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    Pro Evolution Soccer on MacBook

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by smagdy, Feb 4, 2008.

  1. smagdy

    smagdy Notebook Consultant

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    Hello!

    I never had a MAC before so I dono if MacBook's were able to play "Pro Evolution Soccer", So I am wondering if its possible to play it on MacBook Air?

    I know its not gaming machine and I don't play games anyways, but its possible to just play that game if MBA graphics card allow it!

    Any opinions?
     
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  2. The_Punisher

    The_Punisher Notebook Evangelist

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    I doubt the MBA was meant for gaming. A regular MacBook should be good provided Pro Evolution Soccer is either compatbile with OS X or you're running XP or Vista on the MacBook with bootcamp.
     
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    The_Punisher Notebook Evangelist

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    Make sure your Mac has a real GPU and not an integrated one if you want to try gaming on it.
     
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  4. smagdy

    smagdy Notebook Consultant

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    I won't game, but if that game works then i might keep it there..

    so I just want to know if it runs good on MacBook cuz if it does then it should work good on MBA too specially on SSD!
     
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    I don't know what GPU they've put in the MBA. So I can't give a good answer, but seeing how thin and small it is I think they wen't with an integrated GPU.
    If you don't care if it works on the MBA or not then you should just order one and try. But again, make sure PES can run on OS X or you can get Vista or XP running on the MBA. Shouldn't be a problem with bootcamp and an external CD/DVD drive.
     
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    That's not true...the macbook pro has a 8600gt that is a good gpu and can handle easily pes 2008 on bootcamp,the Air has a (crappy) x3100 not only your game will be a nice slideshow but also other games cause it's a low end gpu...Air it's not a gaming laptop...

    And even if Air has ssd hard drive pes 2008 requires gpu horsepower to avoid lags and slowdowns during the matches...
     
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  7. smagdy

    smagdy Notebook Consultant

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    In other forum someone told me he was able to play it fine on MacBook C2D from 2006.. so which have better graphics, that MacBook or MacBook Air ?
     
    smagdy, Feb 4, 2008
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  8. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Get more solid evidence that it can run instead of "I heard it can run", otherwise you might be wasting your money buying the game.

    If you bothered to look at the specifications, no offense, you would have seen that both the Macbook and the Macbook Air have the same graphics. I lifted this from Apple.com:
    And with that said, thread closed because we have a lot of X3100 threads. This one is most prominent:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=148045
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 4, 2008
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