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Are Macs good for gaming?
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<blockquote data-quote="xerolink" data-source="post: 647210" data-attributes="member: 46548"><p><strong>mac gaming</strong></p><p></p><p>I have a macbook pro and play games quite well on it, though it's through windows via bootcamp. I don't think macs are completely out of the question if want to do some gaming, though I feel to really get a good experience dual booting is a necessity along with some driver modifications. I myself use a modded driver for the 8600m GT along with a program called ATItool that I use to overclock the videocard (do this with caution!). Currently the games I'm playing are Call of Duty 4, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, and Crysis, all at high settings. If I could play games without having to go through windows I would, I feel OSX is superior to windows for doing pretty much everything else other than games, and that only because of lack of support. I'm sure if there was a bigger market and profit to be made in Mac gaming, we'd see a lot more games being made and optimized for the Mac. Would I recommend a Mac for the sole purpose of gaming? Not really. But, if you want a new experience and are open to something different, Macs are more than capable</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xerolink, post: 647210, member: 46548"] [b]mac gaming[/b] I have a macbook pro and play games quite well on it, though it's through windows via bootcamp. I don't think macs are completely out of the question if want to do some gaming, though I feel to really get a good experience dual booting is a necessity along with some driver modifications. I myself use a modded driver for the 8600m GT along with a program called ATItool that I use to overclock the videocard (do this with caution!). Currently the games I'm playing are Call of Duty 4, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, and Crysis, all at high settings. If I could play games without having to go through windows I would, I feel OSX is superior to windows for doing pretty much everything else other than games, and that only because of lack of support. I'm sure if there was a bigger market and profit to be made in Mac gaming, we'd see a lot more games being made and optimized for the Mac. Would I recommend a Mac for the sole purpose of gaming? Not really. But, if you want a new experience and are open to something different, Macs are more than capable [/QUOTE]
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