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Gaming with Parallels 5

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TeddyLeroux

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I have a 2.4 ghz i5 MacBook Pro and I want to play iRacing... ... and run other windows apps... Will the 330m card be able to handle 3D apps and graphicly intensive games like COD... I think Parallels is the best way to way... I want to use this rather than Boot Camp... :apple::apple::apple::apple::apple:
 
J&JPolangin said:
...bootcamp doesn't waste system resources by running a VM at the same time, why do you think Parallels is better to use with your gaming?
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There is no good reason. Bootcamp is obviously the better solution. The thread starter must be new to computers.
 
i just dont want to log off and log back in all the time... there would be a lot of switching if i went with boot camp... and i want to do screen recordings on windows using screenflow...
 
Or Macs.

The VM software guys sell a lot of products to us newbs.
My i7 with SSD and 8 gigs can do pretty good stuff with Parallels,
Nothing close to native Windows with Bootcamp
though.
 
I don't think Parallels is able to get the video card directly. It will run a very weak "simulated" video card.
 
raymondu999 said:
I don't think Parallels is able to get the video card directly. It will run a very weak "simulated" video card.
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Agree. I don't think Parallels or Fusion actually uses the drivers for the GPU but instead they use a generic driver for a weak video card that is capable at minimal 3D effects.
 
thanks for the feedback... Ill prolly just test parallels out and see if its ok... if it stutters a bit... ill go with boot camp
 
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