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I know Macs aren't the ultimate gaming rigs but I am a casual gamer and it so happens that I do have an iMac. I have been looking all over the internet and I just can't find answers. The only things I find are angry Windows users calling me a moron for buying a mac(lol). Please help!
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Ways to improve a macs game preformance
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Posted 05 July 2012 - 05:27 AM
otterowen, on 04 July 2012 - 08:48 PM, said:
I know Macs aren't the ultimate gaming rigs but I am a casual gamer and it so happens that I do have an iMac. I have been looking all over the internet and I just can't find answers. The only things I find are angry Windows users calling me a moron for buying a mac(lol). Please help!
What kinds of games are you looking at and what kind of performance improvement are you looking for? I ask because generally there's not a lot of overlap between "casual gamer" and games that have high performance demands. So I'd like a handle on what you're really seeing.
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Posted 25 July 2012 - 04:13 AM
I doubt more memory would help. You're being held back by the integrated graphics. The only way to fix that is to either add a graphics card (probably not possible), or find an external graphics adapter (quite expensive).
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Posted 25 July 2012 - 05:10 AM
ethansamuel17, on 25 July 2012 - 04:13 AM, said:
I doubt more memory would help. You're being held back by the integrated graphics. The only way to fix that is to either add a graphics card (probably not possible), or find an external graphics adapter (quite expensive).
The bottleneck depends on the capabilities of the machine and the nature of the software being run. Not all games are especially graphics intensive and no iMac has had integrated graphics in years. Only 1 Intel-based iMac ever did, and only a couple of configurations in the Intel era even used shared memory.
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Posted 05 November 2012 - 07:31 PM
otterowen, on 04 July 2012 - 08:48 PM, said:
I know Macs aren't the ultimate gaming rigs but I am a casual gamer and it so happens that I do have an iMac. I have been looking all over the internet and I just can't find answers. The only things I find are angry Windows users calling me a moron for buying a mac(lol). Please help!
haha```
lots of windows users cant understand that, somehow I really like MAC's design.
I dont think MAC is good for gamer```so why not buy another Windows's laptop for gaming and MAC for working?
Good for your leisure time and good for your privacy at work.
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Posted 07 June 2013 - 08:50 AM
Give Steam a look, its very Mac friendly and has great deals on a ton of games that will run on your Mac. Dont be ashamed of your machine, they are just haters who havent learned any better.
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Posted 09 June 2013 - 03:02 AM
there is one real problem with macs for gaming, firstly you need a good graphics card to make a difference in gaming, the new macs have their graphics cards built into the core so you can't do anything. The ram does't make gaming performance better but only loading times.
Nothing you can do.
Nothing you can do.
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