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Ultra Settings WoW in MBP 15"

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ninjaboi21

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Oct 23, 2010
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Hey MacRumors,

was just curios about this, and wondered: how much power does a MBP have to have if it should be playable to play WoW in ultra settings?
What graphic card is required, what processor is required?
Does WoW run better on Mac Snow Leopard or Windows 7?

I am aware that the current MBP can't play it on ultra yet, but we are about to see a new one MBP soon (I really hope so tho) and was wondering if it could handle WoW on ultra settings (I am aware noone knows yet, I am not asking).

How high settings is the MBP able to pull now? Medium? High?


Thank you very much.
 
I also would like to know this. I can run WoW on medium in my 2009 13 inch MBP.
 
I run WoW on everything Ultra except for view distance and shadow quality and get 25-30fps in Stormwind and around 40-60fps anywhere else.

PS. It's a 13in 2010 MBP Nvidia 320m, basically the stock 13in out right now.
 
Nick A said:
I run WoW on everything Ultra except for view distance and shadow quality and get 25-30fps in Stormwind and around 40-60fps anywhere else.

PS. It's a 13in 2010 MBP Nvidia 320m, basically the stock 13in out right now.
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can you tell exact settings u r using? or post a screenshot of them if you dont want to write them? because i'm running everything on good, shadows on fair, trilinear, sunshafts on low etc etc and have 10-20 fps in ogrimmar and +-50 else. playing on win or osx?
 
Shockre said:
can you tell exact settings u r using? or post a screenshot of them if you dont want to write them? because i'm running everything on good, shadows on fair, trilinear, sunshafts on low etc etc and have 10-20 fps in ogrimmar and +-50 else. playing on win or osx?
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Here ya go, and OSX.

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Shockre said:
can you tell exact settings u r using? or post a screenshot of them if you dont want to write them? because i'm running everything on good, shadows on fair, trilinear, sunshafts on low etc etc and have 10-20 fps in ogrimmar and +-50 else. playing on win or osx?
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Here ya go, and OSX.

screenshot20110117at600.png


Sorry for double post..
 
Seems like we are able to pull off ultra if the next MBP is going to have an improved GPU, something like 550M or the new 6xxx series. Can't freakin' wait for it...

See you are playing in 1280x800, how is it to play on 1680x1050?
My Mac Mini from early 2007 with 8600M and 4GB RAM is able to do Low on 1680x1050, what would you say is possible with the current MBP?
 
ninjaboi21 said:
Seems like we are able to pull off ultra if the next MBP is going to have an improved GPU, something like 550M or the new 6xxx series. Can't freakin' wait for it...

See you are playing in 1280x800, how is it to play on 1680x1050?
My Mac Mini from early 2007 with 8600M and 4GB RAM is able to do Low on 1680x1050, what would you say is possible with the current MBP?
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Well the 13in resolution is 1280x800 so it's running on native. It's hard to say what it would be able to do on a higher-res screen since I haven't tried it yet.
 
Recomended setting on the WoW forums:


Mid 2010 Core i5/i7 Macbook Pro with 256MB or 512MB nVidia GT330M Graphics Card

Graphics > Display

Multisampling: 1x
Vertical Sync: Disabled


Graphics > Graphics

Graphics Slider: Good
Texture Resolution: High
Texture Filtering: 4x
Projected Textures: Enabled
View Distance: Good
Environmental Detail: Good
Ground Clutter: Good
Shadow Quality: Good
Liquid Detail: Fair
Sunshafts: Low
Particle Density: Good


Advanced

Triple Buffering; Disabled
Reduce Input Lag: Disabled
Hardware Cursor: Enabled

Notes: Expect 45-50fps. Gets hot if FPS is not capped. Recommend 40fps.
 
^ I run the above, as per WoW official forums. I have the 1680x1050 display, though, and under OS X 45-50 fps is a rarity. Capped to 40, i usually see 30fps on my indicator.

Notably higher under windows.
 
Fynd said:
^ I run the above, as per WoW official forums. I have the 1680x1050 display, though, and under OS X 45-50 fps is a rarity. Capped to 40, i usually see 30fps on my indicator.

Notably higher under windows.
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Can you change the renderer to opengl in windows and see if the results are still notably higher?
 
graphics is not important. Medium is the ideal graphic level.

fps cap to 30, not 40 for heat control (unless you wanna cook eggs) since our eyes cant see more than 30 fps.
 
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