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Gaming Benchmarks For the New MacBook Pros

Posted by Soulskill on from the better-and-better dept.

PC World takes a look at the performance of the new MacBook Pros compared to models from the middle of 2007. In addition to benchmarking software, they run comparisons on the Crysis demo and the World in Conflict demo. The results show improvement by a significant margin. Additional benchmarks are available at MacWorld. "Crysis shows a similar performance bump, though viewed practically, those numbers might look a little depressing. Crysis arrived in November 2007, but I'm fairly certain I won't be comfortably running it on a MacBook Pro until somewhere north of 2010. Drop the settings to 'medium,' however, and I can vouch that the average frame rate on the November MacBook Pro rested comfortably in the very playable middle 20s."

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  1. So? by pdusen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't think anyone questioned that the new Macbook Pros would probably perform better. The more relevant question is, are they priced competitively for their performance?

  2. For gaming? Absolutely not. by SaDan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But how many people are going to buy a Mac for games anyways?

    Yes, I use a Mac every day. I also maintain an office of iMac and MacPro workstations as well as MacBook Pros. Yes, I even play Call of Duty 4 on a Mac sometimes.

    No, I don't think they're gaming machines, no matter what anyone tells me. I also think running Windows on a Mac is just ignorant, and throwing away even more money.

  3. Re:For gaming? Absolutely not. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Not good for working? Hmph.

    My new MacBook running XP and Vista in VirtualBox on OS X handles my consulting job brilliantly. Hell the network management in OS X is leaps and bounds ahead of the pure shit Vista has for networking management. Auto routing when the connection medium or IP changed was sluggish, pulling up the network dialog was sluggish, and this was all post SP1. While on the subject of my m1330, let's not get started on Dell's poor fit and finish, with two screen failures added in for good measure. Plus they're continuing to sell a notebook with a known flawed graphics chip. And the damn thing only had a 10/100 wired card. The hell?

    I can't game on this thing, but I don't care. It's built well and runs everything I need to work perfectly, even VMs. I'd say that qualifies for a bit more than a lifestyle choice. (Though incidentally I do drive a VW as well. ouch)

    Apple's desktops are still pretty loopy though...