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    need an accurate answer please help

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Ajbeagles, Jan 14, 2012.

  1. Ajbeagles

    Ajbeagles Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi I have a late macbook pro 2011 13 inch and I was going to buy a windows 7 cd key for SWTOR and i need to know if my computer can run this game without graphical lag on the lowest settings my specs below.

    MacBook Pro 13:
    Mac OS X Lion
    i5 2430m 2.4 Ghz
    Intel HD 3000
    4 GB DDR3 RAM 1333Mhz
    Stereo Speakers with subwoofer
    802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1
    SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
    500GB HDD 5400 rpm
    LCD 1280 x 800 Display



    btw my desktop is an alienware and i just want this to play swtor if not ok but please dont tell me to get a pc or something.
     
    Ajbeagles, Jan 14, 2012
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  2. Rodster

    Rodster Merica

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    Why don't you play it on your Alienware desktop? :confused:
     
    Rodster, Jan 14, 2012
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  3. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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  4. Steven

    Steven God Amongst Mere Mortals

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    ^This.

    You bought a gaming laptop for a reason now, didn't you?
     
    Steven, Jan 15, 2012
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  5. Yotsuba

    Yotsuba Notebook Evangelist

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    The MBP 13" only has Intel HD 3000 graphics. While having a Core i5 or Core i7 (if available in the 13" model) may help in the performance of the game, you would most likely have to run the game on the lowest settings for it to run smoothly. This is how it was on my old Toshiba which had a Core i3-2310M, 4GB DDR3, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, and Intel HD 3000 graphics. I was able to run the game at the system's native 1366x768 resolution, but all of the graphical effects had to be turned down to minimum. But also, as Rodster said, why not play it on the Alienware desktop in your sig?
     
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  6. Ajbeagles

    Ajbeagles Notebook Evangelist

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    The reason is because when im away from my alienware desktop on the go and i have some time to spare i would like to have this game to play on my laptop. Other than that i would be playing on my desktop. So datamonger youre saying you played swtor decently with a core i3 and intel hd 3000?
     
    Ajbeagles, Jan 15, 2012
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  7. s2odin

    s2odin Merrica!

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    I have an 09 MBP with 9400m and play SWTOR with ~30 fps on low, 800x600, windowed. Get lag initially and the game takes forever to load and be playable. Cantinas make me lag like no other. I am level 32 though and it really isn't that bad.
     
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  8. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    and a HD 3000 is considerably faster than a 9400m... I've found that SWTOR doesn't need much horsepower. I play it through Parallels and it runs fine, but my machine is beefy enough for the virtual machine to be a decent lower end machine.
     
    doh123, Jan 15, 2012
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  9. Ajbeagles

    Ajbeagles Notebook Evangelist

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    sweet so if this is true then i should have no issue seeing as i have more ram and faster cpu/gpu
     
    Ajbeagles, Jan 15, 2012
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  10. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    I think you won't have a good experience, given your background. There's nothing like playing a game with decent fidelity at high frame rate, and then switching everything to low/off, dropping resolution to below native, and then bouncing around 20-30 frames per second.
     
    masterchef341, Jan 17, 2012
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  11. cushaladara

    cushaladara Newbie

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    It might start up, but it's not going to run good.

    I play SWTOR on my MBP 15 - 2010 w/ gt330 and 2.66 Processor and still experience a decent amount of lag
     
    cushaladara, Jan 17, 2012
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