Base spec 11", plays GTA SA in Win7 perfectly no issues whatsoever. Gaming was the last thing I thought the Air would be good at but thanks to the geforce 320m its actually quite good, a lot lot better than my old macbook with intel graphics.
I just installed Windows 7 on Bootcamp on my MBA 13" (1.8, 4GB), and tried out Final Fantasy XIV. With every configurable option set to lowest, and buffer size set to Half, I got "playable" FPS (10-20) in uncrowded areas, and slideshow in more crowded places.
However, simple running in a straight line would cause the game to "hiccup" and/or rubberband very slightly. Not very badly, but enough to want to start feeling like it's going to induce a seizure. In other words, unplayable for the most part.
As a side note, any game or Parallels VM seems to really put the fans into overdrive (6400RPMish). Quite amazing how loud that can be, coming from an otherwise silent laptop.
Can you try Starcraft2 if you have?I'm about to get the same specs as your MBA, I'm debating between a few laptop. Let me know if you can run medium settings most of them and having 30fps during 40units battle. Thanks
Can you try Starcraft2 if you have?I'm about to get the same specs as your MBA, I'm debating between a few laptop. Let me know if you can run medium settings most of them and having 30fps during 40units battle. Thanks
Can you try Starcraft2 if you have?I'm about to get the same specs as your MBA, I'm debating between a few laptop. Let me know if you can run medium settings most of them and having 30fps during 40units battle. Thanks
I did try SC2 next, and it was pretty favorable:
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/11311001/
Just as a side note, the fan was fairly loud, and was drowning out my headphones even. Heat isn't any worse than my MBP13 2009 when under load - maybe even slightly better? Wrist area certainly doesn't warm up as much, but the rear especially is quite warm.
Okay. Firstly, thread updated.
Secondly, I have finally received my top spec 13" MacBook Air (yay). So get your gaming requests in now otherwise you'll have a long time to wait to find out your fps!
Bump for WoW+
Can you try Starcraft2 if you have?I'm about to get the same specs as your MBA, I'm debating between a few laptop. Let me know if you can run medium settings most of them and having 30fps during 40units battle. Thanks
please dont flame me....but
Warcraft 3 Dota on all HIGH settings
and
World of warcraft in Dalaran Mix settings please.
Come on WoW ran on my MacBook4,1 on mixed medium-low settings and I had an integrated Intel graphic. I wouldn't worry about.
Okay. Firstly, thread updated.
Secondly, I have finally received my top spec 13" MacBook Air (yay). So get your gaming requests in now otherwise you'll have a long time to wait to find out your fps!
Ran some Starcraft replays today at 1280x800 High Quality. The two MacBook Airs start off at 30 fps but by the time the 7 minute session comes to a close with a lot of action on screen, they drop to 10 fps. By comparison, the MacBook Pro 15" Core i7 starts off at 50 fps and never drops below it.
CS:S
640x480
All Settings Low
Run the Stress Test
That's the only thing I want to see, from that I will base my decision to get the 11.6" or not.
the 15" has a dedicated GPU, much better than the 320M in the mba. Turn down the detail to low and turn on shaders and it will run fine + look just about the same as on high settings.