MacBook Pro & Gaming

PureAppleJuice · 28 Jul 2006 at 04:46

Had a little look around but couldn't find all that information on this topic; basically i've fallen into a situation where it simply isn't possible for me to keep my watercooled Antec P180 beast and will have to invest in something smaller.

Was looking at the lowest spec'd MacBook Pro, and if I stuck 1gb of RAM in it, how well would it run games such as Warcraft 3 and World of Warcraft?
Also how well would the midspec MacBook run those games with 1gb of RAM? In terms of FPS and settings etc.

Cheers,

AJUK · 28 Jul 2006 at 09:32

You should find your answers at Apple

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

There are some pages that give the recommended spec for different games etc. Mac Book Pro are fairly powerful machines and so I doubt you will have much trouble.

ikillbears · 28 Jul 2006 at 13:29

i use my MBP for WoW and it plays dam well. Im playing it on the midspec model with a gig of ram and it runs fine. As do games in windows bf2 runs great and hl2. It works beautifully

daven1986 · 28 Jul 2006 at 14:38

my mate plays games on his and they run fine - although he does dual boot into windows for the privilege of game playing

Doug · 28 Jul 2006 at 16:16

The MacBook is pretty much out for gaming, the GMA950 isn't really up to it. The X1600 in the MacBook Pro is more than up to the task.

For gaming you'll need to boot into windows, though the WoW client runs pretty well under OS X.

punky_munky · 29 Jul 2006 at 11:53

Macbook is ok for casual gaming. I played HL2 on Bootcamp at what I would say is a reasonable framerate (not measured). I appreciate that it's quite an old game now though.

You could always get a Macbook (more portable) and an Xbox360 (better for games) for less money than a Macbook Pro

PureAppleJuice · 30 Jul 2006 at 22:53

Ah, brilliant, pretty much the answers are needed

Think i'm settled on getting a MacBook Pro now... my first adventure into the Mac world

GoldenGlory · 30 Jul 2006 at 23:58

jidh007 said:
Ah, brilliant, pretty much the answers are needed
Think i'm settled on getting a MacBook Pro now... my first adventure into the Mac world

Good, but wait a week till they have the conference thing. They may very well introduce a new MBP revision then.

PureAppleJuice · 31 Jul 2006 at 20:46

Yeah, will probably wait several weeks as I hear they're introducing new CPUs to the MacBook Pro?
Anyway, still need to raise the last few hundred :rolleyes: