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    Quick Gaming Question

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by The_Shirt, Oct 29, 2008.

  1. The_Shirt

    The_Shirt Notebook Evangelist

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    Would a game available as either Windows or Mac run better natively in Mac or better in Windows via Bootcamp? For example, COD4 is available for either, so on a MBP (current gen), which would be the better way to go? I realize it would be best to activate the 9600GT either way. Thanks in advance for any thoughts, bill
     
    The_Shirt, Oct 29, 2008
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  2. daljeet

    daljeet Notebook Evangelist

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    In short, as long as you have better CPU and good GPU with right drivers, your game will run perfectly. i think both can run OK, till there is capability issues.
     
    daljeet, Oct 29, 2008
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  3. blurb23

    blurb23 Notebook Consultant

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    Depends on the game, really.

    Like CoD2, for example, was a horribly inefficient port - so playing that game in Windows would be a lot better.

    If at all possible, I generally by the Windows versions of games to be safe.
     
    blurb23, Oct 29, 2008
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  4. Vision33r

    Vision33r Notebook Consultant

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    If there's a game on both Windows and OSX, I'll boot to Windows and play it.

    Windows got better driver support, better API (DirectX and OpenGL) and more patch updates.

    Without APIs like DirectX, on the Mac, graphics suffer because developers had to code everything to hardware and most likely many eye candy settings left out.

    Should ask Steve Jobs that question again, why he won't take gaming seriously.
     
    Vision33r, Oct 29, 2008
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  5. YasirJ

    YasirJ Notebook Consultant

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    duh, because gaming wont save the cheerleader which in turn would save the world.
     
    YasirJ, Oct 29, 2008
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  6. JWest

    JWest Master of Notebookery

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    Exactly. Go with Windows. There are more drivers and a vast array of GPU tweaking programs and such. It would make much more since to use windows.

    I myself game on a Macbook Pro, and I would highly suggest using Windows for your gaming and Mac OS for pretty much everything else.
     
    JWest, Oct 29, 2008
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  7. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    windows tends to have better triple-a game support than mac. mac games often arrive much later than the windows versions, and are ports of the windows versions. they don't run as well.
     
    masterchef341, Oct 29, 2008
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