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MacBook Pro 3.06GHz, Modern Warfare 2
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I say mid. I could run Modern Warfare at 1280x800 @ low on a 9400M for the MacBook Air so I'd figure the 9600GT which is more powerful than the 9400M running MW2 at a little higher than all low.
is this game supposed to be released at the same time as pc?
im guessing we will have to wait a year or so
im guessing we will have to wait a year or so
SSDs shouldn't make a difference in gameplay since almost everything is cached. It might save you a few seconds of "loading" here and there, but it wouldn't change gameplay.
Its a moot point now that 15" MBP doesn't have an express card slot, I have a hypothetical question.
With an eSATA adapter (via express card slot) and an external hard drive, would it be possible to create a 'gaming module' by which Windows is installed as are games and other Windows applications. Your day-to-day Mac would be completely free of all things Windows, and then, when at home with all your gaming paraphernalia, you plug in the 'gaming module' boot into windows and start fragging some Nazis and the like.
I don't suppose using fw 800 would be appropriate given that the drive would be recognised as external and data rates would be too low?
Please criticise this to the nth degree, I want to hear why it is a completely stupid idea.
With an eSATA adapter (via express card slot) and an external hard drive, would it be possible to create a 'gaming module' by which Windows is installed as are games and other Windows applications. Your day-to-day Mac would be completely free of all things Windows, and then, when at home with all your gaming paraphernalia, you plug in the 'gaming module' boot into windows and start fragging some Nazis and the like.
I don't suppose using fw 800 would be appropriate given that the drive would be recognised as external and data rates would be too low?
Please criticise this to the nth degree, I want to hear why it is a completely stupid idea.
Windows only recognizes 9600m gt and the battery runs for like 2 hours(in widows), overclocking won't change the battery consumption dramatically, but it will increase the graphics output by much and the heat by, about 3-5c.
The 9600m gt is said to be really well suited for overclocking.
The 9600m gt is said to be really well suited for overclocking.
Because people are going to continually overclock and then underclock depending what they are going to do?
Why would you need to underclock it? He would probably only boot into Windows to play the game anyway.
The 9600M GT will likely run Modern Warfare 2 at ~20 fps with medium-low settings, no anti-aliasing at 1440x900, maybe less.
how will an 8800gt do?
i was merely commenting how when people overclosk, they rarely if ever underclock and as a result, battary life owuld suffer
He could, and probably would, just boot back into OS X when done playing the game. Since the overclock is done through Windows software, the battery life in OS X would be exactly the same.
That's extremely impressive.
The cryengine is renowned for being very GPU intensive whereas Infinity Ward's proprietary engine can trace its roots back to id tech 4, as such demands more from the CPU.
If you can run crysis at 18-20 FPS I expect MW2 should be substantially better.
low fps call of duty 4 - modern warefare 2 - macbook pro 17
Hi i have an macbook pro 17
3,0ghz
7200rpm 500gb Disk
4gb ram
card nvidia 9600m gt
not playable on call of duty 4 mwf2 very low fps - even with low resolution as 800x600 or 640x480...
how can fix this.?
?
Hi i have an macbook pro 17
3,0ghz
7200rpm 500gb Disk
4gb ram
card nvidia 9600m gt
not playable on call of duty 4 mwf2 very low fps - even with low resolution as 800x600 or 640x480...
how can fix this.?
?
Sorry but gaming is supper dependent on the GPU
you could have a 2.4 duo and achieve basically the same thing. the 9600 is more or less a weak card.
the new 330m's are nicer, but even that struggles to run high at 1440
you could have a 2.4 duo and achieve basically the same thing. the 9600 is more or less a weak card.
the new 330m's are nicer, but even that struggles to run high at 1440
Are you running COD4 in OSX or under Bootcamp? If you are running in OSX, there is your problem.. Apple's nvidia drivers right now are performing significantly worse than the default drivers in bootcamp. I can run Modern Warfare 2, most stuff on High at 1680x1050 in Bootcamp.