how are the new macbooks graphic muscle?

[otis123]

im getting a new pro, or high end macbook in march, and how do these things preform with gaming? id really like to play fallout 3, crysis, or any other high end pc game, i know the pro with its 9600 will be better than a MB and its 9400, so what im really asking is are these good gaming machines?

 

[aki]

yes im too impressed with the new 17" mbp but i wonder what the 9600M video card is like say compared to the imac 8800gs (what i use now)??

 

[lscangus]

not very good at gaming i am afraid.

 

[kastenbrust]

someone else just asked this 30 seconds ago

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/629388/

 

[apolloa]

The new MB Pro's and normal MB's game just fine.

One example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rfHSDgibgo

 

[J the Ninja]

Meh. The 9600M GT is equivalent to the desktop 9500 GT, not the 9600 GT. (The desktop 9600 has double the stream processors and a 256bit memory bus). It will do fine with today's stuff, but this thing's effective lifespan as a gaming machine will be a lot less than its lifespan at everything else.

 

[thirdeyeopen666]

im getting a new pro, or high end macbook in march, and how do these things preform with gaming? id really like to play fallout 3, crysis, or any other high end pc game, i know the pro with its 9600 will be better than a MB and its 9400, so what im really asking is are these good gaming machines?

Both F3, Crysis, and Crysis Warhead run very well.