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    Unibody Macbook

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by waloshin, Apr 19, 2009.

  1. waloshin

    waloshin Notebook Consultant

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    Will the 9400m in the Macbook beable to play Diablo 3, Starcraft 2

    Can the Macbook output to a 21.5 1920x1080 monitor
     
    waloshin, Apr 19, 2009
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  2. Budding

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    No one knows, since those games haven't been released yet.

    The Macbook can output 1920x1080 absolutely fine.
     
    Budding, Apr 19, 2009
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  3. Colton

    Colton Also Proudly American

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    I play Call of Duty World at War and Battlefield 2 just fine, at low-medium settings, but it still looks great! Most of the time it's very playable at medium. ;)

    I also output 1920x1080 onto my external monitor easily with my Macbook, no problems what-so-ever. ;)
     
    Colton, Apr 19, 2009
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  4. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    probably... but maybe not at the highest settings... maybe even lowest settings.. but more than likely it will run them... its unlikely they'll be unplayable on a 9400M... but no way to know for sure until they are closer to finalized and tested. When I run things on the 9400M its pretty impressive for low end, low power, integrated graphics.

    sure! i think the max it can do is 1920x1200
     
    doh123, Apr 19, 2009
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  5. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    Get me a copy of Diablo 3 and I will tell you :D
     
    Seshan, Apr 19, 2009
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  6. tubby

    tubby Notebook Consultant

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    The max is higher with the mini displayport to dual dvi adapter. It can drive the 2650 or whatnot res from a 30 inch monitor.
     
    tubby, Apr 20, 2009
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  7. Colton

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    Yep, the Macbook simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display. Pretty good huh? :p
     
    Colton, Apr 20, 2009
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  8. Luke1708

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    The 9400m is plenty powerful and i'm sure it will sun these games on low settings at least.
     
    Luke1708, Apr 21, 2009
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  9. Colton

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    It sure is! It deserves more credit that it gets, as it isn't a bad card at all. ;) Although, I wouldn't put it into a PC gaming rig by no means. :p
     
    Colton, Apr 21, 2009
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  10. CanadianDude

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    Good news then. Looks like I will play World at War on my 'book Pro then.
     
    CanadianDude, Apr 21, 2009
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  11. Colton

    Colton Also Proudly American

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    It should handle it just fine. ;) When you create an online account, be sure to add me as a friend! :) Colton25 ;)
     
    Colton, Apr 21, 2009
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  12. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    Ya'll have to be on the same server I thought. Then again it has been years since I've played the game.

    Blackwing lair was the end raid when I played.
     
    surfasb, Apr 21, 2009
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  13. Colton

    Colton Also Proudly American

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    Yep, same server. There's a friend's list, which you can invite players to come join a certain server, so that's how you can connect on WaW. I don't remember Blackwing lair, but I'm sure I played it... :confused: :p
     
    Colton, Apr 21, 2009
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  14. CanadianDude

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    does WaW follow the same format as COD4? Like the XP, and lvls etc. Man when I had reached lvl 55, it was the most fun ever. All the little perks like martydrom, and stay off radar mode, etc.

    I loved going silent with silenced mp5 with no footsteps and invisible on radar.
     
    CanadianDude, Apr 21, 2009
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  15. Colton

    Colton Also Proudly American

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    Yes, it sure does. Same format for everything, just in a WWII format. ;)
     
    Colton, Apr 22, 2009
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  16. hellfire88

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    I can play World of Warcraft and Warcraft 3 on my Macbook (Unibody) at med-high settings so you should be able to play Starcraft 2 / Diablo 3 at at-least low-med settings. Blizzard usually doesn't make their games to require too high-end of hardware in order to get as many people playing their games as possible. :)
     
    hellfire88, Apr 22, 2009
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  17. jjahshik32

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    Just curious, the picture of the girl in your avatar that you seem to stalk, who is it? :D
     
    jjahshik32, Apr 22, 2009
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  18. Luke1708

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    She seems pretty!! But back on topic: The new macbook will even be able to play crysis but with some patches and all settings on low. Just to show that this is a very capable gpu.
     
    Luke1708, Apr 22, 2009
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  19. surfasb

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    I have a link in my sig
     
    surfasb, Apr 22, 2009
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  20. corujo712

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    I have the white Macbook (mid 2008) and when i connect to a Full hd tv (1920x1080) there are the 2 black bars on the side.

    Is this the same with the unibody macbook? (i notice that the resolution of the tv/screen needs to be 1920x1200 on my macbook for full display)
     
    corujo712, May 16, 2009
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  21. Budding

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    With your TV connected, go to System Prefs>Displays. Select the menu that opens up on your TV (not the one on your Macbook display), and set the resolution to 1920x1080 or another multiple of 16x9.

    Note that you cannot have the external display set to clone the macbook display, since the macbook display is does not support 16:9 resolutions.
     
    Budding, May 16, 2009
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  22. articulate

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    that should be Alizée Jacotey. or just Alizée, imo the prettiest woman alive. but that's just me ;)
     
    articulate, May 16, 2009
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