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Gaming in OSX faster than Windows! And improved battery life in Windows!

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imacuser1

macrumors newbie
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Mar 26, 2011
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OSX
Left 4 Dead 2 - Native resolution 1440×900
Low settings – (32/67/45) Very playable, smooth
Medium settings – (28/52/36) Very playable, smooth
High settings – (23/49/27) Playable, but sometimes stutters during explosions

Windows
Left 4 Dead 2 - Native resolution 1440×900
Low settings – (27/58/37) Very playable, smooth
Medium settings – (22/43/30) Playable
High settings – (13/38/21) Playable, but stutters too much when 7+ units on the screen.

Plus they said in windows battery life management has improved alot
- Battery life management in Windows has drastically improved. It was showing battery life was 6 hours and 22 minutes. Huge improvement over MacBook Pro 13″ 2011 that was showing 5 hours and 13 minutes.
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http://www.appleownz.com/2011/07/21/2011-macbook-air-13-benchmarks/

UGH!!!! Now which one to get..
 
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linh1987

macrumors newbie
Jul 20, 2011
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imacuser1 said:
OSX
Left 4 Dead 2 - Native resolution 1440×900
Low settings – (32/67/45) Very playable, smooth
Medium settings – (28/52/36) Very playable, smooth
High settings – (23/49/27) Playable, but sometimes stutters during explosions

Windows
Left 4 Dead 2 - Native resolution 1440×900
Low settings – (27/58/37) Very playable, smooth
Medium settings – (22/43/30) Playable
High settings – (13/38/21) Playable, but stutters too much when 7+ units on the screen.

Plus they said in windows battery life management has improved alot


http://www.appleownz.com/2011/07/21/2011-macbook-air-13-benchmarks/

UGH!!!! Now which one to get..
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Maybe part of the reason is the Windows driver for HD3000 is not mature (Intel telltale story). Just wait a few months for the next batch of drivers and see.
 
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akhbhaat

macrumors regular
Sep 30, 2010
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linh1987 said:
Maybe part of the reason is the Windows driver for HD3000 is not mature (Intel telltale story). Just wait a few months for the next batch of drivers and see.
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Most Mac games are ports of the Windows version. They should run faster in Windows, all else being equal. I get the impression that Apple has taken direct control of driver development for OS X (or has at least driven Intel to optimize them) while the Windows driver languishes.
 
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XX55XX

macrumors regular
May 17, 2009
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Apple writes its own drivers for most of the hardware on their machines. That's probably why it's faster. Intel's driver team still has a long way to go.
 
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DavidC1

macrumors member
Jul 26, 2006
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XX55XX said:
Apple writes its own drivers for most of the hardware on their machines. That's probably why it's faster. Intel's driver team still has a long way to go.
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Intel improved the Linux side drivers vastly over last few months. Although Mac OS isn't Linux, its closer to it than Windows. I'm pretty sure the work is related.
 
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