Crysis on MacBook Pro

I was going to buy a new Notebook, and really want to Play Crysis via Boot Camp

Vista on Mostly High (With a few exceptions) with these Specs

2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo Santa Rosa 800Mhz Front side Bus

4GB 677Mhz DDR2 RAM

160GB 7200 HDD

Nvidia 8600M GT 256mb GDDR3

15'' LED Screen at 1440x900

Please no Mac Bashing their just computer and this will be my first Mac!!

Any Thoughts?;)

youll be fine. were going to see a LOT of mac's playing PC games now that intel chipsets are standard and bootcamp is available.

I Have a macbook and love the hell out of it. I honostly wouldn't hesitate to buy a Macbook Pro instead of a gaming laptop to play my games so Id have the best of both worlds. And the Ability to continue my Graphic Arts via OSX

are you guys kidding me its a 8600gt!! thats like a 7600gt so probably on low dx10 settings

and if you wanna play crysis get a desktop

are you guys kidding me its a 8600gt!! thats like a 7600gt so probably on low dx10 settingsmega_deth

You Obvisouly think that's a Bad card- In DX9 "Mode" it Acts like 7800GT or Better but When running in DX10 "Mode" Its a totally Differnt Thing Hint the Direct X 10

[QUOTE="mega_deth"]are you guys kidding me its a 8600gt!! thats like a 7600gt so probably on low dx10 settings4elf

You Obvisouly think that's a Bad card- In DX9 "Mode" it Acts like 7800GT or Better but When running in DX10 "Mode" Its a totally Differnt Thing Hint the Direct X 10

well All Im saying is for him to get a desktop if he wants to play crysis

I was going to buy a new Notebook, and really want to Play Crysis via Boot Camp

Vista on Mostly High (With a few exceptions) with these Specs

2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo Santa Rosa 800Mhz Front side Bus

4GB 677Mhz DDR2 RAM

160GB 7200 HDD

Nvidia 8600M GT 256mb GDDR3

15'' LED Screen at 1440x900

Please no Mac Bashing their just computer and this will be my first Mac!!

Any Thoughts?;)

4elf

how much are u paying for that macbook?

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[QUOTE="mega_deth"]are you guys kidding me its a 8600gt!! thats like a 7600gt so probably on low dx10 settingsmega_deth

You Obvisouly think that's a Bad card- In DX9 "Mode" it Acts like 7800GT or Better but When running in DX10 "Mode" Its a totally Differnt Thing Hint the Direct X 10

well All Im saying is for him to get a desktop if he wants to play crysis

[QUOTE="mega_deth"][QUOTE="4elf"]

[QUOTE="mega_deth"]are you guys kidding me its a 8600gt!! thats like a 7600gt so probably on low dx10 settingswhgresiak

You Obvisouly think that's a Bad card- In DX9 "Mode" it Acts like 7800GT or Better but When running in DX10 "Mode" Its a totally Differnt Thing Hint the Direct X 10

well All Im saying is for him to get a desktop if he wants to play crysis

He wants a Macbook Pro to play crysis??????? WTF?!?

[QUOTE="whgresiak"][QUOTE="mega_deth"][QUOTE="4elf"]

[QUOTE="mega_deth"]are you guys kidding me its a 8600gt!! thats like a 7600gt so probably on low dx10 settingsmega_deth

You Obvisouly think that's a Bad card- In DX9 "Mode" it Acts like 7800GT or Better but When running in DX10 "Mode" Its a totally Differnt Thing Hint the Direct X 10

well All Im saying is for him to get a desktop if he wants to play crysis

He wants a Macbook Pro to play crysis??????? WTF?!?

Obviously you dont read the topic or know anything about the innovation Mac has gone through over the last year to make them totally able to play PC games because of their Intel Processers.

[QUOTE="mega_deth"][QUOTE="whgresiak"][QUOTE="mega_deth"][QUOTE="4elf"]

[QUOTE="mega_deth"]are you guys kidding me its a 8600gt!! thats like a 7600gt so probably on low dx10 settingsZemus

You Obvisouly think that's a Bad card- In DX9 "Mode" it Acts like 7800GT or Better but When running in DX10 "Mode" Its a totally Differnt Thing Hint the Direct X 10

well All Im saying is for him to get a desktop if he wants to play crysis

He wants a Macbook Pro to play crysis??????? WTF?!?

Obviously you dont read the topic or know anything about the innovation Mac has gone through over the last year to make them totally able to play PC games because of their Intel Processers.

well "OBVIOUSLY" getting a MAc to play games is how should i say this?....not smart.

Nowadays Notebooks can be just as powerfull as a desktop if you buy the right one4elf

desktops are cheaper

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I was going to buy a new Notebook, and really want to Play Crysis via Boot Camp

Vista on Mostly High (With a few exceptions) with these Specs

2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo Santa Rosa 800Mhz Front side Bus

4GB 677Mhz DDR2 RAM

160GB 7200 HDD

Nvidia 8600M GT 256mb GDDR3

15'' LED Screen at 1440x900

Please no Mac Bashing their just computer and this will be my first Mac!!

Any Thoughts?;)

mega_deth

how much are u paying for that macbook?

about 2000 from amazon or ebay

I'm installing the 4 gigs from crucial Apple over charges their RAM

[QUOTE="Zemus"][QUOTE="mega_deth"][QUOTE="whgresiak"][QUOTE="mega_deth"][QUOTE="4elf"]

[QUOTE="mega_deth"]are you guys kidding me its a 8600gt!! thats like a 7600gt so probably on low dx10 settingsmega_deth

You Obvisouly think that's a Bad card- In DX9 "Mode" it Acts like 7800GT or Better but When running in DX10 "Mode" Its a totally Differnt Thing Hint the Direct X 10

well All Im saying is for him to get a desktop if he wants to play crysis

He wants a Macbook Pro to play crysis??????? WTF?!?

Obviously you dont read the topic or know anything about the innovation Mac has gone through over the last year to make them totally able to play PC games because of their Intel Processers.

well "OBVIOUSLY" getting a MAc to play games is how should i say this?....not smart.

Hence me RESTATING my fact. Obviously you havn't read up on it. Boot Camp has totally changed the Mac World around. they can do anything they want now. You can install windows right to any mac and everything plays out fine.

Stop acting like a fool. Its totally doable and with ease. and a Macbook Pro has good enough specs for gaming. assuming you get the higher end one.

Thank you for saying that, people shouldn't bash something they know nothing about, the second post on this forum is probly the most accurote one on answering my question..

Thank you for saying that, people shouldn't bash something they know nothing about, the second post on this forum is probly the most accurote one on answering my question..

4elf

It is, Youll be fine, don't worry about it. I Have my High End Gaming PC, But I also Have a Macbook as im a Pre Press Graphic Artist and Mac is a vastly superior when it comes to Graphic Design, But sinse I have both I follow the news ect.. very closly. I love what Mac has been doing lately, I Upgraded to an Intel Macbook a few months ago and havn't looked back. Its insane what you can do with it.

But keeping tabs on people who are using IMacs & and Macbook Pro's with Bootcamp & Gaming have always kept my interest over the last few months because I know the next time I Get a new Macbook Ill definily be getting a High End Pro Model so I can game also via Bootcamp, and from what I have been reading it works fantastic for the majority of users.

My Only Advice is to hold out as long as possible from buying it incase new Macbook Pro Models come out with Video Card Upgrades. THey Already did the Processer Upgrades about 6 weeks ago, Ram & Video Changes wont suprise for the Holiday Season.

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Thank you for saying that, people shouldn't bash something they know nothing about, the second post on this forum is probly the most accurote one on answering my question..

Zemus

It is, Youll be fine, don't worry about it. I Have my High End Gaming PC, But I also Have a Macbook as im a Pre Press Graphic Artist and Mac is a vastly superior when it comes to Graphic Design, But sinse I have both I follow the news ect.. very closly. I love what Mac has been doing lately, I Upgraded to an Intel Macbook a few months ago and havn't looked back. Its insane what you can do with it.

But keeping tabs on people who are using IMacs & and Macbook Pro's with Bootcamp & Gaming have always kept my interest over the last few months because I know the next time I Get a new Macbook Ill definily be getting a High End Pro Model so I can game also via Bootcamp, and from what I have been reading it works fantastic for the majority of users.

My Only Advice is to hold out as long as possible from buying it incase new Macbook Pro Models come out with Video Card Upgrades. THey Already did the Processer Upgrades about 6 weeks ago, Ram & Video Changes wont suprise for the Holiday Season.

Yes I agree, MacBook Pros (and all Macs for that Matter) are great! I mean 250+ FPS for Half Life2 on a MacBook Pro is Insane!! As for waiting for an upgrade I'll Probly Get one around Fall and (if they upgrade the Line within in a month of purchase you can opt for the Upgraded Moddle!) and use My old PC (See Sig)((i doubt It'll run)) for Crysis till I get a MacBook Pro

Wow, that sounds great!! What if I over Clock the GPU a little? Should the Extra RAM help out to for all High?4elf

I wouldn't advise overclocking a laptop at all, and I'm not even sure if Macs allow you to go into the settings and adjust the fsb and voltage.

Well it was just a suggestion and yes you can over clock them via windows using NTune or what ever it is4elf

Well you can overclock your GPU and CPU via nTune, although you need a compatible motherboard with the nvidia control panel in order to overclock the CPU from that, and generally its much safer to overclock from the bios instead of through software.

Laptops also tend to run much hotter than a typical desktop, which is another reason why its typically not recommended to overclock a laptop. Either way you should be fine with Crysis on that computer and not need to overclock your CPU.

i own the macbook pro described by the op and tried far cry on highest res and with everything set to maximum quality. the game ran absolutely smooth.

this obviously doesn't mean that crysis is going to run well with everything maxed out, but i'm sure i'll be satisfied.

hope it helps

Wow, that sounds great!! What if I over Clock the GPU a little? Should the Extra RAM help out to for all High?4elf

I wont be buying for a little while so Like Zemus before the could upgrade the MacBook Pros to higher VRAM amount or 8700GT or what ever...Thats what they did with that old old Core Duo MacBook Pros (The First ones) around this time