aw yeah.. bioshock 2 on macbook article

[dugbug]

Posted this in a separate thread, but may be of general interest in the forum.

My concern is in how well the 9400M and SLOOOOOOOW air harddrive holds up.

http://www.techulous.com/gaming/can-the-macbook-air-game-bioshock-2-bootcamp-joyriding.html

 

[The Flashing Fi]

The Hard Drive won't impact the frame rate, it will impact the loading times of the scenes. Once when the scene is loaded, you'll be fine.

And I don't see what you mean by:

My concern is in how well the 9400M ... holds up.

The 9400M isn't great, but as the article suggests, it's capable if you crank the resolution down.

 

[dugbug]

The Hard Drive won't impact the frame rate, it will impact the loading times of the scenes. Once when the scene is loaded, you'll be fine.

And I don't see what you mean by:


The 9400M isn't great, but as the article suggests, it's capable if you crank the resolution down.

Hi Flashing fi.

I am not worried about the HD affecting FPS. I am worried about its affects on gaming overall: streaming textures, laborous load times, etc. May not be a problem, but its a concern.

The 9400M is my reason for the post as it appears to do a good job. It was my main concern. I love my macbook but its not a gaming beast.... the gfx being designed for great composite desktop effects and battery life.

You do loose resolution. The article suggests 800x600.

 

[dugbug]

The review from playing the game on the macbook is up. Its all bioshock specific, but there are some mac performance bits here and there.

Here is a quote

For those playing on the computer, some battles you will need a fast frame rate due to the speed of advanced enemies such as spider splicers. For those following our macbook bootcamp adventures, I turned effects off to gain framerate at various points in the game.

linky http://www.techulous.com/reviews/review-bioshock-2-part-1.html