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Games on Macbook
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Imgetting a hot sweet macbook 1.83ghz core 2 duo 512 RAM(upgrading to 1gb) and i was wondering when i saw games like Call Of Duty 2, Age of Empires 3 and RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 on Mac.
Are they easy to get through with a macbook when on low settings?
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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When I upgraded my 2gHz MacBook from 1GB to 2GB, World of Warcraft went from playable to very playable. The difference was VERY noticeable.
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Those games run on mac? Cool.
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I have the Macbook 2GHZ and a 1g of ram. I recently downloaded rollercoaster tycoon3 and halo and they both were running rather horrible. I plan on buying the games, but if they are going to run the same I won't. Right now I just have the windows versions.
Should these games be running so laggy and slow on my macbook? Would I be better off running bootcamp and windows to play games? Thanks for any help!
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MacBook Core 2 Duo 2GHZ 1GB of RAM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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I don't know about Rollercoaster Tycoon, but the Halo demo currently in the wild is not a Universal Binary. As such, its performance on your MacBook should be terrible. Speaking from experience, I can tell you that the boxed version of Halo (which is now Universal) runs very smoothly at medium settings on my MacBook (1.83 GHz CoreDuo, 2 GB RAM).
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How do games run when you use the windows partition of the hardrive with a program like bootcamp?
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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exactly the same as if they were ran on equally spec'd Windows machine.
No emulation in BootCamp...
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we don't have time to stop for gas
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Join Date: May 2001
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Fingers crossed for Starcraft II
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Originally Posted by TheoCryst 
Speaking from experience, I can tell you that the boxed version of Halo (which is now Universal) runs very smoothly at medium settings on my MacBook (1.83 GHz CoreDuo, 2 GB RAM).
Well, this made me feel better. I just need to upgrade to 2 gigs and I think I'm set to frag... right?
[Edit] MB black, 2.0 GHz C2D, 1 GB RAM... (late 06)
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The macbook runs games just as fast as other graphic cards but with less visual effects and less frame rate.
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Originally Posted by tiger
The macbook runs games just as fast as other graphic cards but with less visual effects and less frame rate.
Huh? 
Anyway, I think the most important thing about playing games on a MacBook is not the game's hardware requirements, but whether the game is a Universal Binary (a la Call Of Duty 2 and most newer shareware/independent games). That makes a huge difference in performance, on any hardware, but especially on a MacBook.
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