Hello fans,
Before I get the smart folks saying check forum post and google, I have done so but am very OCD and couldn't find an answer that was tailored to my MBP (mid 2010) and also very frugul with money and have wasted quite a bit on mac games that do not run smoothly. I have a mac book pro mid 2010. Specs: Version 10.6.8, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 ghz, 8GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 320M Graphics Card GPU PCI 256mb, resolution 1280x800 @ 32bit color, 13inch monitor (joined with a samsung monitor) Razer mouse 3.5g 3500dpi, razer mouse pad.
Will the specs provided above be suitable for D3 play solo/multiplayer along with a good FPS? Also I would like to run MAC OSX cause thats why I have a make however please let me know if i should consider running widows via virtual machine (installed) and or boot camp. Thank you so much for all of your help with this subject and please give your expert advice or current experience with a similar set up
According to others who have near similar specs as your MBP, the game play currently runs a bit rough even at the lowest video settings (15-20fps). Even bootcamp users did not see much significant change unless discrete graphics were involved. So I guess the answer is the game will be playable but without some of the higher end effects.
The optimization is primarily for earlier (mid-2009 systems) with the 9400M chipset but note that it says other cards will also see significant improvement.
FYI, when the open beta weekend occurred, I originally tried running it on my Air (2011) with the 1.6GHz Core i5 and Intel HD3000 graphics. The performance was okay at the default settings (which were mostly on the low setting) but the video still felt a bit laggy at some spots. Running it on my Mac Pro (2010) with the settings all on their highest at 2560x1600 is like night and day in terms of overall experience (performance as well as effects even in areas of the game where the action is intense). And thats with a nothing special Radeon 5770.
Hopefully this first tuning will allow more Mac users to play the game with a less compromised experience.
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Yeah Monkutare is dead on with everything. Just posting with my experience...
I've got an early 2011 MBP with a 6750M. With everything on high, I see around 20FPS running around town. Everything on low it jumps to 50FPS. Shadow Quality seems to have the biggest impact on Mac users, dropping me 10 FPS on it's own. So yeah, things are a bit rough on the Mac side right now, but I'm optimistic given the post Monk linked to. Running Lion does help (vs Snow Leopard).
Any Mac with an nVidia GPU like yours (@the OP) is better off running Bootcamp, because nVidia left Apple in the lurch, and refused to fix their drivers for gaming. Simple as that. The Mac users with ATI/AMD GPUs are fine, but yours? Blizzard can only partly work around the mess Apple and nvidia left. It's not a Mac OS issue, really, it's a driver issue that the vendor won't fix.
I'm running it on a 2009 Mac Pro with an ATI 4870 GPU, and I run high settings with no issues, so, yeah, it's your hardware and the drivers for same Mac-side.
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Before I get the smart folks saying check forum post and google, I have done so but am very OCD and couldn't find an answer that was tailored to my MBP (mid 2010) and also very frugul with money and have wasted quite a bit on mac games that do not run smoothly. I have a mac book pro mid 2010. Specs: Version 10.6.8, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 ghz, 8GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 320M Graphics Card GPU PCI 256mb, resolution 1280x800 @ 32bit color, 13inch monitor (joined with a samsung monitor) Razer mouse 3.5g 3500dpi, razer mouse pad.
Will the specs provided above be suitable for D3 play solo/multiplayer along with a good FPS? Also I would like to run MAC OSX cause thats why I have a make however please let me know if i should consider running widows via virtual machine (installed) and or boot camp. Thank you so much for all of your help with this subject and please give your expert advice or current experience with a similar set up
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Blizzard did post the following last week: http://us.battle.net...opic/5151270034
The optimization is primarily for earlier (mid-2009 systems) with the 9400M chipset but note that it says other cards will also see significant improvement.
FYI, when the open beta weekend occurred, I originally tried running it on my Air (2011) with the 1.6GHz Core i5 and Intel HD3000 graphics. The performance was okay at the default settings (which were mostly on the low setting) but the video still felt a bit laggy at some spots. Running it on my Mac Pro (2010) with the settings all on their highest at 2560x1600 is like night and day in terms of overall experience (performance as well as effects even in areas of the game where the action is intense). And thats with a nothing special Radeon 5770.
Hopefully this first tuning will allow more Mac users to play the game with a less compromised experience.
I've got an early 2011 MBP with a 6750M. With everything on high, I see around 20FPS running around town. Everything on low it jumps to 50FPS. Shadow Quality seems to have the biggest impact on Mac users, dropping me 10 FPS on it's own. So yeah, things are a bit rough on the Mac side right now, but I'm optimistic given the post Monk linked to. Running Lion does help (vs Snow Leopard).
I'm running it on a 2009 Mac Pro with an ATI 4870 GPU, and I run high settings with no issues, so, yeah, it's your hardware and the drivers for same Mac-side.