Anybody know if the intel HD 5000 is stronger or weaker than an Nvidia GTX 560 card? Just trying to compare to my old Rig.
The GTX 560M is a better card than the HD 5000 by a pretty wide margin.
Anybody know if the intel HD 5000 is stronger or weaker than an Nvidia GTX 560 card? Just trying to compare to my old Rig.
The GTX 560M is a better card than the HD 5000 by a pretty wide margin.
Anybody know if the intel HD 5000 is stronger or weaker than an Nvidia GTX 560 card? Just trying to compare to my old Rig.
It's not a mobile card, I'm talking the desktop 560 card. Well anyway that sucks. Might not get a mac then, as the only one with graphics card is $2600.
I'm a console/handhelds games collector, so I do a very minimum amount of PC gaming, but I still want to actually play some games...
It's not a mobile card, I'm talking the desktop 560 card. Well anyway that sucks. Might not get a mac then, as the only one with graphics card is $2600.
I'm a console/handhelds games collector, so I do a very minimum amount of PC gaming, but I still want to actually play some games...
I have a Windows machine for PC gaming and an Xbox One/360 for console games. But I don't play anything other than WoW on my MBA; for everything else it does I find it to be the best notebook I've ever owned, and I've been through a few.
Dude realise the laptop GPUs's especially integrated will never be the same as DESKTOP cards. You have high expectations it seems.Really loving the thinness off the air and even rMBP. With student discount, a 13 inch air with the better CPU, 8gbs RAM and 512GB SSD can be had for $1650, not bad on price but the gaming capabilities are pathetic. A New 2014 laptop can't even beat out a 3 year old mid-range card?
I also need to either use Parallels desktop or bootcamp Windows to use the engineering programs in college...so switching back and forth seems pointless. Can't listen to my music on mac OS if I'm in windows working on homework etc.
x51 by alienware? lol ok it's a desktop #1 and I build my own. Alienware is pretty cringe worthy.
[...]but the gaming capabilities are pathetic. A New 2014 laptop can't even beat out a 3 year old mid-range card?
I currently have a base model 2012 MBA (4 GB RAM, 1.8 GHz i5) and have ordered a 2013 i7 w/8 GB RAM). Will it be a significant improvement?
What's the problem?
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How does Borderlands 2 play on OS X from Steam?
Is it playable on low settings/30 fps?
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Anyone tried Hitman Absolution for the Mac yet (or even into Windows)?
I'm not really sure it'll work just as smooth..
It's not a mobile card, I'm talking the desktop 560 card. Well anyway that sucks. Might not get a mac then, as the only one with graphics card is $2600.
I'm a console/handhelds games collector, so I do a very minimum amount of PC gaming, but I still want to actually play some games...
What it boils down to is that gaming is not what it was designed for. Frankly, you wouldn't find much more than an HD 4400 or 5000 in just about any ultrabook, be it the MBA or a Windows system, so if you're looking for something for gaming you're barking up the wrong tree. It will play a pretty decent variety of games and some games it will even play well; like I've said, I play WoW on my MBA and on medium settings get on average around 90fps. I would hardly call that pathetic.
Anyone know why Legend of Grimrock runs much better on my MacBook Air vs my Mac Mini?
MacBook Air: i7 @1.7GHz, 8GB RAM, Intel HD 5000, 250GB SSD
Mac Mini: i5 @ 2.5GHz, 16GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 6630M, installed on SSD
Framerates are probably 30% higher on the MacBook Air, and that's without fans spinning up. I figured the Mini would run it better, but I'm not sure if it's the 256MB of video memory that's the bottleneck or not.
I tried playing WoW on my maxed out mid-2013 MBA just to see if it would handle it and after a few minutes, the temperature shot up and stayed around 80-99 celcius. This was with all settings low and vsync on.. pretty scary. Do you guys think that is way too hot to run at long periods of time?