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My New MBP (Look Here if Considering One, or if you're a gamer)
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I can't wait for my new MacBook Pro. I'll have to hook it into my 20" display for games since it will be better than my PowerMac G5. I can't wait to play Crysis and COD4 in the comfort of my own... dorm room. I've had to go over to my girlfriend's to play them.
I thought the same thing when I was considering my MBP, so I thought I'd write this to help people out.
I'd guess that it should be able to run it very well. Blizzard typically doesn't make very graphically advanced games. I'd say that if your computer can handle WoW (and TBC/WotLK), it should run Starcraft. Remember that Blizzard always comes out with native Mac versions of their games, and (at least in WoW, recently) sometimes include perks for Mac users. Mac WoW has a video recording function build in.
XP SP2. Vista sucks if you want to game. Actually, Vista sucks all around.
I'm downloading it now. PM me (so that I'll remember) and I'll either PM you back, or leave a reply here when I get it. Either way, I'll let you know.
Great...juuuuuuuuuuuust great. I was anxious for my new 2.6-17" H-R to get in.............and after reading the OP's review on how it did w/ TF2, now I'm freakin' ultra excited and now this weekend, next week, and next weekend is going to suck even more waiting for it to get here...haha...
This thread made my day!
PS...I'm currently TF2'ing on an HP zv6000...it's a champ for being almost 3 years old, but it's time. It's time for something newer.
Have fun! All Source engine games will run beautifully on the MBP. Don't be afraid to max out the settings (even AA!). I think you'll enjoy your new Mac!
wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!
The only reason they list the in-stock date as 12/08 is because they have no clue and they have to put something into their computer system.
If you go to the blizzard forums and search for "release date" you will see that the chief designer of sc2 or someone else high up stated that starcraft 2 will NOT be released in 2008, and NOT be ready for the christmas 2008 rush. I'm sorry to give everyone such bad news, but it's coming in 2009. On the brighter side, the zerg page is rumored to be released in March (oh wait, that's in 2 hours
...And if you would have read farther down at my next post you would have seen the part where I said "it's probably just a placeholder" and "it's more likely for 2009 or later".
I cant wait for my puppy to arrive!!! I traded my 15" SR in for the 17" high res 2.5ghz 4GB!! I mostly play CSS and that ran like a breeze on the 15! It dïdnt even break a sweat.
I guess its time to throw something more demanding @ it. Looks like ill be giving crysis a go.
I guess its time to throw something more demanding @ it. Looks like ill be giving crysis a go.
Great to hear news like this!
Could you run 3dmark 06 and post your results please?
Thanks
Darren
Could you run 3dmark 06 and post your results please?
Thanks
Darren
underneath my name it says 'newbie' so don't handle me too roughly when i ask my question.
BUT where are you guys getting all these games for the mac (bf2, world in conflict, etc)? i go online to the apple store and check the games that they have there and i don't see anything as cool as those ones (blech bf2142!) and i went to other sites like gamespot.com and ebgames.com but i can't seem to find any mac games there either.
BUT where are you guys getting all these games for the mac (bf2, world in conflict, etc)? i go online to the apple store and check the games that they have there and i don't see anything as cool as those ones (blech bf2142!) and i went to other sites like gamespot.com and ebgames.com but i can't seem to find any mac games there either.
they're talking about the reason i finally gave up the pc ghost: "Boot Camp"
it's a mac program that allows you to install windows and dual boot--you choose which OS you boot into. so if you boot into windows, download your nvidia gfx drivers, and install your fav pc game... you're all set. and then once you're done, no dealing with windows- boot back to OS X
it's a mac program that allows you to install windows and dual boot--you choose which OS you boot into. so if you boot into windows, download your nvidia gfx drivers, and install your fav pc game... you're all set. and then once you're done, no dealing with windows- boot back to OS X
Those are PC titles, but since we can Bootcamp and run Windows on the Mac then we can play all these games on the Mac.
The number Dell uses on the new PC's is a manufacturer's #. I used the number from the back of the tower (it is different). This number had never been used and activated w/o any issues. The mentioned PC that it came from has been retired (bad caps on mobo).
Just a quick question...
Why are people using XP on a machine with a GPU that supports DX10?
From the post on this thread, most of you are playing games that support DX10 yet you're running XP. Would it not be more graphically enjoyable to stretch the machines legs with DX10 in Vista? Granted its the sux, but I run Vista on my Desktop and MBP solely for that purpose.
Why are people using XP on a machine with a GPU that supports DX10?
From the post on this thread, most of you are playing games that support DX10 yet you're running XP. Would it not be more graphically enjoyable to stretch the machines legs with DX10 in Vista? Granted its the sux, but I run Vista on my Desktop and MBP solely for that purpose.
Then that's not illegal, I just didn't want him to think you could use the dell serial number and disc and everything would be hunky-dory.
Wow powerful gaming performance there. Out of interest how hot did it get running COD4 at that res with 4xAA ?
Not too hot. It was noticeably warm, but nothing that bothered me. I havent felt the bottom, or the part in front of the keyboard, but I'm sure those get pretty hot.
The new MBP is cooler, too.
Does anyone have reliable benchmarks in which the old MBP and the new one are compared?
2.2 GHz SR with a 128MB 8600m GT versus 2.4 GHz Penryn with 256MB would be greatly appreciated.
Does the new MacBook Pro posses a 8600m GT with a higher clock than the SantaRosa one does?
Currently I have a PC with a 8800GT card in it. The problem is that I do not play very often. .... seldom to be more precise.
Because of this fact I'd like to sell my PC and buy a new MBP instead with 256 or 512Megabytes of Video-Ram.
Thank you!
2.2 GHz SR with a 128MB 8600m GT versus 2.4 GHz Penryn with 256MB would be greatly appreciated.
Does the new MacBook Pro posses a 8600m GT with a higher clock than the SantaRosa one does?
Currently I have a PC with a 8800GT card in it. The problem is that I do not play very often. .... seldom to be more precise.
Because of this fact I'd like to sell my PC and buy a new MBP instead with 256 or 512Megabytes of Video-Ram.
Thank you!
I think you are right, but I think that the requirements will be even lower than Crysis on high, as Crysis is an eye candy game made to be played on the top hardware out there.
SupCom: Forged Alliance is a very CPU and RAM heavy game, and MBP has the best of booth (especially when you have 4 GB of memory). The new MBP is gonna play it well, because I can play it reasonably on a very old desktop of mine (Athlo64, single core, 2GHz, 1.5 GB RAM and Radeon 1800XL) and MBP beats it in every single way.
In texture heavy games there usually is a difference and also in high resolutions, however I can't tell you how much at the moment. Try googling, I bet there are some comparison tests (I think that Nvidia 8800 GT was made in both 256 and 512 MB versions, so try that)