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vine

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Dec 16, 2010
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Hi,

I have a macbook pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
Memory: 4 GB

With
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
Type: GPU
Bus: PCI
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0863
Revision ID: 0x00b1
ROM Revision: 3427

It is incredible slow - freezes constantly unless on very low graphics in games like World of Warcraft so i'm assuming i need to upload graphics.

So i went to the Nvidia website, and tried to update driver by following steps correctly, selecting the correct options, etc and it said it couldn't update for my system..

How do i update my software so i can play without freezing?

Please help!
^_____^

THANKS

Vine
 
You generally cannot because apple is the one that provides the drivers not nvidia, so any driver updates will come through them, via software update.
 
If an update is available, it will come through Apple Software Update. Have you run Software Update?
 
The game should still be playable. The thought that you think drivers may solve the problem makes me believe that the game is not running well for you. Of course there will be areas where the FPS will just tank but overall you should be able to run comfortably at medium and even more so with settings to low.
 
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