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How will the new MBP compare to my current PC?

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ElCidRo

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I currently have a desktop PC made of:

intel i5 750
Gigabyte P55-UD3 motherboard
Gigabyte ATI HD 5770 1GB GDDR5
4GB RAM Kingmax DDR3 1333 MHz
Seagate 500 GB 7200 rpm Sata2

I want to buy the new 15" high-end model - at $2200
Do you think it will be able to match my current desktop in games?

Thanks in advance
 
Will I still be able to play starcraft 2 at max?

I also plan to upgrade the MBP to a SSD once the new ones come out and add 4 more GB of ram.
 
ElCidRo said:
Will I still be able to play starcraft 2 at max?

I also plan to upgrade the MBP to a SSD once the new ones come out and add 4 more GB of ram.
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You could but you aren't going to enjoy it, you'll get probably 15fps at the most
 
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I have the 15" top model, i can play starcraft 2 without any problems. I am using os x so no idea about bootcamp games. However my 2009 macbook pro 15" played bootcamp games without any problems so the new 2011 should be even better?
 
Macs are simply not designed with gaming in the forefront of the mind. At this point, it's more of an afterthought, but as games are becoming more popular on OS X and with more being released all the time, this may soon change.

That being said. I don't run Bootcamp, I have no interest in putting Windows on my Mac, I leave that to the Windows machine. So I can't speak for Windows performance on it. My MacBook Pro (specs in sig) runs StarCraft 2, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, and Civilization 5 at max detail, perfectly smooth, without a single hitch. I imagine the top end 15 inch would perform just as well or near it. It actually runs those games smoother, and better, than my Windows machine with slightly higher specs. Would get rid of the Windows rig completely if a few other things get ported to/put out for OS X.
 
For gaming, not great.

For many other things, it will take a big steamy dump on your PC every time you touch it.
 
ElCidRo said:
I currently have a desktop PC made of:

intel i5 750
Gigabyte P55-UD3 motherboard
Gigabyte ATI HD 5770 1GB GDDR5
4GB RAM Kingmax DDR3 1333 MHz
Seagate 500 GB 7200 rpm Sata2

I want to buy the new 15" high-end model - at $2200
Do you think it will be able to match my current desktop in games?

Thanks in advance
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Short answer: no. Not even close.

The desktop Radeon 5770 is roughly on par with the very fastest mobile GPUs currently on the market (e.g. 6970M). While it's respectable, the 6750M is still a class or two below this.
 
The processor in the MBP is better but the 5770 will run circles around the mobility 6750. The even the mobility 5750 in the iMac is faster than the 6750.
 
Why would you want a MBP anyway? If you are looking for that kind of power in a laptop, then you should look at an Alienware, but I hear they are crap, but maybe since Dell bought them recently, they are better now.
 
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