EPTAny new model above that should give even more frames.
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shubcraft
Germany145 Posts
Any new model above that should give even more frames. | ||
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TypeLex
Germany62 Posts
In OS X, I barely get 35fps on low settings while in Windows 7 I goer 90fps in 1v1 on ultra settings (With Indirect Shadows switched off). On windows, I installed the Nvidia driver from the website which came with the GeForce Experience tool, it did the SC2 settings for me and it run beautifully. Just trying to figure out why it won't run well under OS X (right now 10.9). | ||
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Necrotic[OD]
United States9 Posts
Also if you're going to go for a macbook, I'd say aim for a 15" pro, and pay especially close attention to the video card. Guaranteed any macbook you buy post 2011 is going to have at least 4 gigabytes of ram, and a very nice processor, but they don't always give them good video cards. My card is a radeon hd6490m. So make sure it has either that or a card that is higher up in the series (HD6750m) | ||
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zuqbu
Germany797 Posts
On June 23 2013 06:09 TypeLex wrote: I have a top of the range Retina MacBook PRO here and it's been quite difficult running SC2 in Mac OS X. In OS X, I barely get 35fps on low settings while in Windows 7 I goer 90fps in 1v1 on ultra settings (With Indirect Shadows switched off). On windows, I installed the Nvidia driver from the website which came with the GeForce Experience tool, it did the SC2 settings for me and it run beautifully. Just trying to figure out why it won't run well under OS X (right now 10.9). oh i can tell you why it won't run well: you're using developer preview software. i have iOS7 installed on my carrier phone right now, and i am currently evaluating if i will go through all the pain that is downgrading back to iOS6 – because the current release is slow, buggy and eats through a charge in an hour or so (xcode tells me itunesstored constantly crashes in the background). and apple had OS X engineers crunch on iOS for months, so i can only guess mavericks is in an even sadder state right now. i have the entry level 15inch retina MBP and sc2 runs under OS X 10.8.4 at ~250 fps at the game start, and never below ~90 fps in late game battles (1vs1, 1920x1200, low settings but textures high). if i cap the frame rate at 60 i can play without the fans kicking in ever. i guess boot camp performance could even be better but why bother? if your rMBP can't run sc2 well on mountain lion – something might be seriously wrong. or do you have the 13inch rMBP without a discrete GPU? you can PM me for assistance, i will be glad to help. On June 23 2013 08:07 Necrotic[OD] wrote: Also if you're going to go for a macbook, I'd say aim for a 15" pro, and pay especially close attention to the video card. Guaranteed any macbook you buy post 2011 is going to have at least 4 gigabytes of ram, and a very nice processor, but they don't always give them good video cards. My card is a radeon hd6490m. So make sure it has either that or a card that is higher up in the series (HD6750m) the current 15 inch Retina and regular MacBook Pros all come with the GT650M. the retinas all got 1 GB of VRAM, on the regular ones you get 512 MB with 1 GB as a BTO-option. this may change when the MBP line gets upgraded to haswell in the next weeks. @OP, anand's review of the 13inch 2013 MBA is up: There's a surprising number of games that are actually playable on Intel's HD 5000 in the MacBook Air. You have to be ok with the fan spinning quite loudly, but it's possible to get some ultra portable gaming in if you're up for it. | ||
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nichan
United States158 Posts
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Targe
United Kingdom14103 Posts
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