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    Anyone have a MBP 13inch 2010 and the Starcraft 2 Beta

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by vengance_01, Jul 9, 2010.

  1. vengance_01

    vengance_01 Notebook Deity

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    If so, please post how it runs on the Mac OSx side of things.
     
    vengance_01, Jul 9, 2010
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    aznguyen316 Rock Chalk Jayhawk

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    +1 I've been wondering this too. I've asked a couple of people that have mentioned playing it today or yesterday on the 320m, but no responses yet lol. So anyway post your FPS info in here please!

    I'm curious about OSX performance.. even with medium shaders and medium textures, all else on low, native res. I've heard OSX performance isn't great but bootcamp is fine.
     
    aznguyen316, Jul 9, 2010
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    zarzak Notebook Consultant

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    I know on my 15'' (in my sig) I could play fine on medium in OSX, but on high I started to have problems once lots of things started happening on screen. Ultra was unplayable. In windows on the same machine I was able to play on high, with ultra having some problems.
     
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    kalibar Notebook Consultant

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    I've got a 2008 MBP 15-inch that I'll test the beta on and report back. It's got a 2.4 GHz C2D (T8300 though) and a GeForce 8600M. Performance-wise it should be fairly similar to the 2010 MBP 13-inch.

    I really wish they would sell a high-res option for the MBP 13. 1280 is absolutely miserable.
     
    kalibar, Jul 11, 2010
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    Meever Notebook Evangelist

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    All settings to medium, 3d portrait on and texture set to high. You get a steady 30fps without much problem.
     
    Meever, Jul 17, 2010
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    haquocdung Notebook Virtuoso

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    really? :mad:
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    So how about macbook core i5 with higher res perform?
     
    haquocdung, Jul 18, 2010
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    Meever Notebook Evangelist

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    the i5 high res should be getting similar performance with everything on high, except maybe shadow and shader on mid.

    In all honesty though difference between mid and high is minor. Ultra looks great but everything looks a little too shiny for my taste though. Towards to end of beta I noticed I performed much better with low settings. Less distraction and whatnot.
     
    Meever, Jul 20, 2010
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