(Video) Gaming on the 2011 MacBook Air i5

Arcadia310 · Jul 24, 2011, 10:26 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mMP3Cm7k8o

Hope you guys enjoy. If there's anything specific you'd like to see about the MBA just let me know down below. I'll have an SSD vs. 5400RPM HDD video coming up later and a full review within a day or two.

Astrofox · Jul 24, 2011, 10:57 AM

Thanks for the vid

I have the 13" i7 and I've been playing Portal 2 and Starcraft 2 since I got it.

I must say I'm more than satisfied with its gaming performance. Under OSX the games run really well on medium settings. If you lowered Borderlands down a bit (looked pretty high) it may work out better for you.

Starcraft is a pretty consistent 40-50 fps, cutscenes run way better than I anticipated too. You're right about it not being a high end gaming machine, but does anyone buy an Air to play Crysis on high?

I've used this mac for a couple of days, and it's pretty hard to fault it...

BeachChair · Jul 24, 2011, 10:59 AM

The video is set to "Private" ?

bchreng · Jul 24, 2011, 11:12 AM

How well does the i5 model run Starcraft2 in a 3v3 during a large scale (darn near 200 pop) battle? Would having an i7 model make much of a difference then?

Arcadia310 · Jul 24, 2011, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by bchreng

How well does the i5 model run Starcraft2 in a 3v3 during a large scale (darn near 200 pop) battle? Would having an i7 model make much of a difference then?

I'm no expert on gaming performance but the i7 gets a main boost in the CPU department. Since the game would still rely upon the integrated Intel 3000 graphics card there probably wouldn't be a noticeable increase at all. I'd say the i7 would help most for video editing and other CPU intensive tasks.

Beaverman3001 · Jul 24, 2011, 11:24 AM

Video shows as being private.

Arcadia310 · Jul 24, 2011, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Beaverman3001

Video shows as being private.

Hmm, it shouldn't be private.

stevenpa · Jul 24, 2011, 05:51 PM

Can you try BF:BC2 and MW2 on bootcamp?

SpeedFleX · Jul 24, 2011, 06:01 PM

please try a source game if you can.

Jul 24, 2011, 10:26 AM	#1
Arcadia310 macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2010	(Video) Gaming on the 2011 MacBook Air i5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mMP3Cm7k8o Hope you guys enjoy. If there's anything specific you'd like to see about the MBA just let me know down below. I'll have an SSD vs. 5400RPM HDD video coming up later and a full review within a day or two.
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Jul 24, 2011, 10:57 AM	#2
Astrofox macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2011	Thanks for the vid I have the 13" i7 and I've been playing Portal 2 and Starcraft 2 since I got it. I must say I'm more than satisfied with its gaming performance. Under OSX the games run really well on medium settings. If you lowered Borderlands down a bit (looked pretty high) it may work out better for you. Starcraft is a pretty consistent 40-50 fps, cutscenes run way better than I anticipated too. You're right about it not being a high end gaming machine, but does anyone buy an Air to play Crysis on high? I've used this mac for a couple of days, and it's pretty hard to fault it...
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Jul 24, 2011, 10:59 AM	#3
BeachChair macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2008	The video is set to "Private" ?
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Jul 24, 2011, 11:12 AM	#4
bchreng macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2005	How well does the i5 model run Starcraft2 in a 3v3 during a large scale (darn near 200 pop) battle? Would having an i7 model make much of a difference then?
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stevenpa macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2011	Can you try BF:BC2 and MW2 on bootcamp?
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