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    Games on the Macbook Pro?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by jejjohnson, Apr 3, 2009.

  1. jejjohnson

    jejjohnson Notebook Guru

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    What sort of games can be played on the Macbook Pro with decent graphics?

    Anything like L4D, Battefield 2. Company of Heroes, CS and COD 4/5?

    Does anyone have any good experience with Mac OS and games?

    Please Advise.
     
    jejjohnson, Apr 3, 2009
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  2. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    yes,you can play any of that games with decent setting if you install windows via bootcamp.Games for mac os are usually badly optimized,but COD are quite good.
     
    Xirurg, Apr 3, 2009
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  3. Lethal Lottery

    Lethal Lottery Notebook Betrayer

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    There is no reason not to game on bootcamp, the expirance and online communites are infinitly better. Any game from 2006 (save a couple) or below can be pretty much maxed out on the 8600/9600. Newer games will run at medium setthing, with some low and some high. Check out some benchmarks of the cards or youtube videos of gaming on the macbooks.
     
    Lethal Lottery, Apr 3, 2009
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  4. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    I played Crysis on my 9600gt ddr3 with med settings 1440x900,and COD4/5 on all max with 30+fps
     
    Xirurg, Apr 3, 2009
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  5. Colton

    Colton Also Proudly American

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    Those are some pretty nice graphics for a "Mid-Range" GPU. ;) I'd definitely say the MBP is capable for some gaming, but it's given it won't be like a 9800GTX. :p
     
    Colton, Apr 3, 2009
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  6. electrosoft

    electrosoft Perpetualist Matrixist

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    Yeah, no one is expecting it to be an uber gaming powerhouse. Form vs. functionality. If Apple wanted to release a, "Zomg gamer elite laptop," they could always resurrect the Mac Portable chassis. ;)

    I remember when they released the Mac Portable....I saw that thing at MacWorld many moons ago. Man that thing was a monster. Even the 5000 series were behemoths (My poor 5300ce). Apple started to, "get it," with the 2000 series Duo's.

    For those who haven't seen Apple's first "portable" Mac:

    http://www.allaboutapple.com/museo/pictures/donazioni/mac_portable.jpg

    Feel VERY lucky with the modern day Apple laptops. :)
     
    electrosoft, Apr 4, 2009
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  7. Lyanowu

    Lyanowu Notebook Consultant

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    Lyanowu, Apr 4, 2009
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  8. snookie

    snookie Notebook Guru

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    I play both the Mac and PC versions of COD 4 without issue with some pretty high settings.
     
    snookie, Apr 4, 2009
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  9. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    L4D plays fine, CS, CS:S plays fine, BF:2 Plays fine.
     
    Seshan, Apr 4, 2009
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  10. umass

    umass Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am afraid to play L4D or COD4 on my 8600 MBP. Those games might fry my 8600. :(
    I play both on my Asus X1.
     
    umass, Apr 5, 2009
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  11. PhoenixFlare500

    PhoenixFlare500 Notebook Geek

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    I think Blizzard makes all their games compatible with Mac. So far I've run SC, D2 and WoW. However you do need to download installers for OS X in order to install the games from the disc. I do realize these are old games, but they're still fun, you don't have to run boot camp, and SC2 and D3 are hopefully coming out soon (Disclaimer: soon is subjective word, and the meaning of it keeps changing, especially with these games that keep getting pushed back :p ).
     
    PhoenixFlare500, Apr 7, 2009
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