[X4U] Implications of Boot Camp

[Philip J Robar]

On Apr 6, 2006, at 1:00 PM, Randy B.Singer wrote:

> Many high-end games require a specific video card. Will these games
> run at all on a Mac running Boot Camp? If they will, will the video
> performance be insufficient for most gamers' tastes?

Most likey. The graphics chip used in the Intel Mac machines is  
pretty low end by today's standards when it comes to 3D and gaming.  
If you crank down the resolution and turn off some high end rendering  
features most games will run though.


> I've already heard from a couple of folks who have tried Boot Camp,  
> and
> they say that WinXP runs surprisingly fast compared to a real Win
> desktop, but I've yet to hear from anyone who has tried any high-end
> games on it yet. I'd love to hear the results of any tests.

This is (unintentionally, I'm sure) misleading. Windows running on an  
Intel Mac is a "real Win desktop". Boot Camp provides a means for  
booting Windows on a machine who's firmware is not supported by  
Windows and the hardware drivers that are needed for Apple's  
hardware. Boot Camp is not a virtualizer or emulator or some  
combination thereof. Windows runs natively on the Apple hardware and  
therefore it runs just as fast as it would on similar hardware from  
any other manufacturer.

Phil Robar
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