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CCP Darwin
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Posted - 2015.09.03 11:22:23 -
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Raven Lee wrote:I'm planning to buy 13inch MacBook Pro Retina (2015), and is this laptop is good enough to run EVE smoothly while every options set to "high"?
That laptop is definitely supported in any configuration you buy. Looking over the performance specs for the integrated GPU, it's hard to guess how it'll perform graphically. I'd say you'll probably get decent performance under conditions where you're just flying around, but it'll definitely not be a top performer in fleet fights and you may have to turn graphics settings down a bunch to make that case work well. You may also find things feel laggy when lots of particle clouds are on the screen.
Another detail to consider is that laptops with very compact form factors can have difficulty dissipating heat, and often throttle the processor for high-performance applications to ensure that the CPU and GPU don't suffer heat damage. Recent Apple laptops have been pretty good with this, but you may find that it affects EVE performance if you use the laptop in circumstances where vents are partially blocked or cooling isn't as efficient as it could be.
Hopefully someone with that exact model can chime in about specifics.
CCP Darwin GÇó Senior Technical Artist, EVE Online GÇó @mark_wilkins
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Posted - 2015.09.04 02:23:06 -
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Please, keep any discussion about the relative merits of Mac vs. Windows configurations limited to concrete facts. The Internet has been full of the subjective end of that argument for its entire existence and doesn't need more.
In regard to EVE's performance on the Mac, we're currently working on a number of bug fixes and improvements that should make the Mac a more appealing platform for the game. I can't, however, offer you a date for this.
CCP Darwin GÇó Senior Technical Artist, EVE Online GÇó @mark_wilkins
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CCP Darwin
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Posted - 2015.09.04 03:12:17 -
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Ultim8Evil wrote:Well Apple haven't managed it yet, so good luck
Most of the issues surrounding Mac game performance have little to do with platform capability and more to do with how games are ported, which is in third-party developers' hands. We're acutely aware that the Mac EVE experience could be better and we're working to make it better. I wish I could offer specifics at this time, but we're not ready to do that.
CCP Darwin GÇó Senior Technical Artist, EVE Online GÇó @mark_wilkins
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