MBP 15 inch 2011 gaming performance

I7 2.5 ghz quad core
8 gigs ram 1333mhz
6770m 1 gb GDDR 5
750 gb hdd 7200rpm
Hi res glossy screen

What would be the game performance in say battlefield 3, swtor, and just general Xbox 360 graphical game ports like fear ect.

Please give exact details on game settings too

 

AMD Radeon HD 6770M - Notebookcheck.net Tech

The 6770M is a Class one video card and fairly fast.

 

oh why is the later version in the mbp clocked down!?

 

Probably so it won't get so hot and so it uses less power. You can overclock it up to stock speeds though. Either way it's still a decent card.

 

15 inch laptop.

i7 2860qm 2.5ghz-3.6ghz
AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 1GB GDDR5
HD 1680 x 1050 Resolution display
8 GB 1333mhz ram
750GB ATA drive 7200rpm

 

is the machine decent enough to max out swtor at good frames?

 

I just checked the minimum requirements, and they are pretty low.

Star Wars: The Old Republic System Requirements and Star Wars: The Old Republic requirements for PC Games

The processor in that Macbook is 7 times faster than the recommended processor. The HD 6770M in the Macbook is like 3 times as fast as the recommended video card.

I think the Macbook could easily max-out swtor.

 

Probably pretty well considering the graphics engine look like it's circa 2006.

 

oh thank God, because thats the only thing bothering me right now, i know it can run bf3 well (not max) but swtor is my next big computer game. Also does bootcamp slow the computer at all?

 

Which laptop is that?

 

macbook pro 15 inch

 

Nope, Windows 7 runs just as fast as on a regular PC.

 

As long as you dont run into thermal throtting issues im guessing it will be fine.
Might need to setup a bootcamp solution but i guess you already knew that.

 

Computer Games on Laptop Graphic Cards - Notebookcheck.net Tech
Here, use this site to get an aprox. of what fps you'll be getting.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

If you can' max SWTOR, it will be close, first-gen M11xs seem to have little to no problems cranking up most of the settings. From what I can tell, performance can only get better and you can get rid of things like shadows for a nice fps increase.

But, as with a lot of MMORPGs, even people with good systems in highly populated zones might still get low frames. There were times in WoW when even my i7/GTX 560 Ti desktop system dropped frames below 30 because of player population.

 

Hi there, I recently bought a new laptop with the HD 6770M gpu. I took part in the SWTOR beta test last weekend and was very dissapointed with the performance of my lappy. Running at lowest possible settings I was getting between 20-45fps while questing. PVP warzones were basically unplayable for me because of the low framerate/lag. After reading the above posts I was wondering if this is because I am playing on a laptop rather than a desktop. My lappy is an HP dv6 6146tx, core i7, 8gig ram. Any suggestions as to how I can improve the performance? I'm pretty bummed, this is the best machine I can get due to power restrictions.

 

This game should run smooth on high settings (at least) with an i7 and 6770m. It sounds like a driver/optimization issue tbh.

 

You'll be fine, turn down shadows and you should be good for the most part.

 

so i probably would have to turn down shadows to be fine? Theres probably not a good chance i can max it all the way with a good fps 40+?

 

LOL that is so true. Very low poly character models and low res textures.

I tried the beta test last weekend and it was running fine maxed on my 5830m.

 

I did have the shadows turned down. I went to update the display driver but the site wanted me to pay for some program, is there a way to get the updates for free?

 

is there any system equal or lesser to this system that anyone maxed out beta on? please post

 

Hi what is the version of that card and how much ram? gddr5 1gb?
also what kinda and how much ram, what resolution, and what cpu?
thanks

 

I'm pretty sure the 6750M base model could max-out that Star Wars game.

 

ok so if that is so, what do you reccomend the 15 inch with the hd display or the 17 inch with the 1920x1200 display? same everything. My thought is that the increased display will hamper the performance on everything.

 

I would go back to those alienwares in your sig before going to a Macbook to game on. I only use my macbook to do work

 

im running away from dell, all but the desktop (havent recieved yet and will probably cancel because i would rather have a laptop and macs have never let me down) have died shortly after recieving. The m17 i got in 2008 and its been hell ever since.
So i want to get a macbook that will max swtor and i could care less about any other game.

 

You are doing something that most people wouldn't do nor advice. I personally would never suggest doing what you are currently doing. Going from Alienware to Macbooks to play games.... I'm not saying go back to alienware but perhaps go with Sager or Asus but not Macbooks. I own a 15" macbook pro and I wouldn't dream of gaming on it to play something like BF3.

 

the new one actually plays bf3 pretty decently and at this point i need the get a laptop thats very mobile for school but that would also run mmos well.
Everything else im content with xbox 360.

 

I've owned both the 15 and 17, and I like to the 15 because it's way more portable.

 

yeah and the 15 inch is cheaper for pretty much the same hardware. Last worry, is getting an SSD good for mmo gaming? or not worth the loss of space and price gain?

 

Just go to ATI's main website and there should be a link/instructions to dl the newest drivers. They're always free...sounds like someone was trying to scam you.

 

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I bought Assassin's Creed Revelations and it works on MAX on native resolution on my MBP with 6750m.

I also bought Anno but for some weird reason its a bit shaky at MAX not a lot i guess its because of the 2Ghz cap will get home and test it out...

 

ok sorry and thank you

 

I played SWTOR beta... I'd assume yes you can max it out.

Here is how I played...

17" MBP
i7 2.2ghz
8gb ram
Radeon 6750 1gb

Parallels 7 running Win7 Pro 64bit
2 CPUs and 4GB ram dedicated to the VM.

I was able to run the game at 1680x1050, all max options with Bloom and Shadows disabled, and average FPS was 40.

If you use Bootcamp to install Windows and run it directly... I have no doubt it will run fantastic since I have the extra overhead of a VM and it still ran great.

 

Ooops just realized this got moved to Apple forum NM had questions on a PC laptop...

 

I'm not so sure about the 5770m maxing out everything, have to take into account major mobs/raids but I'd imagine most everything native res on high with smooth frames of 30+

 

Swtor: Default settings 50-80fps.

Everything runs very smooth

 

the 17" is 1" bigger than the 15" and 1 lbs heavier.

"Way more portable" is a perception

 

Not only is it heavier, it's also wider and deeper. Unless you've held both, you really can't know. When you do hold both, you're like, "wow".