CS:S on Macbook White - A bit laggy.

[munity]

Hey guys - Im new here, so please bare with me if I didn't post the right place.

Im a new Macbook White owner - thats the newest one on the market.

I play a lot of CS:S - now the problem is, that I almost got 60-70 FPS, with low settings and a resolution on 800 x 600 or 1024 x something I don't remember.

My friend can play with high-settings and he still haves over 150 FPS! He got a Macbook Pro.

Could someone help me with this? - I want to play sometimes on the Mac, and its not quit entertaining with a laggy game.

Thank you so much, guys!

Regards munity.

 

[miles01110]

He probably has a better graphics card in his MBP.

 

[munity]

He probably has a better graphics card in his MBP.

He got a 9400M - like me.

I forgot to write, my Macbooks specs:

2,26 GHz Intel dual core
2 GB 1067MHz RAM
9400M 256MB RAM


Thank you for your help!

 

[miles01110]

And are you running CS:S through BootCamp, Parallels, Crossover...?

 

[munity]

And are you running CS:S through BootCamp, Parallels, Crossover...?

Im using Crossover Games with WinXP.

He (my friend) use this aswell.

 

[acfusion29]

Im using Crossover Games with WinXP.

He (my friend) use this aswell.

Crossover is horrible.

I ran CSS on my Aluminum MacBook without any problems for a little bit, then once I reformatted, I reinstalled it and it ran like crap.

I went from having decent FPS, to about 20-30FPS.

Just install BootCamp, it will save you a lot of trouble.

 

[munity]

Crossover is horrible.

I ran CSS on my Aluminum MacBook without any problems for a little bit, then once I reformatted, I reinstalled it and it ran like crap.

I went from having decent FPS, to about 20-30FPS.

Just install BootCamp, it will save you a lot of trouble.

Thanks for the tip - could you answer these questions:

1. Should I run with WinXP and SP3 32-bit or Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

2. How many FPS do you got? - And what settings are you playing with (resolution, model details, antialiasing etc.)?

Thank you very much.

 

[acfusion29]

Thanks for the tip - could you answer these questions:

1. Should I run with WinXP and SP3 32-bit or Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

2. How many FPS do you got? - And what settings are you playing with (resolution, model details, antialiasing etc.)?

Thank you very much.

Well, I haven't played it in a while... but I do remember when I had it installed on bootcamp, I had at least 70FPS on 1280x800 (max resolution). I don't remember the detailing, sorry.

I have XP 32-bit installed. I don't know if Windows 7 will give it a boost in performance or not.

 

[munity]

Well, I haven't played it in a while... but I do remember when I had it installed on bootcamp, I had at least 70FPS on 1280x800 (max resolution). I don't remember the detailing, sorry.

I have XP 32-bit installed. I don't know if Windows 7 will give it a boost in performance or not.

Hey, thanks for the answer.

I think you had some medium-high settings with that resolution - Thats fine with me. Im installing XP SP3 tomorrow!

Again, thank you for your help.

 

[acfusion29]

Hey, thanks for the answer.

I think you had some medium-high settings with that resolution - Thats fine with me. Im installing XP SP3 tomorrow!

Again, thank you for your help.

No problem. Post your details once you have it up and running.

 

[ayeying]

Hey, thanks for the answer.

I think you had some medium-high settings with that resolution - Thats fine with me. Im installing XP SP3 tomorrow!

Again, thank you for your help.

I play CS:S at 1280x800 @ everything maxed out and 2x AA/4x AF and still get ~50+ fps stable. That's on a MacBook Air too

 

[munity]

I play CS:S at 1280x800 @ everything maxed out and 2x AA/4x AF and still get ~50+ fps stable. That's on a MacBook Air too

Wonderful, Im not going to play at 1280x800 or getting 2xAA/4x AF on - That will give me a FPS-boost.