Starcraft 2 and MBP bootcamp?

[FearoftheNight]

Hey is there a benefits to running sc2 on a bootcamp on my mbp or is it the same on osx? The retails packages are discs that can run both right? Thanks in advance!

 

[Kmax82]

Hey is there a benefits to running sc2 on a bootcamp on my mbp or is it the same on osx? The retails packages are discs that can run both right? Thanks in advance!

There are performance benefits. I wouldn't bother with it if you have a newer system with the 330m.. but if you want the best performance, then you might want to boot into Windows.

Blizzard gives you both though, so just try out OS X and see if it works well enough for you.

 

[ubercaffeinated]

you will get the best performance in windows via bootcamp.

 

[FearoftheNight]

hey guys thanks. any idea what the performance difference is?

also my second question was that the retail dvds contain both pc and mac versions of the game right?

 

[KeypoX]

hey guys thanks. any idea what the performance difference is?

also my second question was that the retail dvds contain both pc and mac versions of the game right?

not sure with SC, but with the steam games the performance difference is substantial. Not only that but the graphics look much better on windows.

take a look http://www.anandtech.com/tag/mac

 

[secretanchitman]

you'll get a pretty big boost when playing sc2 in boot camp, like being able to run medium to high settings. i run sc2 in osx at 1680x1050, everything set to medium (minus the movies and stuff that only have low or high settings, and i set them to high), and it plays just fine.

i do prefer windows for gaming, but the performance isnt that terrible in osx that would want to make me switch to boot camp exclusively for gaming (i have a dedicated pc for that ).

 

[tokie]

I only got a ~20 percent boost playing SC2 on bootcamp with a 320m. Low enough that I stay in OS X, even though I'm using 10.6.4 which is apparently bad for gaming.

 

[mmntech]

hey guys thanks. any idea what the performance difference is?

Check out Anand's article on game performance on OS X vs Windows.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3759/...lf-life-2-episode-2-still-slower-than-windows