how good would my mac mini be at tasks such as gaming?

Igor · Igor #1 (**permalink**)

09-10-2010, 06:20 AM

this has probably been asked hundreds of times but ive upgraded mine slightly so not really sure

i was thinking of buying x-plane etc

its a late 2009, early 2010 model (purchased in 2010)

my specs:
2.26Ghz intel core 2 duo
4GB DDR3 ram
500GB 7200rpm HDD
NVIDIA GeForce 9400

what do you think? worth a go or no were near powerful enough?

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

09-10-2010, 01:37 PM

X-Plane or the MS Flight Simulator (Windows) will work, albeit a bit slow with regard to frame rate and scenery. X-Plane works best with a machine that has robust graphics. Your Mini has the nVidia 9400 which is not a bad card but as I said above it'll be a bit slow on scenery response.

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Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 31,996 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	09-10-2010, 01:37 PM X-Plane or the MS Flight Simulator (Windows) will work, albeit a bit slow with regard to frame rate and scenery. X-Plane works best with a machine that has robust graphics. Your Mini has the nVidia 9400 which is not a bad card but as I said above it'll be a bit slow on scenery response. Community Guidelines
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Member Since: Jul 10, 2010 Posts: 3	09-10-2010, 06:20 AM this has probably been asked hundreds of times but ive upgraded mine slightly so not really sure i was thinking of buying x-plane etc its a late 2009, early 2010 model (purchased in 2010) my specs: 2.26Ghz intel core 2 duo 4GB DDR3 ram 500GB 7200rpm HDD NVIDIA GeForce 9400 what do you think? worth a go or no were near powerful enough?
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