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Post #328282

Author
lordjedi
Parent topic
Crossover for Mac
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Date created
28-Aug-2008, 10:51 PM
C3PX said:

It is just a crappy Intel graphic card. Yeah, I played Portal from start to finish on it (through Vista), it got a little laggy sometimes, but nothing unbearable. And like I said, though crossover it worked (when it worked) perfectly, even with the graphics settings maxed out. HL2: Episode Two ran smoothly as far as load times and movement went, the graphic and textures were just glitchy enough to make it not any fun to play.

HL2: Ep2 has huge outdoor environments, the requirements for HL2 and HL2:Ep1 are considerably lower.

 

It's not really the outdoor environments that kill the speed in HL2:Ep2.  There's a graphics hardware feature that's utilized, especially in Portal, that must be hardware accelerated in order for Portal to run.  It simply will not work through software which is how the Intel cards do it.  That's why I'm kind of surprised you even got Portal to get as far as you did.  Most people have it crash the moment they step through the first Portal.

sean wookie said:

I have enjoyed playing GTA:SA on my Macbook this summer during the time at night when I was in my camper and couldn't acces the internet. I used a Windows XP Pro that I got off of The Pirate Bay that I run on bootcamp.

You might not want to talk about using illegal software on the forums sean.  I know you're not providing links, but you're essentially telling people where to get it.  You're suppose to buy a license, even for bootcamp.