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I ran a little experiment...........

deniser

deniser

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My 14 year old son loves to play Halo. The problem is he prefers to play on my white 2.2 MacBook on the 20" ACDas it is faster than his windoze laptop. He does complain of lag on the MB. The white MacBook is 2.2 with 320gb WD HDD and 4gb ram.

Today my refurb MBP 2.4 with nvidia 256mb graphics card, 2gb ram and 160gb HDD came today (love it).

So..................today I hooked the MBP up to the ACD and said "go play". He looked at me gobsmacked as I usually nag him to come off it !!!

He did not notice the MBP and said he noticed no difference in performance whilst playing the game :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

I was not expecting that !!!!
 
Well when I run halo on my imac g5 i also get lag, I'm assuming he is playing the mp portion of the game and I usually get lag there mostly because the servers people host are not the greatest. So maybe ask him to test the single player on both computers to see if there is a difference.

ChrisN
 
Well test the singleplayer portions of the game on both computers side by side and see if there is a difference.
Also, I also play cod and if you type something into the games console it will tell you your frames per second so try to find one of those commands for halo and see the frame per seconds.

ChrisN
 
Did you install the UNIVERSAL update?

What is your internet speed?

Is the computer playing the game connected via wireless (susceptible to interference) or through ethernet?
 
Oh, so you'd expect him to notice the difference with the new thigh toaster (i'm tryin' :) ), but he doesn't. Seems the increased RAM on the MB is the difference.
Besides, it's a pretty subjective test. Not like you gave him a tofu burger in disguise, is it?
 
binky2033 said:
Oh, so you'd expect him to notice the difference with the new thigh toaster (i'm tryin' :) ), but he doesn't. Seems the increased RAM on the MB is the difference.
Besides, it's a pretty subjective test. Not like you gave him a tofu burger in disguise, is it?
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Aww don't be mean. I know it is subjective. It was done on the spur of the moment. Wish I hadn't started this.

Yes he is playing over a wireless connection (tbh not thought of that):p
 
deniser said:
Aww don't be mean. I know it is subjective. It was done on the spur of the moment. Wish I hadn't started this.
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Oops, Sorry! I wasn't trying to be mean. Please don't let knuckleheads like myself dampen you spontaneity :(.

Another thought is whether the screen resolution difference plays against the MBP, as I'd imagine the game is either 1. not displaying the native resolution, or 2. running at a higher resolution than the MB.
 
well its kinda an old game...maybe both can handle it at 30 fps so its not really an issue. The MBP is a much faster comp btw for more current games.
 
binky2033 said:
Oops, Sorry! I wasn't trying to be mean. Please don't let knuckleheads like myself dampen you spontaneity :(.

Another thought is whether the screen resolution difference plays against the MBP, as I'd imagine the game is either 1. not displaying the native resolution, or 2. running at a higher resolution than the MB.
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Ok thanks, no worries. Basically I thought the MBP would run the game better for him having a dedicated graphics card. He is not a hard core gamer just likes to play for enjoyment.

I must admit the MBP case on the left side where you rest your wrist to type gets very hot. This is something I have not experienced in the MB.

Love the idea it is an incubator but don't you think its a bit to hot to incubate roflmao here:D
 
deniser said:
Ok thanks, no worries. Basically I thought the MBP would run the game better for him having a dedicated graphics card. He is not a hard core gamer just likes to play for enjoyment.

I must admit the MBP case on the left side where you rest your wrist to type gets very hot. This is something I have not experienced in the MB.

Love the idea it is an incubator but don't you think its a bit to hot to incubate roflmao here:D
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I have NO idea what people are referring to in terms of heat! I can play a 720p video whilst Handbraking a movie without any discomfort?!
 
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