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my MBA lags playing Warcraft 3?

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baboo2

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Aug 27, 2005
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As a previous MBP owner and a PC owner I am confused.

The x3100 videocard should handle Warcraft 3 fine correct?
However, when playing DOTA ( map settings) it lags- 2-10 FPS after 10minute into game play.
I set my fan at 6200rpm , temp hovers between 70-90

My setting in game:
LOW settings on all options
640 by 480 resolution ( the lowest!)

I like my MBA a lot but should playing a 5 year old really "suck" this bad?
 
baboo2 said:
As a previous MBP owner and a PC owner I am confused.

The x3100 videocard should handle Warcraft 3 fine correct?
However, when playing DOTA ( map settings) it lags- 2-10 FPS after 10minute into game play.
I set my fan at 6200rpm , temp hovers between 70-90

My setting in game:
LOW settings on all options
640 by 480 resolution ( the lowest!)

I like my MBA a lot but should playing a 5 year old really "suck" this bad?
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definetly weird because i play dota, and i get 47fps.
try reinstalling it, and change ur video card settings, even though its onboard its still tweakable.
 
what are your settings?
and where can i change my video card setting outside of the game?
 
How did you manage to play dota on OSX?

I installed everything up fine, installed the frozen throne updates, but once i get into battlenet, i don't see any dota maps at all. I've already put the latest dota map in the frozen throne map folder.
 
so I actually reinstalled war3 on mac
NO GOOD..
it seems to be running at 30fps on any setting UNTIL the game starts...

: as CPU and video card temp INCREASE exponentially , the FPS drops exponentially - a direct correlation

Any fix? or any way to FORCE CPU and allow heat...I have the Coolbook application but is currently disabled



As for the dota maps...dl any random map first in the custom games THEN place your dota map into that folder root ( you can't just place it under maps)
 
The problem was a simple one, i just joined the wrong server. Went to join the Asia server when i really should have been on US West. Hahaha. Played Dota fine after that
 
baboo2 said:
so I actually reinstalled war3 on mac
NO GOOD..
it seems to be running at 30fps on any setting UNTIL the game starts...

: as CPU and video card temp INCREASE exponentially , the FPS drops exponentially - a direct correlation

Any fix? or any way to FORCE CPU and allow heat...I have the Coolbook application but is currently disabled



As for the dota maps...dl any random map first in the custom games THEN place your dota map into that folder root ( you can't just place it under maps)
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if you're running the OSX version of warcraft 3 then i'd suggest try using boot camp with windows xp and war3. war3 on windows is less buggy/better optimized and xp might take less resources

also an external usb fan board does wonders in reducing heat, usually like 5-15 degrees celsius from my experience
 
defeats the point of a MBA but i'll look into it



chill. said:
if you're running the OSX version of warcraft 3 then i'd suggest try using boot camp with windows xp and war3. war3 on windows is less buggy/better optimized and xp might take less resources

also an external usb fan board does wonders in reducing heat, usually like 5-15 degrees celsius from my experience
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Install Windows XP via bootcamp and then install the game there.
It runs smooth all the time at like 60fps. But the MBA will get very hot, so play it in a cool place. (Its just stupid Mac OS X that sucks at games).
 
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