Guitar Hero on New MacBook?

[killianb]

Hi Guys,

Apologies if this has already been asked, however I did a search and couldn't find anything.

Does anyone know if Guitar Hero 3 will work with the new aluminum MacBook? I know it won't work with the old black/white MacBook, however I'm fairly confident it would work with the new one -- I just wanted to make sure before I spent £60 of my Christmas money on it! ;)

Have a Merry Christmas all!!

[youssefm]

here is the system requirements page

http://www.aspyr.com/product/game_specs/85

i think it would run, but maybe lag a tiny bit, if you have the 2.4ghz macbook then it should run fine, if the 2.0ghz it will also run, but with a tiny bit lag

[likemyorbs]

but if you have 4gb on a 2.0 macbook, you should be all good. this thing is a beast...

[marshtric]

i hear about half of the reviewers say that it fails, and the other half says it works great. what's the story?

[youssefm]

i hear about half of the reviewers say that it fails, and the other half says it works great. what's the story?

based on the sys. requirements it should run fine

[killianb]

Thanks for the info guys!

Has anyone out there actually tried it? I'm sure you all know that once you've purchased a game and opened it, it can't be returned. I'd hate to spend the money and not be able to use it!

Thanks again!

[eshroom]

According to sys requirements............ no, it requires a dedicated graphics card.

"Intel integrated video chipsets are not supported. (Mac)" - http://www.aspyr.com/product/game_specs/85

I think this is ridiculous seeing as the Windows version would work fine on an aluminium Macbook under vista!

[cogsinister]

According to sys requirements............ no, it requires a dedicated graphics card.

"Intel integrated video chipsets are not supported. (Mac)" - http://www.aspyr.com/product/game_specs/85

I think this is ridiculous seeing as the Windows version would work fine on an aluminium Macbook under vista!

The new macbooks have nvidia dedicated graphics.....not Intel....

[Vulcan]

The new macbooks have nvidia dedicated graphics.....not Intel....

They still have integrated graphics, it just isn't Intel.

To answer your question: I can play GH3 on my White MacBook using 3D Analyze, you shouldn't have an issue.

[eshroom]

The new macbooks have nvidia dedicated graphics.....not Intel....

Yeh, absolutely right. I should have used this quote in the Mac requirements:

"Supported Video cards:

NVIDIA GeForce 7300, 7600, 8600
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
ATI Radeon X1600, X1900, HD 2400, HD 2600"

To answer your question: I can play GH3 on my White MacBook using 3D Analyze, you shouldn't have an issue.

Doesn't this still require Windows, or is there also a mac version of 3D Analyzer? New Macbooks will play GH3 without any additional software.

[Vulcan]

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Doesn't this still require Windows, or is there also a mac version of 3D Analyzer? New Macbooks will play GH3 without any additional software.

I have the Windows version. And yes, the new MacBook's won't need additional software.

[fatcat23]

They still have integrated graphics, it just isn't Intel.

To answer your question: I can play GH3 on my White MacBook using 3D Analyze, you shouldn't have an issue.


Those new Nvidia chipsets are beautiful, the 9400M vid chip is amazing. Simply great engineering. I think we have reached a point where the integrated graphics have more than enough power for gaming, bluray, etc.

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3432&p=2

bench: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3432&p=4
gives 30FPS, on new 3g games(like crysis) which is playable.

[Vulcan]

Those new Nvidia chipsets are beautiful, the 9400M vid chip is amazing. Simply great engineering. I think we have reached a point where the integrated graphics have more than enough power for gaming, bluray, etc.

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3432&p=2

bench: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3432&p=4
gives 30FPS, on new 3g games(like crysis) which is playable.

They're better than before, but most certainty aren't a God send. A dedicated graphics card like on the MacBook Pro would give much better performance when it comes to gaming.

[eshroom]

So why won't they let us play guitar hero on our aluminium macbooks?! it's just not fair...