MAC Gaming >.<"

Freakish_05 · 10 Jan 2007 at 17:24

Just wondering if gaming on a MAC is possible now that we're able to dual boot windows into the equation.

Anyone who has MAC Gaming experiences, please feel free to post

VaderDSL · 10 Jan 2007 at 17:32

I use my Macbook Pro to play Eve online, it runs fine for me. About the same performance if not better than my desktop which I sold.

ic1male · 10 Jan 2007 at 17:55

There are plenty of games that you can run in OS X itself but as ^^ mentioned, you can dual-boot into Windows and run everything.

AJUK · 10 Jan 2007 at 18:52

http://www.apple.com/games/gettingstarted/

As already mentioned, most of the major games are ported to Mac and with Boot Camp game performance will match the spec of your machine. Just consider it as a PC, there is essentially very little difference.

punky_munky · 10 Jan 2007 at 20:00

Macbook and Mac Mini are pretty useless for modern games, great for slightly older stuff though. The iMac, Macbook Pro and Mac Pro all seem pretty well equiped to handle new games (unless you're some anal type who needs everything maxed out at a miilion frames per second).

Jimathy · 10 Jan 2007 at 20:56

been playing bf2 on my macbook pro at 1024x786 with everything set to low and its perfectly playable. i'm sure it will do better though just haven't had time to play about with it.

pumaz · 10 Jan 2007 at 23:33

I dual boot XP on my MacBook and the following play very well

Battlefield 1942 with Desert Combat Mod
Quake 3
Wolfenstien E.T.
Counterstrike
Condition Zero
Day of Defeat
Unreal Tournament

I know there all last gen games but they all play with mid to high settings and most importantly GOOD FUN. I love my MacBook and glad i chose it over a MacBook Pro as it is smaller sexier and everything a laptop should be, If i want to play Current or Next Gen games I have my main rig, a perfect combo for me

FirebarUK · 11 Jan 2007 at 16:10

Running CS:S, Quake 4, BF2142, CoH on my 24" iMac without problems, does very well even at the insanely high res of 1920x1600 or whatever it is.

KraXx · 11 Jan 2007 at 19:51

No problems with macbook pro 2.33 core 2 duo. Using bootcamp, I get over 60 fps av on cs office in CS:S, with 1440 x 900 and full detail settings etc... Militia is another story, but most common and popular levels run better than on my 6800 Ultra P4 rig which is a little old now.

markt63 · 11 Jan 2007 at 22:30

KraXx said:
No problems with macbook pro 2.33 core 2 duo. Using bootcamp, I get over 60 fps av on cs office in CS:S, with 1440 x 900 and full detail settings etc... Militia is another story, but most common and popular levels run better than on my 6800 Ultra P4 rig which is a little old now.

or just wait for a ps3 cheaper than a top spec games pc