GMA X3100 graphics card.

I was just wondering,
I want to buy the Sims 2 game for Mac, but it says i require a Radeon 9000 graphics card or better or a GeForce FX5200 graphics card or better. I currently own a MacBook with a GMA X3100 graphics card. I want to know if the Sims game will work with my current graphics card, as I already found out that Need For Speed Carbon wont work with it. I would also like to know if it will work with Leopard, as I recently upgraded.
Thanks in advance

Hi MacDeejay!
I was able to get Sims 2 running on my MacBook with the X3100 card without any major issues. I found that I needed to turn my graphics settings to low or else the more that began to appear on the screen things would slow down dramatically. Occasionally I'd get some odd rendering as some shaders and color combinations would take longer to load than others. I'd imagine the game to run extremely well on the MacBook Pro but it certainly runs on the MacBook.
It is listed on Intel's site for compatible games for the X3100 as well...
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intelgm965/sb/CS-026146.htm

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Hello everyone,
I recently purchased an external monitor (Dell ST2220L, with VGA, DVI D and HDMI plugs) to use with my macbook early 2008 (in Snowleopard 10.6.8) which has the Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor.
My professionnal PC, has an Intel HD family graphics processor and works fine with this new monitor (be it in VGA, DVI D or HDMI)
However, for some reason, with my Macbook, only the VGA connector (via mini dvi to vga adaptor) works.
When I plug the monitor via DVI (and via the mini dvi to dvi adapter) to the mac, the screen shows the message : "Entering power save mode" and goes into power save mode.
I have read and tried the solutions mentionned on pretty much on every related webforum (esp here / i wanted to add a message to that thread but it's been archived) :
resetting PRAM
resetting SMC
lowering MB screen light
disactivating any monitor option related to power save mode
selecting and unselecting Mirror display
using the software InsomniaX to prevent my MB from having power sleep options turned on...
but nothing works.
now i'm running out of ideas, and especially I'm starting to wonder if it's not a graphics processor driver problem or a problem linked to v10.6.8 as I have already successfully plugged my MB via DVI to an external monitor (not dell tho') in the past.
It's frustrating to have to use VGA when you bought the screen to use with DVI or HDMI.
Thank you very much if anyone has an idea of what could be wrong !
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Good morning,
Well, this is not an easy, clear cut question. The Radeon is an old, out of date card however it does have a dedicated GPU and Memory on board. The 3100 is an integrated chip with shared system memory, however, it is much newer and up to date.
I'd put my money on the 3100 myself, however, neither is really up to the task of playing The Sims 2 in my opinion, that game (on the PC) taxed my CoreDuo with a GeForce 7900GT. :P
Hope this helps! 
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Hi MacDeejay!
I was able to get Sims 2 running on my MacBook with the X3100 card without any major issues. I found that I needed to turn my graphics settings to low or else the more that began to appear on the screen things would slow down dramatically. Occasionally I'd get some odd rendering as some shaders and color combinations would take longer to load than others. I'd imagine the game to run extremely well on the MacBook Pro but it certainly runs on the MacBook.
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http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intelgm965/sb/CS-026146.htm

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It may work, but the graphics card is NOT supported. I saw this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9573469&#9573469
Which doesn't clearly state if the users were successful or not with the Mac version of Sims 3.
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thinking to get my daughter her first macbook for college. went to local apple store to check out the 13" and they said it wont run games like Quake4 or Sims2. Looked into what the games require for graphics, but I don't know one graphics card from another. Also, bottom end Macbook Pro is a little to rich ($$$) for a 1st year college kid... plus I'm afraid someone my steal the Pro! Maybe I should just get her a PC (please forgive me).
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He's partially correct.
It will run those games decently when set at a low FPS (frames per second) setting. It is not the ideal choice however for gaming, video editing, etcetera because of it's non-upgradeable video card.
It's a great college laptop, however. (works for me!)
If intense games are real important, I would get her an iMac if portability isn't a huge thing. They are very affordable and do well with games.
If intense games aren't real important, I would get her the MacBook.
I would go to an Apple Store and see if they have a MacBook with some games on it. To give yourself an idea of what I mean by "decent".
Good luck with your purchase.
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