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    Anyone play TF2 on a Macbook Pro 15"?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by jh0720, Jan 26, 2008.

  1. jh0720

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    How is the performance at native resolution (i'm assuming it's 1440x960?)

    thanks
     
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    It's fine.
     
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    how much fps do you guys usually get and on what settings? (in normal situations and in firefights)
     
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    Which MBP do you have?
     
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    i'm planning on buying the 15 inch 8600GT-M (128MB) one
     
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    I dont remember offhand, but you should get 60+fps, with aa on.
    (if not 60, atleast 50)
     
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    No he won't.

    Depending on your tolerance for minimum framerates, you can run with settings all on high, except for AA. With AA, you'll get drops into the 20's occasionally. Either way, it's completely playable.

    So has been my experience with no overclocking, anyway.
     
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    Well I got atleast above 50fps, while playing TF2, and when I say aa on, I dont mean MAX aa, I mean around 2-4x.
     
    sulkorp, Jan 26, 2008
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