i want to get a 1299 macbook and wanted to know if world of warcraft and counter strike would run well with the computer
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Is mid-level MacBook efficient enough to run WoW and Counter Strike: Source?
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ZiggyPastorius
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Yes. WoW, the settings [may] have to be turned down just a little. I don't know exactly how low, as I don't play, but Guild Wars is a very very similar game and runs pretty much perfectly on my late 2007 entry-level Macbook on the highest settings. Counter Strike Source will also not be any problem.
Edit: On second thought, WoW only requires 32MB Gfx cards that are pretty old and is a pretty low-specced game. You shouldn't have any problems at all.
ZiggyPastorius
macrumors 68040
There's no telling, as they haven't released the specs, yet. I'm going to place my wager on:
Smoothly? Probably not.
Playable? A somewhat-likely maybe.
Unplayable? Probably not, but possible.
Macbooks generally have a hard time keeping up with modern games, but, depending on how graphically intensive it is, they may be able to play it.
A macbook Pro would be able to for sure.
I have a first-gen MacBook. CS:S plays terribly. The older CS plays fine though. Do the newer MacBooks have a GPU that can actually play CS:S now?
clevin
macrumors G3
System requirement of D3 hasn't been announced yet. Blizzard generally produce high quality games with relatively low system requirement.
That being said. I don't know if X3100 will run it smoothly.