what games are working on your macbook

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I have a Macbook and have installed bootcamp to play Age of Empires 3 (Windows version). The thing is I have to put all the graphics settings to Low and still it freezes/jitters when I play it (in battles).

I have read that people have been playing this game in the Mac OS smoothly. So I'm wondering if bootcamp isn't able to use all the graphics in Windows like the Mac OS can?

My specs: Macbook, 2GHz, 1GB, 80GB.

I have only partitioned 10GB to Windows/Bootcamp, so could this be the problem?
 
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It could just be driver issues in bootcamp mode, it should run just fine theoretically.
 

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but it should still require a dedicated graphics card no matter what os you're running on, right?

i can't imagine such a graphically and statistically detailed game would run smoothly. a pro, or an imac, sure, just not a macbook.
 
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I wonder if Myst Uru Online is going to be able to run on the Macbook? Doubtful, but one can hope.
 
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Would Mac games from before mac went to intel work on an intel based macbook? Such as c&c. Also what about older pc games, would they work under bootcamp? I am Sooooooo confused over this whole intel based mac thing and games make my confusion even worse.
 

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some ppc games should work on intel macs using rosetta. although results seem varied. games listed as "classic" will most likely not work.

windows games might work if they are compatable with the version of windows that you're running (ex: roller coaster tycoon 1 won't run on windows versions past win98).
 
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I have run World of Warcraft succesfully at all graphic options maxed out. I tried out Doom3 before I upgraded my ram (512MB -> 1.5GB). Doom ran just so-so.
 

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looks like you've got a pro though (so you should have no problems running lots of stuff). macbooks are a tougher nut to crack.
 
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Ah you are correct, this is a MB thread.. lol.
A friend of mine owns a MB and he plays WoW with out a single issue.
 

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