Gaming - Mac or PC

Hi,
Have black Macbook and want to get HALO - should I get it for Mac or PC? Some say (Amazon.com) that the intel-based Mac's don't run the game (and others, for that matter) well, as they are PowerPc based, therefore, my question is this:
Seeing we can now install Windows, should I get a PC game on my Mac or get it for Windows (assuming the Macbook is capable of playing said game)?
Reason I ask: Wouldn't the PC give me trouble w/recognizing the graphics cards, etc.?
Thanks in advance, from a guy who wants to play an Xbox game on his Mac using Windows (if necessary) with a PS2 wirelss remote as a controller...

Hi,
Halo recently became Universal. If the version you buy isn't Universal, you can get a patch update on their website.
It would probably be a bit faster under Windows. It's pretty easy to install using Boot Camp, and it has all the necessary graphics card drivers. I would get it for Mac though, to save the time and hassle.

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Better for gaming: Mac Pro or 24-inch iMac?

Well, I was already considering a Mac Pro since after I got my G5 iMac I started playing games like WoW and Sims 2 that really push the graphics card to its limit (especially the Sims).
Considering that the iMac setup I want (2.33 GHz, 2GB RAM, 7600GT card) would cost me $2500 before tax, and that I would still have to buy a separate monitor for the Mac Pro, which is the better deal? Is the 7600GT better enough than my current FX5200 that I won't feel the need to upgrade the graphics card in six months?
I'm not one of those that always gets the latest and greatest, but I've been mulling over an Intel Mac purchase for a while now, and I need some help with this decision.
20-inch iMac G5; black iPod nano Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hello,
I'm sorry, but I believe that an Intel Core 2 Duo is
much faster than the MacPro's processors. Having 4
processors does not mean that the machine will be
faster.
Also, please note that the MacPro and iMac both have
different processors from a different family. Tha
MacPro's processors are designed for servers and
multi-tasking. Playing games is not multi-tasking.
Also, most high-end Windows XP machines have Intel
Core 2 Duo processors in them rather than the
processors that the Mac Pro has.
Sure, the MacPro can be upgraded but there is only a
limited number of hardware that can be put into a
Mac. With Apple, you probably won't need to
upgrade... atleast for 4 or 5 years, depending on
one's usage.
Please consider this,
Robert
I'm sorry, but you are very mistaken. The processors in the iMac are low-power (i.e. laptop) version of those found in the Mac Pro's. The Mac Pro's processors are even faster than the iMac, and not because there is more cores. The Mac Pro is powered by Core 2 Extreme processors, while the iMac is powered by a Core 2 Duo. Intel even quotes the Core 2 Extreme to be "the world's best gaming processor". So the Mac Pro is no doubt more powerful, but since we talking games here, the 2nd processor (3rd and 4th cores) won't get used. A wast of money to get them IMHO. So my recommendation is get the iMac with a 7600GT and 2GB of RAM (or more).
Further reading on the subject:
Intel's Core 2 Extreme (aka Xeon): http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2XE/index.htm
Intel's Core 2 Duo (aka Merom): http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2duo/index.htm
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Gaming Mac?

I am trying to decide what mac I should get for gaming as its main use. I was looking at the Mac minis and iMacs but am not sure what hardware should I upgrade (Processor, Memory, Hard drive, anything I've forgotten). I currently have a base model 13 inch MacBook Pro (Processor 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Memory 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB). Any advise?

Definitely your only viable option is the top of the line 12-core Mac Pro with Apple Monitor:
Fully tricked out at $8,996.00.

New Macbook Pro 2014 for Gaming / casual use

Hello there! I currently have a 2011 13" Macbook Pro with
Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB
16GB RAM
500GB Harddrive
and a 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5
I really like to play video games but with this current setup ^ its very sluggish and I get very low FPS
I'm considering getting the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display and with the 3.0GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz
My questions:
Will this computer be able to handle a constant 60fps in most games? (Borderlands 2, portal 2, Bioshock Infinite)
And I've heard other places that this computer also has a Nividia graphics card that it switches over to when you play anything that requires more than the Intel 4000 that it comes with.
Thanks for the help!

Hi there!
No it wont.
Macbook Pro's hardware are mediocre for gaming. In your specific case, the 13" does not offer the possibility of a dedicated graphics card, only comes with Intel Iris. The 15" one does, the NVIDIA GT 750M with 2gb, yet it's weak for gaming above 40-50 fps, also dual-core processors are not very powerful these days either and you will most likely experience heating issues on intensive gaming sessions. If you like gaming Mac is not very efficient for it, unless you get a mac pro, but of course you would loose portability. The 27" iMac can be set with the GT 780m, it has 4gb but its still weak since its a mobile graphic chip as well, even the 5k iMac uses almost identical hardware setup than the regular iMac but with an AMD chip (also 4gb ram), while the 5k looks great with such hardware it is unable to handle smooth gaming on that resolution as well.
Dont get me wrong, I'm not here to trash Apple, at the office we work with around 8 to 10 macbook pros but none of them, not even high end ones are able to game smoothly, in fact, some games run better on windows via bootcamp than OS X.
Hope it helps.

Anyone know the name of these old Mac Performa/Quadra games?

Back in the day, my parents owned a Macintosh Performa (or, I guess it's also known as Quadra) LC 630 or similar model (I'm not sure about it internally but externally it looks virtually identical to the picture on wikipedia = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MacintoshLC630.jpg). There were two games I played on it that I vaguely remember:
1.) I think it is called "Wacky Jack". In the game you answers some kind of questions. It was a software CD that i think came with the computer. The main character was a jester that apparently had a....unique laugh. I think Don Pardo might have done the voice of the narrator.
2.) A space-type game where you had to gather flags without dying. There was a map in the corner and you were a yellow (I think) triangle and the enemies appeared red. The main loading screen of the game had some kind of woman android on it and the music was techno-like and rather fast paced.
I have done quite a bit of research and keep coming up empty-handed. I just recently bought an iMac and was hoping to be able to play these old Mac games.
Conformation, websites, software... heck, anything would be helpful. However, as you can see, the most important thing is the names..
Thanks for your time.
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♥,
"2.) A space-type game where you had to gather flags without dying. There was a map in the corner and you were a yellow (I think) triangle and the enemies appeared red. "
There is the tank game that is a black screen and triangle/pyramids and other obstacles. You drive your tank over the flags to collect them and have to avoid mines/enemies. My sons will remember the name or I could crank up one of their old gaming Macs. I will recognize the name if I see it.
Spin Doctor is a great game to watch for.
Jim

Can you remove some of the Default applications

I want to give an iPod Touch to my mother who is technically challenged and doesn't have WiFi.
I only want the iPod functionality, not the browsers, email, maps, or any other feature.
Is there a way to disable or remove default apps that you don't want?
ps: I do not want an iPod classic., it''s interface is harder to learn than the touch.

I too would like to remove some of the default apps. Personally, I find the YouTube, Stocks, and Maps, useless to me and its just a waste of icon space. And whats with the "The touch may not be for you". Seriously, if someone wants a touch but doesn't want some of the default apps, that doesn't mean the touch is not for someone. I think it would be a smart move for Apple to revise the iPod (and iPhone, if people can't remove default apps on there) so that we may remove the default apps that we don't use. It makes absolutely no sense to just "move" the app to the back if we don't even use the app. That's like saying "you may not have any use for this app, but its here because we want to force you to keep the junk we give you". And it sounds a lot like a Microsoft move for the all the Windows operating systems they have released (up to Vista, so far) forcing Internet Explorer on all its users and not allowing us to remove it because it was integrated into the Operating System. Supposedly, Microsoft is growing up and letting the user to actually disable (maybe even remove) Internet Explorer in the upcoming Windows 7. What about Mac OS X, does it force Safari on its users, like its forcing some of these unnecessary apps onto the iPod Touch? I wouldn't don't know, I don't earn quite enough money to buy myself an iMac or MacBook (and I've even heard from several people that its more expensive to get a gaming Mac than a gaming PC with similar hardware configuration). Only Apple product I own so far is an iPod Touch.
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The question was "Can you remove some of the default applications" and a response saying "What is your mother going to use it for? Maybe the Touch is not the right device for her." by "D'Fish'N'Seas" does not answer the question at all. The question has nothing to do with what the mother is going to use the iPod for, so don't post a response like that, its one of the reasons that causes short tempered people to flame other people.
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I want to instal windows 7 using bootcamp on my mac book pro and how large do i have to make the partition if i want to use it for gaming?

i want to instal windows 7 using bootcamp on my mac book pro and how large do i have to make the partition if i want to use it for gaming?

"At least 16 GB of free space on the disk onto which you’re installing for 32-bit, or 20 GB for 64-bit (for Microsoft Windows and Windows-based applications)."
That's what Apple proposes in here Boot Camp: System requirements for Microsoft Windows
Personally I would double these amounts and add to that the diskspace needed for your Windows games.
Stefan

Pc to Mac - Gaming on a mini

Hello, I'm totally new to the Mac world and love the look of it. I've been a PC user for a decade and would like to make the switch, and mainly because I want a machine to do work (print and web design) and less gaming. BUT I would like to be able to play my Steam games and other pc games.
I've heard about Bootcamp and wondered if on a Mac, it would run the games much better than on a native PC. I've heard that some games run better on a bootcamp/Mac OS/System, is this true?
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Thanks for Listening. I hope to purchase the new Mac Mini soon.
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grahamwookie wrote:
Hello, I'm totally new to the Mac world and love the look of it. I've been a PC user for a decade and would like to make the switch, and mainly because I want a machine to do work (print and web design) and less gaming. BUT I would like to be able to play my Steam games and other pc games.
I've heard about Bootcamp and wondered if on a Mac, it would run the games much better than on a native PC. I've heard that some games run better on a bootcamp/Mac OS/System, is this true?
The games I play are:
Company of Heroes ALOT
Bad Company 2
Half Life 2
A Mac using BootCamp to run Windows means the Mac is really running Windows literally just like a real PC. with BootCamp the Windows is not running in an emulator, or virtualisation engines it is 100% real unadulterated Windows. In theory a Mac of the same specification as a PC i.e. with the same speed chips etc. should run Windows at the same speed as a real PC. However real PCs usually are shipped with lots of bloatware which clogs up the PC and slows it down. If you yourself install a fresh copy of Windows on a Mac via BootCamp it will not come with all that bloatware. As a result the Mac might in fact feel faster than an otherwise identical speed PC.
If you ran Windows on a Mac via Parallels, or VMWare then these are virtualisation solutions. They have the advantage that you can then simultaneously run both Mac and Windows applications but the Windows applications will not run as fast as BootCamp which is Windows only. Games are very demanding so BootCamp is probably the best approach.
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Mac Mini and gaming

I have an iMac G4 (fist generation). It still serves our needs admirably while looking stylish. Some of the new games my son would like to play require a faster CPU and a newer graphics card. Is there some way that I could connect or network a Mac Mini so that the games run on the Mac Mini, but the keyboard and monitor used are the iMac G4?

The Mac Mini will be MUCH better than your first rev. iMac G4. I'm I'm not mistaken, your iMac is 700-800 MHz with a 32MB GeForce2 MX videocard. With a 133MHz system bus. The Mini is 1.25 or 1.42GHz (or if you're lucky and order a 1.42, then 1.5) with a 32MB Radeon 9200. Processor isn't that bad (no G5, but plenty fast), but the videocard, although better than the one in your iMac, may not have the juice to run the more demanding modern games out there. Halo, Unreal Tournament, all the Blizzard games, those will run fine. Just don't expect to run Doom III on it.
My last computer was a 1GHz Aluminum Powerbook G4... 1GHz and 64MB Radeon Mobility 9600, and I was never hurting for speed, except on the really, really intense games. For light gaming, the mini should absolutely rock for how much you'll pay for it.
As for networking the mini like that, sorry, there's no way. You're going to have to find a monitor and swap the keyboard between the computers, or find a monitor and keyboard.
Don't let that deter you from a Mini though. It'll run circles around your iMac in anything you do with it.

What Mac product is best for online gaming?

I purchased a MacBook Pro for my daughter & she loves it. She was a little disappointed that she couldn't play some of her online games because the web browser wasn't compatible. Other than that she had no complaints.
Is there a software that's needed in order to play online games? I'm not sure I want to purchase a Mac Desktop for the family & have issues with online gaming.
Anyone have any suggestions?

Well for browser based games you likely have to install Firefox and the Flash browser plugin, they are likely not accepting Safari in particular because of it's small market share.
Firefox, Chrome and IE they have to support.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
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Sure one can play offline 3D games well on a Mac, but that's not as much fun as online competitive gaming is.
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The Radeon X1900 XT video card went bad in my Mac Pro Dual-Core Intel Xeon. (I tried it with a good one at the office). I found one online that was $250. I don't need the gaming capacity of this card and was wondering if there were less expensive video cards that I could use in this machine. I run Adobe Creative Suites for graphics design and have a 23" Apply display. Thank you for any help that you can provide. -PretzelMcK

Then pick up the ATI 5770 AND upgrade to 10.6.8.
Same price for a good card that will work and helps to have 1GB VRAM.
There aren't any other real choices let alone less expensive.
Even the ebay links I had and not a lot of choices.

Optimize Mac for Gaming with Bootcamp?

Hi, I have a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro with Windows 7 installed using Bootcamp. Because I'm a student my parents aren't exactly thrilled with the idea of getting me a Gaming PC, but since I'm not a hardcore gamer I think I can make do with what I have. How would I be able to optimize my gaming experience with my Mac? In other words, whether it is with software, or upgrading some hardware, how can I make my Mac usable for gaming. And trust me, I'm not hoping for 60FPS having games on the highest setting kind of thing, something that is decent quality is all I want. I feel that my Mac's current specs and hardware is almost at where I want it, but some optimization to increase efficiency and performance would be really nice. Thanks in advance!

you are stuck with whatever graphics it has which is usually the main resource.
Did you buy with just base RAM? which processor? you can't change the cpu.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/index-macbookpro.html
RAM Upgrade Kits:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade/DDR3_160 0MHz_SDRAM
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A PC with i7-4790 and 16GB + SSD (case, psu, copy of Windows) and X89 motherboard would of course give you freedom and not have to dual boot, plus you get to choose the GPU you need. Windows on Mac often run hot, hotter than they do already. And later you can upgrade just the parts you need to.

Boot Camp, Mac Drive and Gaming

I recently got a mac book pro, I am looking at installing boot camp for gaming. I want to keep the windows partition as small as possible i.e. have only the OS on there to allow for maximum flexibility. So i was thinking that i could simply install Windows XP on a 5Gb partition, then use MacDrive to allow installation of windows games on the main (MacOS hfs+j) partition. My question is, is this possible? i.e. does MacDrive allow for the installation of programs on a mac formatted drive? Particularly Steam?
I have searched all the web and have not been able to find an answer, if anyone has had such a setup working/not working your input would be greatly appreciated.

Installing MacDrive, launching the Installer for your Game(in Windows obviously) and selecting your hfs partition and a path will solve your problems.
MacDrive tells Windows everything it has to know.
I strongly recommend using NTFS rather than FAT32, you can bypass the only (bigger) disadvantage (osx can't write on it) by installing paragon ntfs4mac or ntfs-3g/macfuse.
I played Call of Duty 4 and Unreal Tournament 3 without any problems or performance weaknesses on my hfs+ partition and even Warcraft 3 TFT (Mac Edition) ,installed on my NTFS Partition (just to test Paragon's Driver ^^ )

Deafult host mapping (mac/pc gaming)

Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone could help with a port problem I'm having directly related to hosting/connecting online gaming via my Airport Extreme network (not LAN). As searches have only helped answer certain parts of my problem. For the record, some friends and I are trying to start an online multiplayer game (StarWars Battlefront) but most of them are on PC and the multiplayer option only let's mac/pc connect via direct IP connection. They also have networks/routers that their machines are connected to but I know how much of a pain it is to configure that sort of thing in Windows. *I don't look so smug now though do I!?*
Basically I've tried setting the base station to 'Enable Default Host at..' and left the default address of 10.0.1.253 then gone into System Prefs and tried to assign the new private IP (default host) to this machine by going to Network - TCP/IP and changed the configure drop down menu to 'Use DHCP with manual Address'.
Once I've changed the manual IP of the machine as 10.0.1.253 to match the default host address in the Airport settings and applied, I no longer get access to the internet. I assumed it was to do with the DNS server address not being there so I copied and pasted that from the 'Internet' settings in the Airport Admin configure window. But still no joy!
I've tried just port mapping without specific port assignment number doesn't seem to work (and Aspyr don't seem to like answering email! swines) coz I know Quake and things like that use specific port numbers, but by all accounts using the default host option seems to be the best logical solution
Can anyone help?

bongo_boy, Welcome to the discussion area!
Don't use "DHCP with manual Address". Follow the directions in Steve Newstrum's user tip: How do I use Port Mapping (Part I).

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