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WoW Cataclysm on i7 Mac Mini

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sjones204g

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I'm a very recent (today!) Win/MS/PC convert who just bought a Mac Mini.


Here's the specs:

2.7Ghz Dual-Core i7
8Gb of RAM
500GB Serial-ATA HDD
AMD Radeon HD 6630M w/256Mb of GDDR5 RAM

http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html

How do you think it will do in WoW Cataclysm raids?
 
Well since you already bought it then you might as well wait until it arrives and try it then. I think WOW should run just fine as it's been around for a number of years and has typically worked fine on low end hardware. This being a new Mini with current technology there should be no problem. Personally I'm more interested in how newer games like Portal 2 and the upcoming Diablo III will run.
 
i recently canceled wow after playing it four years and I haven't looked back. game has run its course

I was playing it on my 2010 mini server and it ran great. new mini shouldn't have any problems
 
You may be able to run at max settings in places with not many models (players, npcs, mobs etc.) running around.

Expect some slowdown when in high population areas, like Orgrimmar (depends on server) and Stormwind.
Also, big battlegrounds (like Alterac Valley and Isle of Conquest) should have some slowdown at the initial battles (when most players are fighting together).

I have a Radeon 5870 Mobility. It runs great, but I get some slowdowns in places with many people together (like 50).
Everything maxed. Sunshafts = Low. Shadow quality = Low.
AA = 1x.
AF = 8x.
1600x900.

You should run well with that setup, but in low resolution (1280x1024, 1280x720).
 
Mr.C said:
Well since you already bought it then you might as well wait until it arrives and try it then. I think WOW should run just fine as it's been around for a number of years and has typically worked fine on low end hardware. This being a new Mini with current technology there should be no problem. Personally I'm more interested in how newer games like Portal 2 and the upcoming Diablo III will run.
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I would like to add to this. While I haven't played WoW in a good 2 1/2 years the last expansion (was it lich king?) ran ok on my old black MacBook with a 2.0 ghz C2D and the stock graphics. The main cities were horrible to navigate due to low fps, but everything else was fine.

The only computer game I play anymore is civilization 4 and 5, and rarely at that.
 
i am curious to see what results you have, as i am looking at getting the same setup. im guessing running 1920x1080 you would see decent frame rates with the settings on "high" , maybe a couple down to "good'. Running a lower resolution should be able to run high or some ultra settings.
 
Please give us an indepth analysis of your results with the i7 and 6630m! I want to see how the performance is in Wow. Thanks!
 
wingzero1285 said:
Please give us an indepth analysis of your results with the i7 and 6630m! I want to see how the performance is in Wow. Thanks!
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I am running it on my 2.5 i5, I am able to run it at 1920x1080 with most settings on high, I am on the KilJ server horde, I drop down to about 25fps in org during the busy times of the day. I havent run any instances or anything yet though.
 
If its not to much trouble could you please run geekbech and post your score.
I think you one of the first with the i7.

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lilsoccakid74 said:
i am curious to see what results you have, as i am looking at getting the same setup. im guessing running 1920x1080 you would see decent frame rates with the settings on "high" , maybe a couple down to "good'. Running a lower resolution should be able to run high or some ultra settings.
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I'm guessing Apple would be using the Intel Core i7-2620M 2.7 GHz for the BTO Mac Mini, if that's the same one as the 13" MBP then I'd expect to see it get around 6.8K on the Geekbench.

As for the 6630M I'm thinking because Apple has added GDDR5 they'd be slightly better than stated here.

Really if the i7 model could get 40+ fps on Starcraft on high I'd be very very happy. :cool:
 
Geekbench score mac mini 2.7 i7

rema said:
If its not to much trouble could you please run geekbech and post your score.
I think you one of the first with the i7.

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geekbench score 6999 on 2011 Mac Mini 2.7 Ghz i7 with 8Gb memory and 750GB 7200 WD HD


Geekbench Summary

System Information
Platform: Mac OS X x86 (32-bit)
Compiler: GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5494)
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.7 (Build 11A2061)
Model: Macmini5,2
Motherboard: Apple Inc. Mac-4BC72D62AD45599E Macmini5,2
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2620M CPU @ 2.70GHz
Processor ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
Logical Processors: 4
Physical Processors: 1
Processor Frequency: 2.70 GHz
L1 Instruction Cache: 32.0 KB
L1 Data Cache: 32.0 KB
L2 Cache: 256 KB
L3 Cache: 4.00 MB
Bus Frequency: 100.0 MHz
Memory: 8.00 GB
Memory Type: 1333 MHz DDR3
SIMD: 1
BIOS: Apple Inc. MM51.88Z.0075.B00.1106271442
Processor Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2620M CPU @ 2.70GHz
Processor Cores: 2

Geekbench 2 Score: 6999

Integer Performance (Score: 5257)
Blowfish
single-threaded scalar -- 2167, 95.2 MB/sec
multi-threaded scalar -- 7199, 295.0 MB/sec
Text Compress
single-threaded scalar -- 2876, 9.20 MB/sec
multi-threaded scalar -- 7316, 24.0 MB/sec
Text Decompress
single-threaded scalar -- 3128, 12.9 MB/sec
multi-threaded scalar -- 8190, 32.6 MB/sec
Image Compress
single-threaded scalar -- 2393, 19.8 Mpixels/sec
multi-threaded scalar -- 6285, 52.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Decompress
single-threaded scalar -- 2422, 40.7 Mpixels/sec
multi-threaded scalar -- 5646, 92.1 Mpixels/sec
Lua
single-threaded scalar -- 4807, 1.85 Mnodes/sec
multi-threaded scalar -- 10657, 4.10 Mnodes/sec

Floating Point Performance (Score: 9808)
Mandelbrot
single-threaded scalar -- 2844, 1.89 Gflops
multi-threaded scalar -- 9846, 6.44 Gflops
Dot Product
single-threaded scalar -- 4507, 2.18 Gflops
multi-threaded scalar -- 12363, 5.63 Gflops
single-threaded vector -- 5539, 6.64 Gflops
multi-threaded vector -- 15273, 15.9 Gflops
LU Decomposition
single-threaded scalar -- 1310, 1.17 Gflops
multi-threaded scalar -- 3051, 2.68 Gflops
Primality Test
single-threaded scalar -- 6902, 1.03 Gflops
multi-threaded scalar -- 13341, 2.48 Gflops
Sharpen Image
single-threaded scalar -- 6300, 14.7 Mpixels/sec
multi-threaded scalar -- 20283, 46.7 Mpixels/sec
Blur Image
single-threaded scalar -- 8107, 6.42 Mpixels/sec
multi-threaded scalar -- 27650, 21.7 Mpixels/sec

Memory Performance (Score: 6073)
Read Sequential
single-threaded scalar -- 6700, 8.20 GB/sec
Write Sequential
single-threaded scalar -- 10326, 7.06 GB/sec
Stdlib Allocate
single-threaded scalar -- 3977, 14.8 Mallocs/sec
Stdlib Write
single-threaded scalar -- 3994, 8.27 GB/sec
Stdlib Copy
single-threaded scalar -- 5368, 5.53 GB/sec

Stream Performance (Score: 5117)
Stream Copy
single-threaded scalar -- 5445, 7.45 GB/sec
single-threaded vector -- 6443, 8.35 GB/sec
Stream Scale
single-threaded scalar -- 5937, 7.70 GB/sec
single-threaded vector -- 6120, 8.26 GB/sec
Stream Add
single-threaded scalar -- 2425, 3.66 GB/sec
single-threaded vector -- 6712, 9.34 GB/sec
Stream Triad
single-threaded scalar -- 2773, 3.83 GB/sec
single-threaded vector -- 5082, 9.51 GB/sec
 
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