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lpkmckenna · Apr 2, 2009, 10:44 PM

I just got the alu-MacBook with 9400m graphics chip. I'm very impressed! It run Unreal Tournament 2004 easily with all the setting at maximum. I know that game is 5 years old, but I wasn't expecting performance like that.

I'm not a big gamer, but I'll probably grab UT3, Doom3, Quake4, Prey, and a couple of other games I missed out on being stuck on a PowerBook G4. Maybe CoD too.

mduell · Apr 3, 2009, 03:55 PM

A 5 year old game at low resolution? Umm yea...

Chuckit · Apr 3, 2009, 04:12 PM

That would be a five-year-old game at high resolution, wouldn't it?

lpkmckenna · Apr 4, 2009, 07:27 PM

Yes, high res, 1280x800, all settings at highest option.

Yeah, the game's old, but I've only a couple of games to measure it with. If this thing can play UT2004 at max settings, it ought to play new games at reasonable settings. Frankly, this graphics chip is a marvel.

I was concerned about buying this machine, thinking I'd be cheating myself out of some fun, and should have gone for the MBP. Definitely no regrets now.

Hawkeye_a · Apr 5, 2009, 12:23 PM

I too am impressed with it's performance. I've got X-Plane 9.0 pulling a decent frame rate on 'very high', which is great imo. It outperforms my 2006 20" iMac CD, which is very respectable for this class of machine(price and size).

I can't wait for snow leopard to really tap into the 9400M's power.

Cheers

mattyb · Apr 5, 2009, 03:43 PM

I'd be really interested in your CoD results. I presume you mean CoD4 and/or CoD: WaW ? CoD2 shouldn't be too shoddy. Do remember that you're only 'powering' a 13 inch screen. Be nice if someone did some bench testing of the 9400m in the 24" iMac. I've only found tests featuring the GeForce and the Radeon GPUs.

P · Apr 6, 2009, 05:33 AM

You can probably get a good idea from the MB tests here. It is quite playable at all that resolution - obviously the iMac uses a much higher resolution, but the test is at the MBs max res. That is just over 720p - not too shabby. After all, that's what the 360 and PS3 usually work at.

anharris9210 · Apr 6, 2009, 09:52 AM

Same here. It's high resolution and graphics is very good. What more can you ask for? You can try more high-end games to better appreciate it.

lpkmckenna · Apr 10, 2009, 06:24 PM

Downloaded the Prey and Tomb Raider Anniversary demos. Both played awesome on maximum settings.

I played thru the entire Prey demo in one sitting. I'll definitely be buying that one.

Mac User #001 · Apr 10, 2009, 07:22 PM

That sure is a great game (Prey I mean). There were rumors a sequel was in planning a couple years ago, but who knows what happened to that. A confirmed iPhone version is in the works though.

lpkmckenna · Jul 28, 2009, 02:59 AM

Played the Unreal Tournament 3 demo with Windows 7. 9400M graphics handles this game very well at max settings. Awesome.