... will any of ea's new mac games work on macbook (in a usable speed)
Anyone know any serious game that run fine on a macbook...
Anyone know any serious game that run fine on a macbook...
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What games can my MacBook handle...
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lol...
Seriously though, I'm thinking about using my $100 iPhone credit to buy some games, does anything work at a usable fps
iBookG4user
macrumors 604
On the EA games that I looked at it said that GMA950 was not supported and that's what the MacBook uses.
compuguy1088
macrumors 6502a
Uh, probably CnC 95 will work....😀 (On Windows/Boot Camp)
Seriously, your not going to be really playing any sort of game on that, well maybe World of Warcraft...
compuguy1088
macrumors 6502a
I can Play the UB version of Call of Duty 2 on my Macbook with no problems on medium/high settings also Halo runs quite well even though these arnt the newest games they are still pretty fun.
Older Blizzard games (Diablo II, Starcraft, Warcraft III) should work, and they run natively on OS X. Diablo II is still one of my favorites.
hockeymonkey83
macrumors member
Get an Wii or Xbox 360 if you enjoy quality gaming. I have my 360 hooked up to my 22" LCD monitor so I get great resolution and great game selection. You can also use it like an AppleTV for video. Otherwise you are kinda stuck it seems...
I got a wii and stuff... I've just always wanted to get into computer game. (I guess mac isn't a good chose for that 😛 )
Eidorian
macrumors Penryn
That is an erroneous and misleading statement. Integrated graphics are not good for playing the latest games, but they will lengthen battery life and produce less heat than dedicated graphics.
Eidorian
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Alienbrain
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flopticalcube
macrumors G4
Only the MacBook and mini are poor game players because of the graphics card. Most PCs can't play games well either as integrated graphics make up over 50% of the market and many low-end dedicated video cards are poor performers too.
Jiddick ExRex
macrumors 65816
Not entirely true. Only Warcraft III with the latest patch runs natively on an Intel OS X. On the other hand, they are emulated so fast via Rosetta that you cannot feel a difference 😛
nobody has reffered you to this thread and I feel that I should as a fellow curious macbook user.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/209966/
The only games I have tried in OSX are Lego star wars 1 and 2 and they work fine. I used to have HL2 in bootcamp and the gameplay was beautiful but it crashed on the autosaves. Hope this helps you! 🙂
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/209966/
The only games I have tried in OSX are Lego star wars 1 and 2 and they work fine. I used to have HL2 in bootcamp and the gameplay was beautiful but it crashed on the autosaves. Hope this helps you! 🙂
sbluetruck
macrumors regular
i dont want to say you guys are all wrong, but i disagree with what seems to be a consensus that mb graphics suck.
i play wc3 and guild wars on my mb and the graphics are smooth and fast, even though the graphics card only has half the memory of my pc's.
i play wc3 and guild wars on my mb and the graphics are smooth and fast, even though the graphics card only has half the memory of my pc's.
The most demanding game that I've tried is Civ IV.
It's playable with all the settings on low, but certainly isn't fast. You must upgrade to the Rev A patch though, it improves performance literally by about 10x.
It's playable with all the settings on low, but certainly isn't fast. You must upgrade to the Rev A patch though, it improves performance literally by about 10x.