GTA IV on 2.26GHz MBP (Video)

[ColinEC]

This topic was originally intended to be posted in the gaming section, however I see threads discussing the gaming capability of the 2.26GHz model more often in the MBP section.

I was originally going to purchase the 2.8GHz 15" MBP over the 2.26GHz 13" MBP for the sole purpose of playing Grand Theft Auto IV, however I decided against it, and purchased the 2.26GHz model.


Today I installed Windows 7 RC 64-Bit in hopes that I could play GTA IV on it, but I had low expectations performance wise. To my surprise, the game ran very well. I captured a video to demonstrate the capabilities of this machine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHsjzn4jp_4


As you can see, the computer handles it just fine. Of course I am running on all low details, but the game wasn't well-optimized anyways and the MBP is still able to play well.

My camera records at 30FPS so you should see a fairly accurate representation of how it performs in actuality.

 

[womble2k2]

This topic was originally intended to be posted in the gaming section, however I see threads discussing the gaming capability of the 2.26GHz model more often in the MBP section.

I was originally going to purchase the 2.8GHz 15" MBP over the 2.26GHz 13" MBP for the sole purpose of playing Grand Theft Auto IV, however I decided against it, and purchased the 2.26GHz model.

Did I read that right. You were going to splash out on a high end MBP for the sole purpose of playing a single game??? Wow!

 

[ColinEC]

Did I read that right. You were going to splash out on a high end MBP for the sole purpose of playing a single game??? Wow!

And that's when my wallet and I realized it was a horrible idea

 

[queshy]

Looks great! Almost identical to my PS3, actually.

 

[womble2k2]

And that's when my wallet and I realized it was a horrible idea

I hope you find other uses for your MBP as well.

 

[deputy_doofy]

That video looked pretty good. I wonder how much better the next 13" MBP would handle it, considering the extra RAM and CPU speed (though the same GPU). Thanks for sharing.

 

[eXan]

O_O

It performs better than on my friend's iMac 2.4 with Radeon 2600 under XP!

Most impressive.

 

[ColinEC]

O_O

It performs better than on my friend's iMac 2.4 with Radeon 2600 under XP!

Most impressive.

Well, it performs well if you turn everything down

Your friend is probably running it on much nicer details than I do.

 

[spaceboots06]

What's the ultimate graphics tweak?

 

[noodle654]

Looks pretty good for a Youtube video. GTA IV isn't a really demanding game, so I would expect the 13" to do fine. But, the resolution is a bit weak, which I can understand. What are the fans/temps at when playing?

 

[ChrisN]

It looks like it stutters a lot but besides that it looks pretty good.

ChrisN

 

[ColinEC]

What are the fans/temps at when playing?

I'm unsure of the ran RPM & temperature while playing, what application should I get to monitor that? It was fairly hot, though. The top-left corner (near the magsafe) became very hot to touch and the fans were spinning quite fast.

 

[noodle654]

I'm unsure of the ran RPM & temperature while playing, what application should I get to monitor that? It was fairly hot, though. The top-left corner (near the magsafe) became very hot to touch and the fans were spinning quite fast.

On Windows 7? I am not too sure, is there something built into 7 to monitor it? Normal gaming temps/fans I am sure. I play Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 and Earned in Blood on my MBP in XP (at 1440x900 with max settings) and my fans are blasting with heat steady at like 175*F+. Enjoy the MBP.

 

[eXan]

Well, it performs well if you turn everything down

Your friend is probably running it on much nicer details than I do.

No it was everything lowest and 800x600.

Looks pretty good for a Youtube video. GTA IV isn't a really demanding game, so I would expect the 13" to do fine. But, the resolution is a bit weak, which I can understand. What are the fans/temps at when playing?

You serious? It may not be very demanding, but its so poorly coded it runs like crap on every computer unless the computer has quad cores and 2 top-range video cards in SLI or Crossfire.

 

[reallynotnick]

idk why you didn't consider the 2.66ghz model, but that's pretty impressive. I have to try a couple more games out on my 13in MBP. I've only tried Crysis, Lost Planet, Tomb Raider Anniversary (Mac version). Crysis was horrible but playable if you really wanted to play it on low everything. Lost Planet was better but still pretty sucky. (this was all in Windows 7) TR ran really great though.

 

[w00t951]

Well, it won't run at maximum settings, but it will run.