I just got a 2.26 Ghz macbook pro 13" and I want to do a little light gaming so im wondering what bootcamp to run.. Should I run XP or Windows 7. What will have better performance and will directx10 be that big of a difference on games COD MW2?
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Hi
I also got the same MBP and I am curious about gaming on it. Should I install Windows 7 if I want to game or is XP fine? Secondly what sort of performance should I expect for the following games?
Company of Heroes
Bioshock
Dragon Age: Origins
Burnout Paradise
World in Conflict
Thanks in advance
I also got the same MBP and I am curious about gaming on it. Should I install Windows 7 if I want to game or is XP fine? Secondly what sort of performance should I expect for the following games?
Company of Heroes
Bioshock
Dragon Age: Origins
Burnout Paradise
World in Conflict
Thanks in advance
I have used XP and W7 on bootcamp and i would say its about a 10%(maybe not even that much) hit on your performance from XP>W7. But 10% is VERY worth it for the better OS and features/safety.
Windows 7 all the way!
about the games:
You should be able to play most of those games at full resolution with low-med graphics with decent frame rates.
If it's choppy you can lower your resolution and use 2xAA and that will help with performance. (atleast it did for me)
I have the 2.5ghz 4gig ram 13" MBP and i ran the Counter strike source stress test and averaged 90FPS!!! at full res and medium graphics.
Windows 7 all the way!
about the games:
You should be able to play most of those games at full resolution with low-med graphics with decent frame rates.
If it's choppy you can lower your resolution and use 2xAA and that will help with performance. (atleast it did for me)
I have the 2.5ghz 4gig ram 13" MBP and i ran the Counter strike source stress test and averaged 90FPS!!! at full res and medium graphics.
XP will have slightly better performance but you probably won't notice it too much. The GeForce 9400 in the Macbooks can handle the games just fine and DirectX 10 does look much better. This video shows the difference.
FYI, Bioshock is available for Mac and BioWare is releasing Dragon Age: Origins for Mac next week.
If I don't have my settings on high will i even get to experiance direct x 10?