Help with Diablo 3 with my macbook pro!

[sneak3]

Hello there!

I got a 2008 unibody macbook pro, the 5,5 version one.

core 2 duo 2,2ghz processor, 160 hd, 2gb ram, nvidia 9400m 256 mb ram.

Ive been trying hard to play diablo with this machine so I started to look for how come my mbp couldn't properly run diablo 3.

The primary symptom is constant lag in open scenery areas, it all slows down.

As I was finding some info, I discovered that this GPU used the mbp RAM. 2 GB is already too little, so if the GPU shares ram, the little would turn out to be useless.

SO I upgraded my ram to 8gb, BUT still, i can't see much of an improvement.

Am I missing something?

Please help!

 

[cookiesnfooty]

Hello there!

I got a 2008 unibody macbook pro, the 5,5 version one.

core 2 duo 2,2ghz processor, 160 hd, 2gb ram, nvidia 9400m 256 mb ram.

Ive been trying hard to play diablo with this machine so I started to look for how come my mbp couldn't properly run diablo 3.

The primary symptom is constant lag in open scenery areas, it all slows down.

As I was finding some info, I discovered that this GPU used the mbp RAM. 2 GB is already too little, so if the GPU shares ram, the little would turn out to be useless.

SO I upgraded my ram to 8gb, BUT still, i can't see much of an improvement.

Am I missing something?

Please help!

You could try lowering the graphic settings or even using bootcamp if you're able to use windows.

 

[definitive]

yes, you are missing something. you didn't visit http://www.diablo3.com 's official mac support forum to find out that everyone with this underpowered card is having the same exact issue, and that blizzard is supposedly working on a fix. don't expect to see much of a gain.

edit: look for an update some time tomorrow which is supposed to address this issue.

 

[Stetrain]

That's because you have the version with the 9400m, which is an integrated card that's lower performance than even the modern Intel integrated graphics.

I wouldn't expect to be able to run much in the way of modern 3D games, at least not at anything but low or medium settings.

 

[AlexMaximus]

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SO I upgraded my ram to 8gb, BUT still, i can't see much of an improvement.

Am I missing something?

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Use this patch and you will be able to play it:

us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/6214188

 

[Wafflausages]

Ram won't do much for performance but
Go into Finder, "Go", press Alt and "Library" should appear. Click that and go to Application Support>Blizzard>Diablo. You should see D3PREFS.txt look for "Hardwareclass" and change it to "1". Greatly improves performance I got about +20-30 fps on my 6750m