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What is the Boot Camp XP GFX performance like?

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monkeyandy

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Does anyone have any idea what the GFX performance is like in XP using bootcamp? Anyone tried running any games yet?
 
What if it's faster than OS X?

What if Blizzard stops releasing for OS X?

Is that game even Universal yet?

:confused:
 
Laslo Panaflex said:
I am installing wow on a 1.8 imac right now, I will let you know how it runs when I am done updating.
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Cheers! Waiting with baited breath! :eek:
 
friedymeister69 said:
Do you have to format the drive before you do it or can you keep your current installation of OSX?
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No need to reformat, boot camp has a partition resizer, that changes the size of your OS X partition and makes a windows one, without damaging any data.

Of course, it is a good idea to back up stuff anyways.:)
 
If Apple makes it really easy to run both OSX and Windows on the same hardware (which they seem to be doing), it might mean that Apple will get really serious about optimizing the OpenGL portion of the OS for performance since it will be much easier to compare OSX and Windows versions of games. It will look bad if Windows OpenGL titles perform much faster than OSX OpenGL titles.
 
mmmcheese said:
If Apple makes it really easy to run both OSX and Windows on the same hardware (which they seem to be doing), it might mean that Apple will get really serious about optimizing the OpenGL portion of the OS for performance since it will be much easier to compare OSX and Windows versions of games. It will look bad if Windows OpenGL titles perform much faster than OSX OpenGL titles.
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Yeah, amen to that.
 
Half Life 2

Anyone else tried hl2 or cs:s, I got a memory read error when loading into cs:s menu.
 
aussie_geek said:
anyone with game performance opinions please post up. if they are good, i'll be buying an iMac.

aussie_geek
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I installed HL2 and it runs like a champ! Initial load was a little slow but in game smooth as butter! Settings on high using widescreen mode.

MacBook Pro 2 GHz w/ 2 GB ram and ATI Radeon X1600 256 MB VRAM.

Sweet! :D
 
I've installed the dual boot using Apple's BootCamp and now have a fully functional XP!!

Graphics are typical for a PC with an ATI X1600 128megs VRAM video card..I have the iMac 17" 1.83 Dual-Core..

Nice little bootloader too!! switches seemlessly..

Only game I've installed so far..just to test...was Flight Simulator and it flies like a champ..

I'll put up a couple screenshots a little later..

All I've got to say is WAY TO GO STEVE!
 
Lol here is an email I just sent to the rest of the guys (and gal) in our IT dept. My MacBook Pro is my "work" laptop. We need to test these things...

"HL2 runs sweet on the MacBook Pro :) Our gaming dreams have finally been answered! All settings on high in widescreen. This is a Direct X game so it’s all gaming goodness. The Open GL games I’m sure will also be just fine.

w00t

Ah yeah from a professional standpoint I’m pretty sure the MS productivity suite most likely will also run well...."
 
what?

Are you kidding me?

Let me get this straight...are you saying...Half Life 2 runs *well* on a Macbook Pro/iMac...

Does that mean that any recent PC game will now run on Apple Intel Macs?

In my opinion, the only reason to give Mac users an XP platform was for things like AutoCAD and specific architectural programs/accounting programs, and the rest are to finally get the games onto the mac.

Someone set me straight before I lose my mind.
 
If people could post gfx benchmarks (e.g. 3DMark05 results), I and many others would greatly appreciate it.

3DMark05 can be downloaded here.
 
Cantab said:
If people could post gfx benchmarks (e.g. 3DMark05 results), I and many others would greatly appreciate it.

3DMark05 can be downloaded here.
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Downloading it now. XP partition in in Fat32 so I can download in OS X and virus scan then copy it to my Windows desktop. I'll post the benchmark score when I have it.
 
Cantab said:
If people could post gfx benchmarks (e.g. 3DMark05 results), I and many others would greatly appreciate it.

3DMark05 can be downloaded here.
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Crashed my MacBook Pro twice. Same spot just after the first blimp scene, the one after that. It starts the test and crashes Windows, does a chkdsk on reboot. Anyone know what test that is?
 
eevor said:
Are you kidding me?

Let me get this straight...are you saying...Half Life 2 runs *well* on a Macbook Pro/iMac...

Does that mean that any recent PC game will now run on Apple Intel Macs?

In my opinion, the only reason to give Mac users an XP platform was for things like AutoCAD and specific architectural programs/accounting programs, and the rest are to finally get the games onto the mac.

Someone set me straight before I lose my mind.
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being a nazi is bad. :cool:
 
LOL

Installed EA Sports F1 '99-'02 on my Mac mini Core Duo 1 GB RAM.
I have this hooked up to my 26" LCD TV (1280 x 768 rez), and it is simply gr8!!!

All settings max (not too surprizing as this game is a couple of years old), but it looks awesome!

Man, this is sooo cool!! :cool:
 
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