[tkmd]

So I just picked up Starcraft and I love it. But considering that it is an old game my new PB should handle it without a hitch- which it does but my CPU gets pegged at 100%. Is this normal or should I try to re-install it? I just seems that a modern PB should not need to have its cpu pegged to play this game. Is this happened to anyone out there?

[MilkmanDan]

Yeah, its normal. It happens to all my buddies in College. Its an old game, but its not coded well for OS X. It'll use all %100 CPU power if it can. At least theres an OS X installer now.

[sideus]

Think that is bad. Play Myst through Classic Environment. Uses 100% of the CPU which causes my PB 12 incher to become extremely hot. Kinda funny. 10 year old game turns a 3 month old laptop into a stove.

[gbafan]

Originally posted by sideus:
Think that is bad. Play Myst through Classic Environment. Uses 100% of the CPU which causes my PB 12 incher to become extremely hot. Kinda funny. 10 year old game turns a 3 month old laptop into a stove.

Meh. Playing WoW on my 12" PB Rev. B turns it into a stove. I don't think the age of a game has anything to do with it.

[Ryan Becker]

Maybe if you could cap the frames per second, it would cut down the processor usage?

-Ryan

[sideus]

Originally posted by gbafan:
Meh. Playing WoW on my 12" PB Rev. B turns it into a stove. I don't think the age of a game has anything to do with it.

But Myst is a slideshow game. That's the crazy part about it.