phlatline Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Before I bought my Intel Single Core Mac Mini I tried to find out if it would support WoW. Well I never could get an answer and bought it anyway. I'm running the default Intel Single Core Mac Mini with 1GB of RAM and it seems to play just fine. It's not optimal, but it defiantly seems playable. I only walked around a major city for a few minutes to see if it worked and haven't actually gamed with it yet, but I expect it to perfrom just the same. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12060-world-of-warcraft-on-new-single-core-mini-mac/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
TsubakiSama Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 What FPS do you get if you tap CTRL+R ? and what settings are you running with? I'm planing to get my hands on one Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12060-world-of-warcraft-on-new-single-core-mini-mac/#findComment-76096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlatline Posted March 15, 2006 Author Share Posted March 15, 2006 Don't know right now. I'm actually in the middle of moving and so after I installed and tested I packed the mini back up for the move. I should be able to give you a better answer next week hopefully. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12060-world-of-warcraft-on-new-single-core-mini-mac/#findComment-76262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TsubakiSama Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Ok, no problems Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12060-world-of-warcraft-on-new-single-core-mini-mac/#findComment-76270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustus Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 The sad part was I had a G5 with a 9600XT in it and got almost 30fps with 768ram. Now I have a Macbook Pro 1.83 with a x1600 and get barely over 30fps. I'm hoping it goes up a small bit when I upgrade from the lowly 512mb of memory. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12060-world-of-warcraft-on-new-single-core-mini-mac/#findComment-82029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamite Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Surely because it runs on rosetta on the macbook. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12060-world-of-warcraft-on-new-single-core-mini-mac/#findComment-82061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustus Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Nope. WOW is Univeral Binary. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12060-world-of-warcraft-on-new-single-core-mini-mac/#findComment-82365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerozerosix Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 The sad part was I had a G5 with a 9600XT in it and got almost 30fps with 768ram. Now I have a Macbook Pro 1.83 with a x1600 and get barely over 30fps. I'm hoping it goes up a small bit when I upgrade from the lowly 512mb of memory. I have the same configuration, but with a lot more RAM (1,5 GB). I got around 30 fps, but I suffer some kind of stuttering when I move... My connection is "green" so it's not lag... I tryed to play with the video options, lowering them with no success. If I don't have more consistent results soon I will investigate on the Blizzard forums... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12060-world-of-warcraft-on-new-single-core-mini-mac/#findComment-82402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
non sequitur Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 could it be because you all have only 128 megs of vram on the 1600? my computer teacher plays wow. he recently bought the 2ghz configuration with the 256 megs of video memory, and he told me he got upwards of 90fps or something, that it was disgustingly fast. if tweaking the settings isnt going to work, then upgrade the ram and hope it works fine. im saving up for the 2ghz just so i get that vram. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12060-world-of-warcraft-on-new-single-core-mini-mac/#findComment-85310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elithrar Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 World of Warcraft loves its' RAM (like most new games); ideally, you really want to be running 1GB or more. Upgrading from 512MB to 1GB+, the difference is huge. VRAM isn't a major issue; 128MB is enough, just make sure you know the capabilities of your card -- try to keep the textures to low detail levels and shader-use to a minimum on a Mac mini, because the onboard Intel graphics, suck, to be honest. On an iMac, an X1600 should have no issues whatsoever driving WoW at medium-high detail levels, with all shader effects turned on; even at 1440x960, it should run smoothly (provided 1GB+ RAM). X1600's aren't high-end, but they have enough shader pipelines and fill-rate to run most games at moderate resolutions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12060-world-of-warcraft-on-new-single-core-mini-mac/#findComment-92782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogabean Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 You know I hear people talk about how wow stutters for them, yada yada. I like to play wow on my laptop all the time... P4 2.4GHz, 512MB RAM, Radeon 7500 32MB video... and the game runs fine for me with the default settings. Only time I ever get a little stutter is in Ironforge, which I get even on the desktop. I think the secret here is what elithrar stated.. know what yr card can and can not do... Though I am curious if maybe it has something to do with shared memory vs. dedicated memory. My friend's laptop which is identical in almost everyway except that his video card has shared 128MB memory instead of dedicated can't play WoW for {censored}. (granted I'm basing this off the windows and linux/cedega versions, but still) On a lighter note: I got WoW to load on my B&W listed below... it actually ran, not great, but it ran... LOL Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12060-world-of-warcraft-on-new-single-core-mini-mac/#findComment-92839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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