sorry for bumping an old thread but..I've been thinking to pick this game up..
I'm running the white mb
MacBook Specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz
4GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor using 144MB
Leopard 10.5.6
think is the Sanata Rosa chip
I really hope it could run it....
Intel x3100 is very weak, but you can make it work if you are running bootcamp with XP Pro. Online will be very choppy and really not enjoyable. If you want to play the single player campaigns, install it on XP, then go into the registry and search for "3dmark". This should pull up multiple sections in the registry. Add a "dword" in that section of the registry with both of these....
_left4dead.exe and ~left4dead.exe
Once you do that, edit the dword and change the hex value to 1.
What that does is put the shader process on the processor. The game runs pretty smooth at that point. But, once you add the online elements, it becomes too much for it to handle, in the areas where you get swarmed. Also, you have to run it at 640x480 and all low detail.
That is how a buddy of mine got it running on his 2.4duo 4gb ram, x3100 white macbook.
For anyone out there that recently bought the white macbook (2.0duo with the 9400 nvidia integrated chip), this runs it very well, no chop, med-high settings across the board on widescreen. Very glad I got this machine and not the x3100. Need some gaming on the go, and the x3100 would have been a killer.
Bottom line...x3100 just isn't a gaming chip. My buddy mentioned that the limit he sees is around HL2 as far as high settings and running smooth. After that (or more current games), low details at best, and chop.
