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games for rMBP 13"

Fantastic! Thanks for the info. I'll be going from a 15" 2011 model with discrete card to the new 13" rMBP and this was one of the things I was worried about. Granted, I only play WoW and only casually at that, but I didn't want to be too disappointed. My only concern is how that's going to change when Draenor comes out, especially with the (probably?) more intensive requirements to run the shiny new graphical improvements.
 
Game64 said:
I'll let you know tomorrow after my MBPr 13 comes in.
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cheers mate! really appreciate that, looking forward to it!!

scbond said:
Personally, I don't think a game is worth playing unless it's on the highest possible settings.
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yeah indeed! totally agree with you. or at least at medium to high settings. However we all know it´s a intel iris 5100 that we can´t expect much, just really light casual gaming. thankfully i´m only interested in one game that is old, that doesn´t demand much graphically, so really trying to figure out if the 5100 can handle it or not everything set to the max (Combat arms).

but of course, even if it can handle today a game or two that are intensive in some way, for sure next year it won´t and you´ll be playing at low everything, which is just dreadful...
 
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RobboMB said:
Not got as many games as i used to have unfortunately but scrounged round a few mates for logins and tried out the following:

Diablo 3 (OSX native) runs fine at mostly high settings (shadows and a few others turned down and dropped the resolution to 1680x1050 to give it a helping hand). Wouldn't have any issue playing it on here.

World of Warcraft (OSX native) hovers around 60fps on good settings with the same resolution. More than playable but it does heat up a hell of a lot and the fans are at full tilt within 3 minutes or so. Checked on istat and the cpu is hitting 95 degrees after 10 minutes just standing around so wouldn't fancy playing it for any decent stretch without some sort of cooler.

Eve Online (OSX native) runs fantastic, best one i've tried so far, although it's pretty well optimised these days so i was expecting good things. Didn't get chance to jump into any big fleet stuff (been ages since i've played so didn't fancy messing around too much on my mate's account, but the few missions i jumped in ran perfectly, over 100 fps in some areas on reasonable settings)

Bootcamp'd over to windows i've tried the following which all run fine: TF2, CS:GO, Saints Row 3, Minecraft (presume this also runs fine on OSX, i had it on my windows image so figured i'd try it while there), Anno 2070 (bit choppy when there's a lot going on), Dawn of War (various expansions), Age of Empires 2 (hell why not??).

Staying on windows:

BF3 - runs ok, depends on what level of quality and fps you're willing to accept. If you're doing competitive multiplayer then it's not the machine for you, but if you want to play a bit of campaign mode or something then it'll be fine.

COD - Only had 4 installed but figured seen as they're all the same it should be a good indicator - worked fine, as with bf3 it depends what settings you're willing to play at and what you expect from a laptop with no dedicated graphics card.

Skyrim - Surprisingly fine, even with middle of the road settings i was getting 35-40 fps from it. Laptop did start kicking out some heat after a while (seems to be the done thing with the big 3d rpgs for some reason, but it wasn't as bad as others)

As for stuff that didn't run so well:

I tried out FFXIV just to see what happened with it (not expecting much). It did run and got to about 20fps on low settings, for me it's not ideal but at a push it's playable (as long as it's nothing too intensive / reaction dependant).

BF4 - as someone else has said, near enough unplayable, lag all over the shop, textures cutting in and out. Saying that it gives my PC a headache which has got a decent graphics card on board so I wasn't expecting miracles.

Hope some of those help anyway, spec sheet is below if you need it. Not a gaming beast by any stretch, but pleasantly surprised with some of the games it managed to run!
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What resolution did you use for the windows partition?
 
Played DayZ on low Settings averaged 30FPS.
Settings w/ 3D detail at 1280 x 800; and the UI Resolution @ 2048x1280
All low settings, NO AA/AS
 
does anybody play PES 2014 or 2013 on 13" rMBP ? my configuration 2,6/16/256 is just on processing nowadays. And i'm planning to load win 8 on it for playing PES.
 
onemustfall said:
I've played Civ 5 on default settings successfully. Does produce a lot of heat though...
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Thank you very much I am thinking about buying Civ 5 for my 15" rMBP. :apple:

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The Sim 3 played fine with my 15" rMBP with default setting but I still get error message every time I started The Sim 3. :apple:
 
BF4 works great on 720p and medium settings, and looks great too, i dont know why but it does. I mean is not SO much difference between 1440p High settings and this.
I have 15" MBP with Iris Pro but i dont think is so much difference between Hd5100 and Hd5200
 
I'm playing mostly Hearthstone on my 13" Late 2013 rMBP (2,4/256/8). As you can guess, it runs just flawlessly, but it's not a demanding game.
 
Serban said:
its still in close beta right?
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Yes, I got lucky. It's basically awesome and already sucked me in. Technically it's much like old Pokemon card game, but with Warcraft flavour and shiny graphics. Lots of Blizzard humour as well. I'm surprised it's going to be free.
 
I can add that X Com Enemy Unknown / Within is playable at 1280x800 at med/high settings, just played through a few campaigns and works great.

FTL, Star Wars: KotOR, and Kerbal Space Program also are playable @ 1280x800 med settings

I am very impressed with the integrated graphics, you won't be playing at full settings or for very long because the battery melts away but you can get a few hours of fun out of a 13" compact machine and I enjoy it a lot albeit most times with a power cord attached :)
 
RobobVT said:
I can add that X Com Enemy Unknown / Within is playable at 1280x800 at med/high settings, just played through a few campaigns and works great.

FTL, Star Wars: KotOR, and Kerbal Space Program also are playable @ 1280x800 med settings

I am very impressed with the integrated graphics, you won't be playing at full settings or for very long because the battery melts away but you can get a few hours of fun out of a 13" compact machine and I enjoy it a lot albeit most times with a power cord attached :)
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added, thanks for sharing your experience :)
 
To be specific FTL doesn't have any settings just full screen and no vsync so just have default for that :)
 
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