very wel, much better then I expected. Oh and first post! :)
 
Virtualball said:
Hey, I know people have been wanting to know about games on a macbook, and I have seen threads with games already being talked about bu heres my list:

ALL GAMES ON FULL SCREEN

Windows:

Counterstrike Source runs well
Half Life 1.1.1.0 runs well (I actually got 95 fps!)
Sim City 4 Deluxe runs well
The Sims and Sims 2 run well
Half Life 2 runs choppy
Battlefield 2 runs well
Age of Mythology and Age of Empires 2 runs well

Mac:

Halo runs well (full screen, highest settings, a little choppy here and there)

Thats all the games I played so far, if anyone wants requests.

I Plan On Testing:

The Simpsons Hit and Run
Civilization 3 (Mac)

BTW I have the $1099 model. And all I can say is that games on the MacBook actually run very wel, much better then I expected. Oh and first post! :)
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Probalbly because of standard ram, try lower your settings...
 
unreal tournament 2004 runs like CRAP in OS X (yes i have the UB) even on the lowest settings it is still very choppy

just thought i'd add that one to the list
 
biohazard6969 said:
unreal tournament 2004 runs like CRAP in OS X (yes i have the UB) even on the lowest settings it is still very choppy

just thought i'd add that one to the list
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Odd. The UT2k4 UB runs just fine on my Macbook 1.83/2GB Ram setup. Very acceptable performance (25-48 FPS) with most settings near medium at a decent resolution.
 
dextertangocci said:
If I have the 2Ghz MB, with 2GB of RAM, is DOOM3 playable at all?
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jup definatly, seen videos of it running on just 512 mb and it was already good... just to give you an idea more ram = more performance :D
 
Ok, so I should try Star Wars Galaxies?

Oh and I tried Civ 3 for Mac OS X and it runs great! I tried Quake 3 and it didnt run in Windows (something with the drivers) and Wolfenstein in Mac was great too. And lastly, Need for Speed Underground ran smoothe too.

Illpost back when I get the info :)
 
I read that the standard MacBook is very RAM-dependant. Upgrading from the stock 512 to 2GB can double your FPS readouts in many games.
 
how does WoW run? What resolution are most of your games being tested on? Oh and please say what setting s you run WoW with textures please :D
 
Virtualball said:
Hey, I know people have been wanting to know about games on a macbook, and I have seen threads with games already being talked about bu heres my list:

ALL GAMES ON FULL SCREEN

Windows:

Counterstrike Source runs well
Half Life 1.1.1.0 runs well (I actually got 95 fps!)
Sim City 4 Deluxe runs well
The Sims and Sims 2 run well
Half Life 2 runs choppy
Battlefield 2 runs well
Age of Mythology and Age of Empires 2 runs well

Mac:

Halo runs well (full screen, highest settings, a little choppy here and there)

Thats all the games I played so far, if anyone wants requests.

I Plan On Testing:

The Simpsons Hit and Run
Civilization 3 (Mac)

BTW I have the $1099 model. And all I can say is that games on the MacBook actually run very wel, much better then I expected. Oh and first post! :)
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Nice review of your gaming experience on your MacBook so far. And welcome to MR Virtualball. :)
 
OK I HAVE NO IDEA HOW U GUYS RUN CS-SOURCE WELL BUT
it runs like crap on my 2ghz macbook with 512 ram,
the only maps i can run without about 2fps are fy-maps and very very simple maps,
all stock maps are practically unrunable,
and I could not start the game unless i am running directx 7.0 in the startup options even though i have supposedly 9.0c
i have no idea why but cs 1.6 runs great, ,HL 2 runs very very good, minus the freezeing every autosave

basically i need help
anyone who can help me get this **** running right,
aim= doridorigabe
hit it up
thanks
 
Gabedm said:
it runs like crap on my 2ghz macbook with 512 ram,
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There's your answer. 512 for gaming on Macbook is a joke.
Remember XP can use upto 224mb for the gpu, leaving you very little ram.

You really need 2gb paired with the macbook, to give the gpu a decent boost (paired ran gives an extra 15% boost) and plenty left over for system . That's it. That's your answer......
 
WoW runs better than I expected. However, none of the shader options are enabled. Is this because the Intel graphics don't support those options?
 
WoW runs ok
Simpsons hit and Run runs Great
Every Sim game Ive played runs great (SimCity 4, Sims 2, Sims, SimTheme Park, etc.)

Also, the reason Im testing on a 512 MB RAM is because there ARE perople out there who cant exactly afford the $500 upgrade, me being one of them :p. I mean, before I baught the computer, there was very little threads on gaming on 512 mb. And suprisingly, it isn't half bad!:rolleyes:

I tried to get Star Wars Galaxies but my friend lost his copy, so wait for a few days and I might be able to get it.
 
Virtualball said:
Also, the reason Im testing on a 512 MB RAM is because there ARE perople out there who cant exactly afford the $500 upgrade, me being one of them :p. I mean, before I baught the computer, there was very little threads on gaming on 512 mb. And suprisingly, it isn't half bad!:rolleyes:
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Upgrading doesn't cost $500, I went to 2 gig for about $250. 1 gig would probably be plenty for most games, and would be even less.

If any of these run poorly, try them with more ram. I wouldn't try running anything with 512, on any of the intel macs, it cripples the machine.
 
Okay, can someone advise, a macbook 2GHz with 2GB RAM...what will this run.

I mean, i wanted to play Battlefields 2 on Windows (Bootcamp) or quake 3/doom3 would these games run smoothly? I am specially interested in CoD2, has anyone tried this with a 2GHz, 2GB RAM macbook??

I am worried because of the 64mb vram...

Any help would be appreciated.

Batman.:D
 
I really appreciate the effort!:)

I'd only play SW:Galaxies and Guild Wars via bootcamp anyway...:)



Virtualball said:
WoW runs ok
Simpsons hit and Run runs Great
Every Sim game Ive played runs great (SimCity 4, Sims 2, Sims, SimTheme Park, etc.)

Also, the reason Im testing on a 512 MB RAM is because there ARE perople out there who cant exactly afford the $500 upgrade, me being one of them :p. I mean, before I baught the computer, there was very little threads on gaming on 512 mb. And suprisingly, it isn't half bad!:rolleyes:

I tried to get Star Wars Galaxies but my friend lost his copy, so wait for a few days and I might be able to get it.
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