BF3 on a mac?

2011-05-25 03:51:00

#1

utchin: Member; +8|6170

Im getting the Macbook Pro 17" Soon and just want to get a idea of how BF3 will run on it. It will be installed under boot camp running windows 7.

The specs of the macbook pro are:
2.2GHz quad-core
Intel Core i7
4GB 1333MHz
500GB 7200-rpm1
Intel HD Graphics 3000
AMD Radeon HD 6750M with 1GB GDDR5

Reccomended:

Processor: Quadcore Processor
Memory: 4 GB
Hard Drive: 15 GB for Digital Version, 10 GB for Disc Version
Video Memory: 512 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 11
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD Rom Drive

That should be ok?

2011-05-25 04:34:22

#2

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5224|Dundee, Scotland.

First off, i highly doubt it will be mac compatible. Secondly, it'll never run on that. Thats a mobile graphics chip.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2011-05-25 04:57:23

#3

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6405|'straya

Camm wrote:
First off, i highly doubt it will be mac compatible.

utchin wrote:
It will be installed under boot camp running windows 7.

However, it certainly won't run well. From the benchmarks I've seen that GPU is about on par with a GT240 and that certainly isn't a good gaming card.

It will run, it just won't run well. Expect to have to run it on all low settings and low resolution. Even then it might be a slideshow, it is impossible to know for sure until the game comes out.

Last edited by Little BaBy JESUS (2011-05-25 04:57:42)

2011-05-25 05:04:37

#4

utchin: Member; +8|6170

Yeah, I have been looking on youtube and people are playing Crysis and MW2 on high and it looks fine. Just have to wait and see.

2011-05-25 07:00:32

#5

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5224|Dundee, Scotland.

Ahh sorry, didn't read the bootcamp bit. It'll struggle, that's for true.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2011-05-25 10:45:31

#6

SonderKommando: Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....; +564|6915|The darkside of Denver

when were recommended bf3 specs released?

2011-05-25 10:49:42

#7

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,741|6993|Cinncinatti

speculation id asssume

2011-05-25 10:55:42

#8

Benzin: Member; +576|6254

SonderKommando wrote:
when were recommended bf3 specs released?

So far as I know there haven't been any official specs that have been published by DICE or EA...

2011-05-25 11:02:44

#9

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6430|Sydney | ♥

Be sure to cook some toast on the aluminum while you're at it.

^{everything i write is a ramble and should not be taken seriously.... _{seriously. ♥}}

2011-05-25 12:30:26

#10

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6793|Long Island, New York

I was able to play Portal 2 on medium on my MacBook Pro 15" with no problems... I'm sure BF3 will fare at least somewhat decent on medium-low settings.

Then again I'm on a GT 330M.

Last edited by Poseidon (2011-05-25 12:31:54)

2011-05-25 14:36:41

#11

signa: ~~~~~; +50|6985|Michigan, USA

utchin wrote:
Im getting the Macbook Pro 17" Soon and just want to get a idea of how BF3 will run on it. It will be installed under boot camp running windows 7.

your best bet would be to ask here:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/gaming- … ics-cards/

2011-05-25 20:40:36

#12

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7028|PNW

Just to provide a troll option, I think the OP should buy a new $5000 macbook.

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