Nvidia MacBook Pro (early 2008) gaming?

[Jonnyd729]

Hi as you can read I have a MacBook Pro with a Nvidia graphics card. I've heard that Nvidia cards are terrible in Macs, because of a driver issue. So if I ran Windows in bootcamp will it perform better for gaming than osx? Will windows 7 have better Nvidia drivers?

MacBook Pro
Intel Core 2 Duo - 2.4 GHz
6 GB ram, (yes 6, it's not a typo)
Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT - 256 MB ram
1440 x 900

 

[ayeying]

It's not terrible, it's defect regardless of Mac or PC. The 8600GT is shown to be defective on all brands.

 

[miles01110]

So if I ran Windows in bootcamp will it perform better for gaming than osx? Will windows 7 have better Nvidia drivers?

No and no.

 

[mark28]

Hi as you can read I have a MacBook Pro with a Nvidia graphics card. I've heard that Nvidia cards are terrible in Macs, because of a driver issue. So if I ran Windows in bootcamp will it perform better for gaming than osx? Will windows 7 have better Nvidia drivers?

MacBook Pro
Intel Core 2 Duo - 2.4 GHz
6 GB ram, (yes 6, it's not a typo)
Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT - 256 MB ram
1440 x 900

The Nividia drivers have been improved massively. My 330m runs Crysis 1 on high with no problem. Back in the old days, Crysis 1 could only be played on medium ( just like the old benchmarks are suggesting. Now it's like a new GPU )

So I bet the 8600m has gotten a big jump in performance also with the latest Windows drivers?

 

[mikeo007]

No and no.

Completely untrue. Yes gaming will be better in bootcamp and drivers support in Windows is better than OSX.

 

[sirozzy]

Well...

The truth is.

I have 17" MBP 2.4 C2D with 8600M 256MB GPU and on bootcamp i play Battlefield bad Company 2 with no problem at all. But when I try battlefield 3 i could make it work only in 640x480

Anyway. Crisis 1 and BC2 and similar will work but that's about it.

PS. Just waiting for decision from my Boss about buing new 17" or not Cannot wait

 

[yusukeaoki]

NVIDIA drivers have failed on 2008 models.
I dont know what you're playing but it better be a light game.

With a fail graphic card and only 256mb, most modern game wont even run.

 

[Pentad]

No and no.

Uh, you haven't used Boot Camp much, huh?

GPU driver support in Windows is much better than in OS X.

Windows also allows you to run DirectX instead of just OpenGL a'la Mac.

Gaming is going to be better in Windows plain and simple.


-P

 

[Jonnyd729]

Thanks for the info. I'm not doing and graphics heavy gameing, civ 5, diablo 3, and starcraft 2. I can run most of them ok, but still a little lag. I think the directx and better nvida drivers will help.