Left 4 Dead on 2 GHz unibody MacBook

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tiuk

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Hi all. I recently purchased a unibody MacBook in November, and I have Windows XP SP3 installed with Boot Camp. I use it to play most Steam engine games (TF2, Portal, HL2, etc), and they run great. I know that L4D's requirements are a bit higher though, so I was wondering if anyone had any experience running it with this config. It's a bone stock 2 GHz MacBook with 2 GB of RAM. I've been planning to upgrade the RAM to 4 GB eventually, so if that would help it would be good to know.

Thanks!
 
I can try it tonight if no one else has before then.

Edit: Actually I'll be using Vista.
 
Very basic results but at default res (1280x800) I was getting mid-teen FPS on the No Mercy stage. I used these settings (which I think are recommended by the game -- a little high I'd say):
-2x AA
-4x Aniso
-Vsync On
-Shader: Very High
- Everything else on medium\

As with most Source games you can tailor the settings to what gives you the best look/peformance very easily though. L4D is definitely playable on a stock 2.0GHz unibody Macbook. I was able to get mid 30-40 FPS using everything on medium with 2x AA.
 
what FPS did you get for TF2? I really wanna play TF2 but i gotta turn in this laptop for a new one before i can.
 
I've played a lot of L4D on the road with the March 2008 MBP in my sig. If you can already play TF2, L4D should run just fine on your Macbook.
 
Serpico said:
I've played a lot of L4D on the road with the March 2008 MBP in my sig. If you can already play TF2, L4D should run just fine on your Macbook.
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Then again the 9400 in the new MB's are 55% as fast as your 8600GT (according to Apple themselves).
 
Thanks guys, good to know it'll run. Now I just have to decide if I can justify a PC copy when I already have it for 360.
 
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