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Unofficial Gaming MacBook Thread: Post Results Here

I'll be trying the Baldur's Gate series over the next few days and will post my results. Of course, they aren't UB, so I can only hope that they'll run decently.
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nice topic, is there a way we can put all the games in here in one big list? like editting the first post or something?
 
I have gotten Baldur's Gate II (both SoA and ToB) running just fine, including a whole swath of mods - action looks smooth even in multiplayer mode.

Also installed the UB version of Civilization IV and it looks and runs beautifully.

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Just wanting to let you guys have a heads-up.

I'm condessing this topic into one topic. I hope it will be stickied.
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Civ4 playing at an acceptable speed via. bootcamp with only 512mb of ram. The animations and scrolling is a little choppy as expected, but it's perfectly enjoyable, and is realy quite something considering this is baseline ram, and that the difference between 512 and 1gb is immense.

Getting my 2gigs soon.

Anyone tried Metal Gear Solid 2? How about Knights of the Old Republic?
 
lmalave said:
I second this. For me WoW framerates generally are around 15 fps when running around outside. Indoors in cities like Ironforge, it can go up to 30 fps. However in some cities with a lot of activity, it can drop to about 8 fps. Finally, the one time I tried to go into a dungeon with a large party (5 or 6 players and lots of monsters, it was just too much). I didn't have the framerate display on, but it must've been something like 5 fps or less because it was really jerky. If you're doing a dungeon or raid I would set setting slow (especially spell effects, horizon, etc.) and see if you get better framerates.
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Looks like I'm going to wait and see if the next MacBook rev gets a GPU, the iMac G4 in my signature averages 20-30 FPS or > indoors and at slow outdoors and in the teens (occasionally see 10 FPS) outdoors and sometimes indoors when there is allot of activity. Majority of the time averages in the 20's. That is running at 1440x900 (Windowed!) with other programs running in other windows. Close details set to med/high, distance set to low. But the GF4MX doesn't support shaders, though IIRC neither does the GMA950.

So a 3 year old system 2 generations behind in hardware can keep up with a MacBook in FPS...nice work, Apple!! 🙄
 
Macbook 2.0GHz, 80GB, 2 Gigs RAM, XP Professional

FIFA 2007 runs great, playing the computer or even on-line against real people. Nobody probably cares though...hehe 🙄
I'm guessing around 25 to 30 fps
 
I hate to do this, but I would like to point everybody's comments to my thread in my sig. If you post them there, I'll try and keep the master list updated.
 
Ive managed to run CS:S and Half Life 2 on a black macbook 2gb ram 2.0ghz.

Unfortunately, it would not run any of the official maps smoothly, as they have more textures. What you need to do to keep it from crashing everytime you run it is, in steam games, right click the game, properties, start options, then enter
-dxlevel 70, then try running the game again. It should work. Note, there is a space before the - in -dxlevel 70.
 
Not sure if anyone posted this, but the new Pro Evolution Soccer runs just fine on my macbook. It gets a bit sluggish in intense moments but it is more than playable.
 
Nba Live 2007 NBA 2K7 or NFL Madden?

Hi guys:

Was wondering if anyone used Windows to run this on a Macbook or Macbook pro?

I'm thinking of buying a 2.0 Ghz, 2 GB ram Macbook 13.3 inches. Does anyone ever have trouble with heat issues? With the Mac book size with games in general?

This thread rocks!
 
counterstrike

Counterstrike 1.6
Macbook 2ghz, 1GB Ram, 60GB HD, Built in intel vid card,
Running BootCamp 1.2 + Windows XP Pro SP2
60-99FPS on ALL Maps.
console settings changed,
hud_fastswitch 1
r_mmx 1
fps_max 101
cl_rate 9999
rate 25000
cl_updaterate 23
 
eXan said:
Well, Macbook still has Intel graphics, so ...
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Ahum... yes it has hasn't it 😀

Well you can run COD2 (mac version) Heroes of Might and Magic 5 and Myst URU pretty well though!!!!! (it's gma950 supported!!!)

Just to let you know
 
Games Playable on Macbook

can someone please tell if Diablo 2 : LOD , Guild Wars and HOMM5 will run on macbook(black) ( thinking of buying a macbook). currently i am playing these on a pc.

also please advise the performance of these games on macbook.

tks
 
Has anyone tested C&C 3? fps? Graphic settings? computer see sig





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White Macbook 2.16 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB HD
 
varshneya said:
can someone please tell if Diablo 2 : LOD , Guild Wars and HOMM5 will run on macbook(black) ( thinking of buying a macbook). currently i am playing these on a pc.

also please advise the performance of these games on macbook.

tks
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In terms of personal experience, can only comment on Guild Wars on a 2.0GHz MB - with 1GB RAM, it run very well, highest FPS was about 58 and was comparable to playing it on a friend's PC gaming rig (not sure of its specs, but it's not exactly a bare bones machine 😛), albeit the latter was better graphically, but not too any serious point. Use 2GB RAM and it's even nicer (naturally!)

Diablo 2 - is there any Intel patch? In any case, sure it would play v. nicely
via Boot Camp.

One reviewer of HOMM5 (think it might have been Insidemacgames.com) used his MB to review the game, if memory serves me right, it played PD well.
 
Games running on macbook

macbook 2ghz
1gb ram
80gb hard drive


(XP)half life 2:works but crashes in game,frame rate 20-25 gets a bit choppy
(XP)gmod:screen goes black when launched
(XP)Oblivion:you have to get oldblivion installed to play 30-40 fps on low
(XP)Prey:works but framerate around 10-15 fps
(XP)battle field 1942: around 40-50 fps on high settings
(XP)Doom 3:20-30 fps
(XP)Halo CE:20-25 fps on meduim settings
(XP)Far cry:30-40fps on low settings
(XP)Morrowind:30-40 fps sometimes higher High settings
(XP)Half life 1: above 80 fps
(XP)Swat 4:a bit choppy in some areas bit is enjoyable most of the time 10-30 Fps
(XP)Worms 3D:70-80 Fps
(XP)GTA vice city:50-40 fps
(OSX universial) cod2: as most people have said 30 fps
(OSX universial)Quake 4: a bit higher than doom 3
(OSX rosseta)Halo: a bit choppy in some places
(OSX universial)Cod1: around 40 fps
(OSX universial) warcraft 3: 30-40 Fps
(OSX universial)The frozen Throne same as warcraft 3
(OSX universial)WOW:choppy in some places not sure the frame rate though
(OSX universial)Quake 3:70-80
(OSX universial)Medal of honor:Choppy at high settings but ok frame rate at lower.

I hopy i helped some people. 😀
 
About your CS: Source results

I'm relatively certain that CS: Source can be more than playable on a MacBook. If you're curious about the issue or interested in helping find a solution, please check out my thread here. Thanks!
 
I have tried to get Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines working for some time now without success. Has anyone gotten it to work or do they have any tips on how to do it?

I have tried to install the different patches but it hasn't helped. The error is always the same. It starts loading and then just shuts down.

please send a mail to hravn.forsne@gmail.com
I am currently trying to get things working on the boot camp.
 
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