Macbook games

Hi,
I know the Macbook is not for games but somehow I was able to play Call of duty 2 so would Call of duty 4 Modern Warfare work at all?

They are making a mac version yes but only the MacBook Pro, iMac or Mac Pro could handle it.
There is no way the intergrated graphics card could handle COD 4.
On the other hand if you're looking for games then one of the biggest Mac games out there has got to be World of Warcraft and it can run on a MacBook and very well i might add.

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MacBook games lag :'(

Hey guys. I have a question i was hoping you guys would be able to answer. So basically, i have a MacBook Pro late 2011 with a 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 processor, with 4GB of RAM. My graphics card is an Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB and pretty much all good games lag
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Hello,
Based on your current specs, I would imagine you're getting some lag. MacBooks aren't exactly the greatest at playing games (although the newer ones are quite capable), but there is always room for improvement. You can upgrade your RAM to up to 16GB which should make a noticeable difference, but 8 will also be fine.
As far as graphics cards go, not much you can change with MacBook Pro's, but I believe your model should have 2 - 1 integrated, and one dedicated. The computer should automatically switch between them (when it needs more power it'll switch to the dedicated). I dunno though, your computer may be different.
Next is the game settings. I've got an early 2011 MacBook pro with i7 and same amount of RAM as you, but it's just 2.0 GHz. Playing any games on highest settings is usually a lagfest (on Mac and Windows Bootcamp). I would reccomend turning off things such as anti-aliasing and various filtering. Another option that makes a big difference is resolution. If you can live with a little bit lower settings, this can be a big fps increaser. Try going from 1440x900 to 720p. This allows me to play games like Assassin's Creed III and Battlefield 3 with no hassle. Usually around 30 fps - could be better, but for a laptop, does great. Also, playing while plugged into AC power can help a little bit.
..another option is an external video card. Never used these, but I heard some of them are pretty good

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My fiancee just sent her MacBook 2.0Ghz, purchased about two months ago, in due to a sudden and total failure... screen went black, no response to any of the usual diagnostic and recovery tricks. She shipped it in, and the repair ticket came back reporting that they'd replaced the motherboard. At least, after years of reading service-ese, that's what I gleaned... just listed an Apple part number that didn't turn up in any good searched, PCBA (printed circuit board assembly), M42A. Nosing around, this means they replaced the motherboard (they also listed replacing the heat sink, which would make sense if they put a new MB in and kept the old Core2Duo CPU).
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The unit is back in my fiancee's hands (which is cool, because her endless support questions once she was forced to go back to her Windows XP Hewlett-Packard desktop were driving her -- and me -- to suicide) and I am once again pleased with Apple's ASCs, but I was just curious about it.
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Hi turtle,
Apple as other pc maker are required to have part stocked for several years after they discontinued their product, so I guess they still producing the same motherboard.
Maybe they have slightly changed here and there to patch the imperfect design but not totally changed everything around, maybe they just upgrade the firmware on the new motherboard.
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It's not the NFL I was referrin to, come from Europe and meant soccer of course. Thank you for the helpful hints, I'll try to see if it changes anything on the ipad.
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Why does my mid-2010 Macbook Pro suffer from huge FPS drops whenever I try to play games?

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When I play games on my Macbook Pro, such as League of Legends, Diablo III, World of Warcraft, etc., they operate well with latency of ~80ms usually and fps starting off between 30-60, but after only a couple seconds or minutes my fps drops to 5-15 and the games become unplayable and I must force quit the program. Restarting the computer helps temporarily but then it relapses.
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Alright well I'm definitely not running virus scans or doing system backups and then complaining about slow performance.... The only other application running besides whatever game i'm playing is SMC fancontrol to make sure my computer isn't overheating.
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Why don't you take your 'old' MBP into your local Apple Store and have them check out everything that's wrong with it - and I mean everything? Then, when you get an estimate about how much it would cost to get the machine completely repaired, ask about the Apple flat-rate repair pricing?
It's worth a shot - and with what you may save, you can put in the bank for a new MBP.
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Lao Bo,
yes, you can locate and copy a file from your HD to a USB key using UNIX commands. If you know the exact name of the file which you’re trying to locate, try this:
find / -iname filename -print
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find /Users/username -iname filename -print
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Hi All,
I tried this and it improved my FPS in games yesterday, still not getting FPS I would desire, but its become playable.
Repasted here from another thread:
My retina MacBook Pro has had terrible graphics performance problems for a couple of weeks. I searched all over various forums and tried everything: resetting SCM, manually selecting discrete/integrated graphics card, deleting graphics kexts, etc. Nothing helped until I found this: https://discussions.apple.com/message/19880198#19880198
Now my rMBP has silky smooth graphics again!
The directions in that post are a little hard to understand so I cleaned them up here:
Step 1: Delete system windowserver preferences
In the Finder, from the menu bar, select "Go -> Go to Folder..."
Enter: /Library/Preferences/
Delete the file called com.apple.windowserver.plist
Step 2: Delete user windowserver preferences
In the Finder, from the menu bar, select "Go -> Go to Folder..."
Enter: ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/
Delete all files that start with com.apple.windowserver (On my rMBP, there was one file called com.apple.windowserver.12AFB147-95D6-5C70-8F62-C1E4F2BE81BE)
Step 3: Reset the PRAM (These instructions are from http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379)
Shut down your Mac.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
Hopefully this helps others with bad graphics performance on retina MacBook Pros.
For anyone that wants to check out the problematic plists from my rMBP, here are the files:
http://jherrman.com/slow-rmbp-2012/com.apple.windowserver.plist
http://jherrman.com/slow-rmbp-2012/com.apple.windowserver.12AFB147-95D6-5C70-8F6 2-C1E4F2BE81BE.plist
Jeremy Herrman

Macbook Pro Retina over 200F 5-10 fps in games (after SMC/PRAM Reset)

I have struggled with this for too long now.
I have read every single thread I can find about the issue and tried both complete reinstalled of Bootcamp, SMC reset, PRAM Reset, EFI updates, etc.
When I first got the Macbook, I could run our game development setup in around 60-80 fps.
I use the labtop for game development in Bootcamp (Windows 7 64)
Currently im not able to get more than 10 FPS. And it runs very bad - it runs in 30 fps the first second, the next its a 5, and then it goes up again.
Even though nothing happens on screen.
When i launch a game the GPU and CPU is over 200F in heat.
And thats with all the fans on constantly.
Im very worried here - Im travelling next week where I need this machine to be able to work.
What should I do? Is it broken? Should I get a new one, or will the same thing happen?
Thanks a lot in advance guys!

I would strongly suggest you take it into Apple Store to get it looked at.
In the mean time I can only suggest changing power management to see if this fixes it for now:
You can change the way your computer hybernates from hybernatemode 3 to 0.
3 = RAM is powered on while sleeping, but RAM contents are also written to disk before sleeping. In the event of total power loss, the system enters hibernation mode automatically. The downside to this mode is that it is very slow. The upside is that it is very unlikely that you will lose any unsaved work should your mbp lose power.
0 = RAM powered on while sleeping, safe sleep disabled, and super-fast wake. The downside to this mode is that it does not save any of your work, should your mbp lose power, and you would have to remember to manually save before putting to sleep. The upside is that your computer would sleep & wake up in around 2 seconds.
Go to Terminal & type:
pmset -g | grep hibernatemode
That should give you a result of 3.
To change it to 0 type:
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
It might ask you to enter your password.
Then delete the old sleepimage file:
cd /var/vm
sudo rm sleepimage
Just remember, saving will have to be done manually by you,

Can I play games on my MacBook Pro by using an external graphics card and using windows via a software called "Parallels Desktop" or do I have to use Boot Camp (I have both installed)

Can I use Windows Parallel to play games? I mean will it not get enough power? Like I clearly remember that I read some where one my system that the Paralels is getting only 1 GB of my ram. I have the mid 2012 MacBook Pro, the $1500 one.

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