Can the 2011 13" MBP handle any gaming?

[Scope1230]

I was wondering if the MBP 13" 2011 can handle MW2 or blackops cuz I don't know if I'm going to game or not. Thanks for the help.

 

[Hellhammer]

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-3000.37948.0.html

Not the gamer's dream machine though.

 

[LoganT]

I can play COD 4 with 75-125 FPS with a special config at 800x600 resolution. It doesn't look that good, but I'm used to my games not looking good.

 

[csjo00]

I game on my 2010 13" MBP. You really have to tweak performance settings, and it depends on the game. I assume the 2011 will do better.

But I don't play FPS or anything like that, that depend on higher performance.

I played through Sims 3, Starcraft 2 (campaign only, as multiplayer got really bad when lots of units were on screen), and Civ 4.

 

[Ieo]

I played L4D 1&2 just fine via steam on my core i5 13" (I was even outputting to a 23" 1080p monitor). Once I get my replacement machine (original had a dead pixel right in the middle of the screen that was bugging the hell out of me; apple is swapping it out no problem), I'm going to try civ5 (I do own starcraft 2, but I didn't get a chance to install it before I sent it out for the swap. This guy (http://www.techyalert.com/2011/02/25/macbook-pro-2010-vs-macbook-pro-2011/) says SC2 runs just fine.

 

[AH88]

Not meaning to high jack this thread but figured I should ask here instead of making a new thread.
How would the 2011 13'' MBP handle an older game like Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines or maybe TESIV: Oblivion?

 

[416049]

Not meaning to high jack this thread but figured I should ask here instead of making a new thread.
How would the 2011 13'' MBP handle an older game like Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines or maybe TESIV: Oblivion?

it should handle it fine on low to mid-low settings without any problems

 

[adnoh]

Youll want the end 15" for decent gaming

 

[leman]

Not meaning to high jack this thread but figured I should ask here instead of making a new thread.
How would the 2011 13'' MBP handle an older game like Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines or maybe TESIV: Oblivion?

It won't have any problems with both these games. I used to play Oblivion with 9400M. I also played through Fallout 3 on 9400M and it was enjoyable. People really overrate the GPUs for modern games... while its true that a good GPU is required to play at very high settings/high resolutions/AA/FRAPS recording, a mediocre GPU will do just fine with most games on good settings.

I mean, HD3000 can handle Crysis on a decent enough level:

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