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Macbook Games (What I've tried)

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mikeyPotg

macrumors 6502
Mar 20, 2006
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gathaar said:
@mikeypotg how did u manage to run that gameheroes of might n magic V? I asked a game developper what to do. He said :
"Update.

There is a divide by zero created on the chipset found in the MacBook and MacMini. Updating to the latest H5 will fix this windows side. This has already been ironed out so the Mac version won't have this problem."

Anyways tell me how u did it plz ^^
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Hey, I installed the game on Windows mode (via boot camp). Also, I don't think I updated it, though I'm not certain. The game has run very smoothly.

I also installed the expansion and that has run relatively problem free. However, there has been a couple issues where the game shut off on me and gave me an error. This usually happened during a battle. I stopped playing after that, but perhaps there has been some new patches to fix this?

Good luck!
 
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gathaar

macrumors member
Jul 31, 2006
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thx

Thx, I'll try to reinstall it asap. maybe it was a problem with my old bootcamp, dunno :)

PS: Happy Newyear !!! ^_^
 
lonestriker

lonestriker

macrumors newbie
Dec 15, 2006
11
0
Sydney, Australia
I could get Battlefield 2142 running smoothly on my 17" iMac (running at 2GHz with 1GB of memory) on all HIGH settings and AA at 2x. :D :D

Well, an iMac is similar enough to a Macbook. :p
 
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mgmktx

macrumors member
May 15, 2006
67
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lonestriker said:
I could get Battlefield 2142 running smoothly on my 17" iMac (running at 2GHz with 1GB of memory) on all HIGH settings and AA at 2x. :D :D

Well, an iMac is similar enough to a Macbook. :p
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No its not. A Macbook is roughly the same as a Mac mini in terms of GPU (Intel GMA950) and a Macbook Pro would be similar to an iMac (ATI X1600).
 
amnesiak

amnesiak

macrumors member
Oct 13, 2006
60
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Juz said:
has anybody managed to get need for speed carbon to work? i'm running xp via bootcamp on a macbook 2ghz c2d with 1gb ram, and it just briefly flashes a black screen then crashes back to the desktop when i try starting it. i've tried both 1.0 and patching up to 1.3 without any joy.

i find it very strange, because it's a recent 3d game by ea - and at the same time fifa '07 works like a charm!
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i'd like to know too
 
Mac'Mo

Mac'Mo

macrumors 6502a
Aug 29, 2006
586
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NYC
tried WC3 on my MB and it's playable on Bnet but not very smooth or fluid (as it is on my pC)
 
lewion

lewion

macrumors regular
May 31, 2006
225
2
Sydney
Is guild wars nightfall on a macbook any good??

Just askin cause i wanna buy the collectors edition tommorow...
 
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KiDo

macrumors member
Oct 3, 2006
59
3
Amsterdam, Netherlands
lewion said:
Is guild wars nightfall on a macbook any good??

Just askin cause i wanna buy the collectors edition tommorow...
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runs great, at least with me, bought prophecies bout two weeks ago, bought factions yesterday, both run great, and nightfall runs good too, not on highest, but nu framedrop at all not even in the bigger citys, im buying nightfall myself when i got my factions build done and titled, maybe ill see ya around on GW.

as for the question about WC3, yes, under bootcamp, i only use paralels for ubuntu and vista.
 
lewion

lewion

macrumors regular
May 31, 2006
225
2
Sydney
KiDo said:
runs great, at least with me, bought prophecies bout two weeks ago, bought factions yesterday, both run great, and nightfall runs good too, not on highest, but nu framedrop at all not even in the bigger citys, im buying nightfall myself when i got my factions build done and titled, maybe ill see ya around on GW.

as for the question about WC3, yes, under bootcamp, i only use paralels for ubuntu and vista.
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what settings do i have to use to play guildwars nightfall fluently?
just give me your settings :D

eXan said:
Then it must be Rosetta.
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In that case it is rosetta... WC3 isnt universal! under rosetta it plays but really not that good...
 
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saikyan

macrumors newbie
Jan 12, 2007
22
0
has anyone tried Age of Empires III in OS X?

Good to know it runs in Windows, but if it runs just as well in OS X...
 
lordjonny

lordjonny

macrumors regular
Sep 18, 2006
211
1
aoe III

Age of empires 3 runs extremely well on macbook 2.0 Ghz, 2Gb ram. Played every single version of aoe on various computers through the years and gameplay is perfect on standard settings and max resolution.
 
caligula357

caligula357

macrumors member
Dec 31, 2006
70
0
U.K.
Doom3 played on MacBook video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC5ST9VHcnk

CoD2 played on MacBook video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCQu1oskiv0

Quake3 played on MacBook video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXW6hniwMMM

Half-Life2 played on MacBook video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jtiTDwADSI

Oblivion played on MacBook video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3fil4ZzQnc

NFSU MOST WANTED played on MacBook http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otZ0bjl9RJg&NR

GTA SA played on MacBook http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmxB39EvE1g

:D
 
lewion

lewion

macrumors regular
May 31, 2006
225
2
Sydney
KiDo said:
i have it all on medium, and it works like a charm, but when you get in citys as droknars forge or the other major citys it runs a bit slower, but i think everyone has that.
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Bought it, I play it online almost all settings on high and highest screen mode.... Runs like WOOOOOOOOHOOO fast ... Dude what ram do you have 512? I have 1Gb and i must say whawhy :p it runs like i thought it would never run :D I'm totally happy :p
 
eXan

eXan

macrumors 601
Jan 10, 2005
4,734
90
Russia
caligula357 said:
Doom3 played on MacBook video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC5ST9VHcnk

CoD2 played on MacBook video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCQu1oskiv0

Quake3 played on MacBook video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXW6hniwMMM

Half-Life2 played on MacBook video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jtiTDwADSI

:D
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:eek: MacBook runs CoD2 much better than my iMac does!!

It seems that this game is very CPU-intensive.

I noticed this earlier too, when I first got my copy of CoD2 - it runs at absolutely the same frame rate at 800x500 everything low and 1440x900 everything Max (except Renderer that was set to medium).
 
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KiDo

macrumors member
Oct 3, 2006
59
3
Amsterdam, Netherlands
lewion said:
Bought it, I play it online almost all settings on high and highest screen mode.... Runs like WOOOOOOOOHOOO fast ... Dude what ram do you have 512? I have 1Gb and i must say whawhy :p it runs like i thought it would never run :D I'm totally happy :p
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black macbook CD2ghz 2GB ram, but i never even tried playing on highest, i just let it be on medium, its about gameplay to me.. great game might wanna add me as Kido N L we can team up or something :)
 
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