CoH will *run* on any Intel processor based Mac on MacOS 10.5.7 or later. It's officially supported on all but the Intel GMA 950 video hardware (it will run, but with quite a few flaws, and Support won't help you with them).
The ideal current hardware is any Intel processor based Mac with dedicated, i.e. non-shared, video. The Macbook Pro, the Mac Pro, and iMacs with ATI video would provide the best experience.
It will also work pretty well on the nVidia 9400M integrated (shared) video fairly well, it's just not recommended to use maximum settings.
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OK so it will run on low settings on the MacBook Air. It will run well on everything else if you have a "real" (not motherboard integrated) video card.
I'm looking at all the MacBook Pro entries on the apple website and I'm not seeing any with an ATI. All of them say "NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M". That looks like more mobo integrated video. I dont even see any ATI options for configuration in the MacBook Pro section of their page.
Am I overlooking something?
Thanks,
Lewis
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The iMacs and Mac Pro's have ATI video. The Macbook Pro has a "hybrid SLI" video configuration from nVidia. You can select the 9400 (integrated/shared) if you want better battery life and less heat, or the 9600 (dedicated) if you want more power. The selection is done from the Energy Saver panel ("higher performance" for the 9600, "better battery life" for the 9400) in MacOS X.
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Thanks!
Lewis
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"I remember... the Alamo." -- Pee-wee Herman
"Oh don't worry. I always leave things to the last moment." -- The Doctor
"Telescopes are time machines." -- Carl Sagan
All,
I was wondering if there was an official thread for what (mac) hardware people have, and which options work well? If not, could this be it?
Rather than having to dig through threads to ask what works, if people come here and say which models they have and how much memory and which processor and if they were happy, it would give an idea of which options work.
I myself have a stock 27" iMac from this past Summer, with whatever the default hardware is on that (I think its a core 2 duo with 4GB memory and an ATI video card). COH runs great on it. Occasionally I get a bit of video lag, but if I close all my other apps and tab out and in, it usually clears up. And that happens only about 1% of the time.
What I'm wondering is, what about:
MacBook?
MacBook Pro?
MacBook Air?
Mac Pro?
Mac Mini?
Which models?
Which peripherals?
Quality of Life on Gameplay with small keyboards?
etc.
I take ballroom dance lessons, but due to the class times, I have 2 hours to kill between work and class, but its inefficient to drive home, sit around 30 minutes, and then drive back to class. So, I would like either a MacBook, MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air for playing COH at the dance studio across their WiFi (I'm friends with the owner). I just dont know which models would work. I'd love a MacBook Air, but can a MacBook Air even run COH well enough for real gameplay?
Etc.
Is there a thread that compiles all these experiences, or could there be one?
Thanks,
Lewis
Random AT Generation!
"I remember... the Alamo." -- Pee-wee Herman
"Oh don't worry. I always leave things to the last moment." -- The Doctor
"Telescopes are time machines." -- Carl Sagan