You will need to install steam in windows once you have booted bootcamp/windows. Then log into your account and your PC games will be there. You will have to download them to your windows install before you can play them. I run windows games on my Mac using Parallel's. Though you need more powerful machine and not all games work properly.
But I try demo's first and if the demo works the game works. I can't get my machine to install windows I've tried for 4 days. If I REALLY wanted a PC game I could play it on my PC. But honestly there is no game I want that bad. JMZY - I get good performance (I have i5 quad core) 3.1ghz. The one problem I have a lot with some games is the mouse/LOOK around in RPG is real jumpy - so you can't really aim. Kinda strange since I can play very high res on most and all options on.
Tomb Raider was a little jumpy. So I got the Mac version when it came out. I just tried the MASS EFFECT demo ( I try to get demo's first to test them).
And it's REAL JUMPY when you use the mouse to look around and aim. Otherwise the frame rate is real good. Any ideas how to fix that? I have 12 gb ram - I allocate 4 to parallels, and 1 MB to video ram. Would it help to give it more ram?
9 Awesome Bootcamp Games Good afternoon (or morning or evening depending where you are and when you are reading this). My alarm greeted me this morning while faint rays of sunlight peaked through the blinds in my bedroom.
Originally posted by:Febrauary 11th Apple updated bootcamp to work with Windows 8.1 standalone. I had been waiting for this to come out for awhile, and now that it has, I've been able to play PC specific games on my Macbook pretty successfully. Currently play Batman Arkham Origins and it runs very smooth. Late 2013 15' Macbook Pro i7 2.3Ghz 16GB w/ dedicated NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M.
2 things that made me go 'Ew' 1. Batman Arkham Knight on PC. That♥♥♥♥♥♥is disgusting compared to how it looks on console. Very bad port 2. Integrated GPU. Cuts about 2/3 of your frame rate. Nothing else needed to be said.
Originally posted by:I'm not here to hate and be all like 'Get a PC lmao PC MASTERRACE MAC SUCKS' or anything like that, but I'm going to have to be 100% honest. A PC is a better option for gaming because it is cheaper and you don't have to pay for an OS (unless you are building) just to run specific games as well as the fact that 99% of the time PC's are cheaper. Please don't hate on me. I'm just trying to help out as best I can money wise. Please note: I do see things that Mac can do better than a PC - Not sure how this comment is relevant with the question: 'Does 'Boot Camp' make Pc games in Steam work on a Mac?'
People here obviously already have a Mac for whatever reason. Telling them to go buy a PC is irrelevant and the opposite of 'trying to help out as best I can money wise.' Same applies to telling how disgusting Batman looks on mac compared to console. A positive approach is always more helpful.:) Peace.
Hi, I have a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro with Windows 7 installed using Bootcamp. Because I'm a student my parents aren't exactly thrilled with the idea of getting me a Gaming PC, but since I'm not a hardcore gamer I think I can make do with what I have. How would I be able to optimize my gaming experience with my Mac? In other words, whether it is with software, or upgrading some hardware, how can I make my Mac usable for gaming. And trust me, I'm not hoping for 60FPS having games on the highest setting kind of thing, something that is decent quality is all I want. I feel that my Mac's current specs and hardware is almost at where I want it, but some optimization to increase efficiency and performance would be really nice.
Thanks in advance! I apologize on the 'hard core' misread. П™‚ That still does not change the facts. Wrote: And how much do you think adding an SSD would help? I'm already planning on upgrading my RAM, but would an SSD help, and how big should the SSD be that I purchase? A SSD will always demonstrate a noticeable improvement when using resource intensive applications, games being in that category. I would say that the capacity of the SSD should be no less than what would be required for a conventional HDD for your anticipated uses.
They are expensive when compared with conventional HDDs, but that is the price one has to pay for the performance increase. You are stuck with whatever graphics it has which is usually the main resource. Did you buy with just base RAM? Which processor?
You can't change the cpu. RAM Upgrade Kits: Some SSD tests Windows can't be installed on an external drive but it can be cloned and booted off Thunderbolt interface.
A PC with i7-4790 and 16GB + SSD (case, psu, copy of Windows) and X89 motherboard would of course give you freedom and not have to dual boot, plus you get to choose the GPU you need. Windows on Mac often run hot, hotter than they do already.
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