Gaming - OSX vs. Bootcamp

It seems to me like gaming on macs isn't up to par with PCs, even with games like Starcraft 2 that were duel released, probably because the OSX one is just a port of the windows one. I'm running 10.6 on my OSX partition and windows 7 64 bit business on my bootcamp partition. Would games run smoother on the bootcamp partition, or would it be essentially the same?

Specs:
Macbook Pro 2010 15"
8Gig RAM
500 GB HD 5400 RPM
2.66 GHz i7
NVIDA GeForce GT 330M
512 MB VRAM
OSX 10.6.4

Windows 7 parition: 100 GB

Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

Gaming is one area where Windows will just excel..as you've said unless a developer devotes to create a native OS X version of the game they are usually ports that just don't compare..

If you are serious about gaming, then stick to Windows and you won't be disappointed..

Regards

So will playing games on bootcamp be equivalent to playing them on a windows computer with the specs of my Macbook Pro?

When you run Windows through bootcamp on a Mac it _IS_ a "Windows computer" and will work fine..

The MBP uses an Intel processor and a 2.66 i7 is quite powerful and the 8G of RAM is definitely good..

Regards

Alright. Thank you. That makes sense.

you might want to check these guys out. they test gaming in both windows and osx environments.

Review Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch i7 2010-04 Notebook - Notebookcheck.net Reviews

MBP 17 - gamer

I have a MBP 17, core 2 duo 2.4 w/ 4GB ram. The machine plays WoW well enough, but I wouldn't recommend any mac books as gaming machines due to how they manage heat.

My machine gets very hot as the graphics requirements ramp up during gaming and this forces the machine to slow down; it becomes quite sluggish late in an evening session. I have also resorted to placing the machine on a Belkin cooling unit; the increased airflow helps some. I have also installed the SMC fan control app to increase the internal fan speed in an effort and aid cooling.

All of this helps, but still fails to really keep the MBP 17 cool. I can only imagine how much hotter the core i5 or core i7 machines with improved graphics cards will be.

Overall its a good machine and a decent replacement for a desktop, but it fails miserably at heat management and as such is not a gaming compatible device.

Only my opinion, so take it for what its worth...

challengedagain said:

I have a MBP 17, core 2 duo 2.4 w/ 4GB ram. The machine plays WoW well enough, but I wouldn't recommend any mac books as gaming machines due to how they manage heat.

My machine gets very hot as the graphics requirements ramp up during gaming and this forces the machine to slow down; it becomes quite sluggish late in an evening session. I have also resorted to placing the machine on a Belkin cooling unit; the increased airflow helps some. I have also installed the SMC fan control app to increase the internal fan speed in an effort and aid cooling.

All of this helps, but still fails to really keep the MBP 17 cool. I can only imagine how much hotter the core i5 or core i7 machines with improved graphics cards will be.

Overall its a good machine and a decent replacement for a desktop, but it fails miserably at heat management and as such is not a gaming compatible device.

Only my opinion, so take it for what its worth...

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that is a very valid point. however if your system is slowing down, it truly IS overheating.