hey guys...
just though i'd post some findings that may be of interest... i wanted to test if the statements that the efficiency of VMware is in the high 90s compared to a non-emulated/bootcamp setup...
i am yet to test quake 3 on a bootcamp platform, that will come later but if anyone wants to run a 1680x1050 timedemo that'd be great
anyway... in 1680x1050, with all settings maxed, my macbook pulls of 52fps, which i'm quite happy with considering its just onboard graphics... when i ran the same test within vmware (win xp sp2), the stated fps was 32 although it seemed a LOT worse than running straight on OS X.
all in all, i think vmware is great for running those little apps that you miss and IE for browser testing etc... but i dont thinks its suitable for gaming... maybe just something like starcraft but since its mac compatible, you never would...
i was kinda hoping that the vmware quake 3 would be comparable to the mac one... ahh well would have been too good to be true
this is all of course relatively hypothetical since no one ever intended macbooks for games... but i like to test capabilities anyway
just though i'd post some findings that may be of interest... i wanted to test if the statements that the efficiency of VMware is in the high 90s compared to a non-emulated/bootcamp setup...
i am yet to test quake 3 on a bootcamp platform, that will come later but if anyone wants to run a 1680x1050 timedemo that'd be great
anyway... in 1680x1050, with all settings maxed, my macbook pulls of 52fps, which i'm quite happy with considering its just onboard graphics... when i ran the same test within vmware (win xp sp2), the stated fps was 32 although it seemed a LOT worse than running straight on OS X.
all in all, i think vmware is great for running those little apps that you miss and IE for browser testing etc... but i dont thinks its suitable for gaming... maybe just something like starcraft but since its mac compatible, you never would...
i was kinda hoping that the vmware quake 3 would be comparable to the mac one... ahh well would have been too good to be true
this is all of course relatively hypothetical since no one ever intended macbooks for games... but i like to test capabilities anyway
- if i wanna play that i guess its a case of buying the mac version...