Comments on: Virtualisation, 3D Gaming And You

By: Graham

Graham — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:22:13 +0000

Has anyone tested VirtualBox on Mac yet? 3.0 has full 3d support http://www.virtualbox.org

By: bob

bob — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:39:16 +0000

People are so hang up with what games can run on Apple (wither thorough OSX or Bootcamp) that they forget that all the compatibility in the world won’t help if the GPU is rubbish. The only reasonable option given by Apple for gamin is the high end Mac-pro with it’s 8800gt. All other Mac products are seriously lacking in 3d power.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:24:25 +0000

You could always just install a Mac OS on your PC :)

Users of core2x PCs have had the option for a while now, its alot easier than trying to do things the other way around imo.

By: Peter G

Peter G — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:52:43 +0000

If we can just convince Mac users to only play Pokemon and Street Fighter, no one would have to worry about rendering in 3D…

By: Rayblx

Rayblx — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:00:31 +0000

BTW, the guy’s name is Jake, not Jack. ;-)

By: JB Hewitt

JB Hewitt — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:19:25 +0000

For gaming on a Mac OS X, you should try out Codeweaver’s Crossover – purely because it has a kickass video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCd5CQB914w) on comparing TeamFortress2 with Fusion/Parrallels and Crossover. Crossover isn’t emulation as it uses Wine (Wine Is Not Emulation:) and thus should be faster then the other competitors. Oh and you don’t need a Windows key for it to work.

Reality is, they all suck. I’ve played games through Parrallels, Fusion and Crossover and they’re all laggy, slow and buggy.

Game companies like Blizzard/iD show that you can make beautiful games without relying on DirectX and have it cross-platform.

The future of Mac gaming is not emulation/virtualization – but native titles….

now if we can just kick out Gabe Newell from Valve, we might just have a chance of bringing some Steam goodness to the Mac. :P