OK really silly question I think, but say I get the "PC" version of the game can I still install it on my mac? Because where I live, there are different versions of the game being sold for PC and MAC and the MAC disks are more expensive than the PC one's :S
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World of Warcraft. Macbook PRO Santa Rosa nvidia 8600GT
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All Blizzard games that are available on mac, come on PC/MAC discs
Both versions are on there. There are some retailers who try and charge more when you buy it specifically for the mac.
World of Warcraft was £17.99 when listed on an online store for PC and £34.99 for Mac - on the same website
Yet it's the same thing disc literally.
Just greedy retailers.Thanks for all of the replys.
OK. So it will probably run fine in terms of fps with the 8600M GT and so.
But what about the heat issue?
Has any of you played for long Wow in one of the new SR MBP to see how hot it gets? How fast do the fans run?
Thanks again!
OK. So it will probably run fine in terms of fps with the 8600M GT and so.
But what about the heat issue?
Has any of you played for long Wow in one of the new SR MBP to see how hot it gets? How fast do the fans run?
Thanks again!
All Blizzard games that are available on mac, come on PC/MAC discs
Both versions are on there. There are some retailers who try and charge more when you buy it specifically for the mac.
World of Warcraft was £17.99 when listed on an online store for PC and £34.99 for Mac - on the same website
Yet it's the same thing disc literally.
Ah right, thanks for clearing that up. I'll be getting the PC.. Uh I mean, the cheaper discs then ^_^
Anyone done any benchmarking using Bootcamp with official nvidia drivers yet? I think that might give a really decent kick to the performance of the card. I have a feeling looking at stuff on the net (Card should be 2+ times better than X1600, but yet X1600 flogs it in UT2004) that the drivers for it (mainly talking about the OSX ones here) are shot.
So, anyone wanna give it a go? WOW in Bootcamp everything full, vs under OSX?
Oh, and it seems like the 8600 is underclocked a tad for the core, but a fair bit for the memory. nvidia website says it should be 700MHz, Barefeats says it's only 635MHz. Oh well. It's not that much really.
So, anyone wanna give it a go? WOW in Bootcamp everything full, vs under OSX?
Oh, and it seems like the 8600 is underclocked a tad for the core, but a fair bit for the memory. nvidia website says it should be 700MHz, Barefeats says it's only 635MHz. Oh well. It's not that much really.
I just wanted to add my own personal experience with WoW on my new 17" high res MBP.
It runs incredibly well, just as well as my PC used to run it (4400 x2, 2gb, 7800gt). I ran around in Orgrimmar and saw framerates of around 40-70. Quite impressed with this 1920x1200 resolution, and impressed by the fact it runs so well at a high res. I was expecting decent performance but it has surpassed my expectations.
My only complaint is that the fans get extremely noisy when playing, but that's okay because I usually have my music cranked during WoW sessions
It runs incredibly well, just as well as my PC used to run it (4400 x2, 2gb, 7800gt). I ran around in Orgrimmar and saw framerates of around 40-70. Quite impressed with this 1920x1200 resolution, and impressed by the fact it runs so well at a high res. I was expecting decent performance but it has surpassed my expectations.
My only complaint is that the fans get extremely noisy when playing, but that's okay because I usually have my music cranked during WoW sessions
MBP 2.2GHZ FPS Stuttering
Hi guys, first time on the forums here. I'm a happy new owner of a Macbook Pro, Santa Rosa chipset w/128mb 8600m GT. However, I'm experiencing some questionable performance issues when using my Macbook Pro during 3D gaming. Such as WoW, Quake 4 and more. I notice many games have severe hiccups, or hitching issues. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm hoping it's not a hardware problem. Everything else seems to be functioning just fine.
Hi guys, first time on the forums here. I'm a happy new owner of a Macbook Pro, Santa Rosa chipset w/128mb 8600m GT. However, I'm experiencing some questionable performance issues when using my Macbook Pro during 3D gaming. Such as WoW, Quake 4 and more. I notice many games have severe hiccups, or hitching issues. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm hoping it's not a hardware problem. Everything else seems to be functioning just fine.
I just wanted to add my own personal experience with WoW on my new 17" high res MBP.
It runs incredibly well, just as well as my PC used to run it (4400 x2, 2gb, 7800gt). I ran around in Orgrimmar and saw framerates of around 40-70. Quite impressed with this 1920x1200 resolution, and impressed by the fact it runs so well at a high res. I was expecting decent performance but it has surpassed my expectations.
My only complaint is that the fans get extremely noisy when playing, but that's okay because I usually have my music cranked during WoW sessions
Did you go with glossy or matte? I can't wait to get mine. The performance of this 8600M GT is unbelievable.
I went with matte - I have glossy on my MacBook and can't really say that I'm a huge fan of the glossy screens.
Yay! Now we just need someone with the 2.4GHz 256MB to do the same...
But looking good!
All Blizzard games that are available on mac, come on PC/MAC discs
Both versions are on there. There are some retailers who try and charge more when you buy it specifically for the mac.
World of Warcraft was £17.99 when listed on an online store for PC and £34.99 for Mac - on the same website
Yet it's the same thing disc literally.
That doesn't apply everywhere. Darkcurse, check the requirements on your disc first. Several mac games available from Blizzard (eg, Warcraft III) was hybrid on its English version; when it came to Chile, translated into spanish, it was only PC. I had a copy of it in English but bought a copy in Spanish just to make sure it wasn't just that the case didn't show the right requirements; it was imposssible to install on a mac.
Seems that the guys who translate the games don't always put all the packages or don't have the tools to do it.
Anyways, after that experience. I'd always check the requirements first just in case.
I reckon in WoW case it might be different, but after the Warcraft III translation disc fiasco, I'd be wary
What's your FPS in C&C if you're on low settings? I'm currently playing this game on my 64MB Radeon! lol.
i never tried lol. Ultra high is to pretty =P. If ultra high is playable, probably a whole lot =P
yeah..prior to getting this i was on a pc desktop with a 9600xt radeon and 2.4 ghz p4 running on lowest settings, barely
My only complaint is that the fans get extremely noisy when playing, but that's okay because I usually have my music cranked during WoW sessions
What do you exactly mean by extremely noisi?
First of all I want to please ask you to spot using this thread to speak about other games/systems. This thread is about Wow on the New MBP Santa rosa that came out in June 2007.
I finally got mine so here you have my answers:
1. How many FPS do you get while playing it on either of the models, 128ddr, 256ddr? This question should be answered considering:
Different graphics mode. Solo playing in Outland, Party on a dungeon, Raiding 25 or 40 man.
128ddr model:
High detaills everything.
Cities: Shattrath 20-30 fps.
Hellfire Peninsula : 30-50 fps
Stormwind: 60-100 fps
Party dungeon: Shadow lab: 40-60 fps
Raid: Serpentshire cavern i get 15-25 fps but if I lower the graphics a little (not too much although) it goes back to 30 fps.
2. Have any of you been able to play in on Windows XP or Vista with Boot camp using any kind of official or non official drivers?
Havn't yet. Im not sure if I will since it runs pretty well on OSX.
3. How much compromised is performanced while playing listeing to music with Itunes and using Ventrilo or Teamspeak.
Not too much. Maploads and etc seem the same speed. FPS don't seem to be compromised.
I haven't.
4. Heat questions such as fan noise while playing for more than one or two hours. Temperature on different parts of the MBP such as keyboard, bottom side, etc.
It doesnt get as hot as I expected it. The funs turn up and the computer itselfs heats up a little but not too much and even at full speed fans are still pretty silent. (I've tried many many other laptops and they all get much hotter). This is probably thanks to the awesome aluminuium design.
Right side of the keyboard heats up more than the left side.
Botton is very hot.
5. Difference on heat & performance while playing on windows and OSX.
Can't tell.
6. FPS using a full UI with all the raiding addons such as ORA2, Swstats, Sraidframes, etc.
Pretty much the same. Maybe 2-3 fps less and 1.3x slower map loading (same as windows i guess).
7. Batterly life while playing it unpluged.
Don't know. Probably 1.5 hours full performance.
8. Ping, heat, lifetime battery and performance differences while playing with Ethernet or Wireless adapter.
Pretty much the same but I could really tell.
I hope that this was usefull for someone.
Conclusions: Wow is definitly VERY PLAYABLE and smooth on the basic model of the new MBP (santa rosa, june 2007). It probably runs better on windows specially if you can figure out how to make the 8600 work in XP. Wow on Vista usually runs at about 70% of the FPS that runs on XP same machine.
I hope that the Ventrilo team came up SOON with a new version with PCM codec support.
I finally got mine so here you have my answers:
1. How many FPS do you get while playing it on either of the models, 128ddr, 256ddr? This question should be answered considering:
Different graphics mode. Solo playing in Outland, Party on a dungeon, Raiding 25 or 40 man.
128ddr model:
High detaills everything.
Cities: Shattrath 20-30 fps.
Hellfire Peninsula : 30-50 fps
Stormwind: 60-100 fps
Party dungeon: Shadow lab: 40-60 fps
Raid: Serpentshire cavern i get 15-25 fps but if I lower the graphics a little (not too much although) it goes back to 30 fps.
2. Have any of you been able to play in on Windows XP or Vista with Boot camp using any kind of official or non official drivers?
Havn't yet. Im not sure if I will since it runs pretty well on OSX.
3. How much compromised is performanced while playing listeing to music with Itunes and using Ventrilo or Teamspeak.
Not too much. Maploads and etc seem the same speed. FPS don't seem to be compromised.
I haven't.
4. Heat questions such as fan noise while playing for more than one or two hours. Temperature on different parts of the MBP such as keyboard, bottom side, etc.
It doesnt get as hot as I expected it. The funs turn up and the computer itselfs heats up a little but not too much and even at full speed fans are still pretty silent. (I've tried many many other laptops and they all get much hotter). This is probably thanks to the awesome aluminuium design.
Right side of the keyboard heats up more than the left side.
Botton is very hot.
5. Difference on heat & performance while playing on windows and OSX.
Can't tell.
6. FPS using a full UI with all the raiding addons such as ORA2, Swstats, Sraidframes, etc.
Pretty much the same. Maybe 2-3 fps less and 1.3x slower map loading (same as windows i guess).
7. Batterly life while playing it unpluged.
Don't know. Probably 1.5 hours full performance.
8. Ping, heat, lifetime battery and performance differences while playing with Ethernet or Wireless adapter.
Pretty much the same but I could really tell.
I hope that this was usefull for someone.
Conclusions: Wow is definitly VERY PLAYABLE and smooth on the basic model of the new MBP (santa rosa, june 2007). It probably runs better on windows specially if you can figure out how to make the 8600 work in XP. Wow on Vista usually runs at about 70% of the FPS that runs on XP same machine.
I hope that the Ventrilo team came up SOON with a new version with PCM codec support.
ACtually i did have like small stops or cuts (i guess that stutter is the term). I formated and reinstalled OSX (since I don't want all of the printer drivers and language support). After that, I started playing some with the graphical settings.
Right now I'm playing it at 1400x900 with most of the detail settings on HIGH and it runs pretty smooth.
Guess what. I still have those small micro cuts and they are definitly a PAIN in the a**.
I decided to install Windows Xp and I'm currently playing on Windows XP boot camp 1.3 with regular boot camp drivers.
It just works PERFECT. Smooth as butter. Just like in my Big PC.
30 - 60 fps with full graphics. Very very smooth.
I decided to install Windows Xp and I'm currently playing on Windows XP boot camp 1.3 with regular boot camp drivers.
It just works PERFECT. Smooth as butter. Just like in my Big PC.
30 - 60 fps with full graphics. Very very smooth.