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hapa
post Dec 8 2008, 01:49 PM

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QUOTE(zXJaMeSXz @ Dec 8 2008, 01:35 PM)
Btw, will warcraft 3 work fine on a macbook?
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lol.. i think even with x3100 u still can play with it
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post Dec 21 2008, 05:56 PM

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tested left4dead too in xp sp2... damn hot, i dono wat the prob with this game, temp will get very high in short amount of time..



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post Feb 12 2009, 12:12 AM

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is it the game lag?? and the sound seem stuck?
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post Feb 12 2009, 12:30 PM

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QUOTE(rawn @ Feb 12 2009, 09:38 AM)
@hapa, if you're asking me, i have no idea as i myself have not tried playing L4D on the MB.

just thought of asking here before i decided to purchase windows xp and the L4D cd.
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ic.. i tot u are hving prob... i think mb should handle it no prob... maybe not high setting..
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post Feb 14 2009, 12:24 PM

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don buy the zalman.. not suitable for mbp....
i'm using zalman 1000, mbp gpu is on the upper left but unfortunately the zalman cooling pad only able to hit the mbp front part, so no use and not worth it. U will easily get black screen of death!!
the only good side of zalman is, it run quietly.. u not even noe it is running!!

try consider other cooling pad, or u can try what i do now, jz buy a cheap usb stand fan tat cost about 20 bucks and use it when gaming by pointing the fan to left part of mbp near the upper left keyboard. Do bear in mind the stand fan is strong but it is very loud. So, i only use it when i'm gaming. Good side, u wont feel the keyboard is hot anymore smile.gif

If u guys wanna try black screen of death, jz try boot up windows and quickly launch any gpu intensive game such as farcry 2 , crysis... then u will noe smile.gif
the temp for gpu goes up too fast, and the fan speed is unable to catch up so u will get what u wan.. lol...

what i do is, booting up windows and leave in about 15 min b4 start gaming...

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post Feb 14 2009, 09:23 PM

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QUOTE(dvlzplayground @ Feb 14 2009, 09:18 PM)
oh true oso...didnt think of fan position tongue.gif. cooling pads are out then...hahaha

wow haha never encountered that b4 but then i dun play crysis n farcry 2 yet. how smooth can it run?
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er... nv try crysis... farcry 2 all medium setting, no AA... playable frame rate..
i will try gv u more detail later...
any recommended games??

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post Feb 15 2009, 04:41 PM

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Farcry 2
Resolution 1280 x 800
General Performance all on high setting...
Advance options all on medium setting.
No AA
No vsync
Driver version 181.20 from laptopvideo2go

max about 45 fps
average about 35 - 40 fps
min about 20 fps

some one who noe more about vsync try explain in here, i would like to noe more... jz noe it should be disable when benchmarking.. thx

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post Feb 15 2009, 06:51 PM

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QUOTE(dinodog_Jr @ Feb 15 2009, 05:43 PM)
i tried DUAL CARD in COD 5... it works wor..

But i haven't spent time to check on the detail.. i just move around the battle scene for 2 mins.. It is so extremely smooth.. and high detail.

Issit All Game can only running at 1280x800 in mbp?

Prince of Persia 4 very lagging when set to 1440x900.
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what u mean by DUAL CARD??? Sli??? nv play COD5 b4
but i think COD5 requirement is lower than farcry2.. crysis > farcry2 > COD5

Of coz can run at native resolution, but maybe will lag or not so smooth..

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post Feb 16 2009, 11:02 AM

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yep... i would say farcry2 is better than crysis too..
maybe u can try fallout 3 too, more fun compare with farcry2 and crysis..
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post Feb 16 2009, 04:35 PM

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sorry, nv play dead space b4... anyone else played?? how the game?
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post Feb 19 2009, 11:44 AM

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hv u upgrade ur bootcamp driver? if not mistaken, latest is 2.1..
try upgrade and see will it solve ur prob
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post Feb 25 2009, 07:21 PM

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QUOTE(dinodog_Jr @ Feb 25 2009, 06:59 PM)
I updated to 2.1 already. It gave me the right click with two fingers. That's the obvious i can feel.

(One thing is don't get the 2xx mb from the apple.com, it will make your bootcamp failed to load at taskbar after that. THen you need  reinstall the bootcamp  to get that auto-launch back).

SO far happend in Crysis & Dead Space with dissapearing sound while using touchpad.

For others game like L4D and COD 5. THe sound & GFX just fine & superb.

I had spent two nites to figure how to play Dead Space without Blank Screen.

It can actually playing at high detail + 1440x900. But after walking around like 5 sec, the screen went blank in a sudden. Sometimes can still hear the sound.

Yesterday i tried low setting, it can pretty smooth. But missing alot of detail. Potong steam lor. I hope to study the textures & artwork more in define.
Issit Overheat in GPU card causing the blank Screen? I don't know the standard safety celcius of GPU card for a laptop.

Before i enter the game, i checked the GPU temp is around 70 to 72 celcius.

Issit Safety to play game with this temp?

Btw, i am using Everest software to check the temp. tongue.gif
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ya, the blank screen is black screen of death becoz of gpu overheat.. u hv to manually restart the mac to slove tat.
as i say b4 try warmup ur mb b4 start gaming, to let the fan speed up.
Yep, mine reach around 70 - 80C with max fan rpm. kinda scare huh?? as long as don hit 90 to 100C should be safe..
ur drive version??

2xx, what is tat?


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post Feb 26 2009, 01:36 AM

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QUOTE(dinodog_Jr @ Feb 26 2009, 12:28 AM)
I won't start a game straight away from a cold machine. So far, only this dead space encountered serious issue.

ooh.. i think is around 250mb for the boot camp installer.. err..u can check apple.com

I just installed to see whether can fix the sound driver.

Haha.. Anyway no need to test anymore.

My machine couldn't booting now. Haha..i can take a break to explore anything at the moment.
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ic.. but i hear b4 the bootcamp driver from apple.com cant install for the unbody mb and mbp. only the bootcamp come from the cd can.

couldnt boot? what happen?
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post Feb 26 2009, 12:40 PM

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QUOTE(dinodog_Jr @ Feb 26 2009, 12:00 PM)
dunno man. it should be another leopard bug.. haha.. I read from forum.

And i done the remove battery + press Power on for 10 seconds from the manual. It couldn't revive the machine.

It just happend yesterday when i want to turn on the machine after work at home.

I can tell u that i spent most of time to fix this & that. Not enjoying the machine pretty much..

Aiks..... Sending to check today. Just around 2 weeks old. Dunno can get a new one for replacement?!..

How those guys have new unit as replacement.. Wondering.
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maybe u get a faulty unit?? maybe u will hv a replacement?? tongue.gif

act i would say osx is much more difficult to fix thing compare with window.. much much more harder...

1 thing i found very weird is, the way it uninstall app... jz throw into trash?? are u kidding?? how about other files tat maybe left over and u dono?? i noe u can hv some app such as Appcleaner to help uninstall it but is it safe?? if unluckily u deleted some important files then ur mac will nv boot d... lol...
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post Apr 24 2009, 01:09 PM

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there is a thread about this adi...

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post Apr 24 2009, 02:00 PM

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QUOTE(ff8ong @ Apr 24 2009, 01:15 PM)
After perform all the clean install and you should update to latest DirectX9 and Nvidia driver.
The one come with bootcamp driver is kinda old version.

Here is what i get,using Windows XP SP3,2GB ddr3.

COD4 > Average 30-40 fps,With 2XAA.

NFS carbon > No problem at all,no worry.

Left4 dead > Either you lower resolution or off AA.It run smoothly with 2gb ram.

This is just some example to let you know how was the Nvidia 9400 work,i going to install more
latest game and see how it work. rolleyes.gif
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bro, all setting high?
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post Apr 25 2009, 02:40 PM

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ahblu3... act the pic kinda useless.. we need framerates.. and ur setting
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post Apr 27 2009, 06:34 PM

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Need For Speed: Undercover

Uni MBP 2.4ghz, 2gm ddr3, 256mb 9600m GT
Setting: All High
Resolution: 1440x900
AA: Off
Texture Filtering: Bilinear

Framerates
max: 47
average: 30 - 35
min: 24

soon will post FEAR 2

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post Jun 11 2009, 12:54 AM

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FEAR 2 PROJECT ORIGIN
OS: windows 7 64bit build 7100
Spec: 2.4ghz, 2gb ram, 9600m gt 256mb (macbook pro)
Video driver: 185.85

Setting all high, no AA (1280 x 800)
max: about 70 fps
average 45-50 fps
min: 30 fps

smooth gameplay, enjoyable. The game is not bad, rate 8/10. u will encounter some keyboard key arranging prob, as mac keyboard is not the same as windows keyboard (example, control is not on the left down corner but is the fn key)

i encounter 3 times system freeze without any warning since i installed windows 7, not sure what is the prob. overheat? OS prob?? cant figure it out... it jz freeze and u hv manually restart it. Should be no related with the game FEAR2, anyone encounter this b4?? using windows 7 64bit, will it bcoz of ram? coz i only hv 2gb ram.

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post Jul 22 2009, 05:22 PM

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latest game from me..

[PROTOTYPE]
OS: windows 7 64bit build 7100
Spec: 2.4ghz, 2gb ram, 9600m gt 256mb (macbook pro late 08)
Video driver: 185.85

Setting: all high, no AA
Resolution: 1280 x 720
Max: 64fps
Min: 16fps
Avg: 32fps

Game rate: 7/10 (quite same like GTA)

at last i solved the freezing problem i encounter as i mentioned a few post back. Nvidia jz release new nForce chipset driver for windows 7 64 bit, simply update the driver and my problem solve...


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