Intel Mac mini and World of warcraft

colinstu · 05-25-2006, 11:33 PM

I currently play it on a P4 2.66GHz (not HT, 64), 1gb ram, ATI x1600pro AGP card, 80GB IDE ata/133 drive. And it runs good.

Can the Intel Mac mini play World of warcraft better than that system? (I'm talking about the 1.66GHz Intel Core Dual CPU, 512mb/1gb of ram, 80gb SATA HD, Mac mini)

Mega Man X · 05-26-2006, 05:32 AM

I think it the graphics card will be a decisive factor here. I'm not familiar with Mac mini graphics card, but you could start by looking into it and compare with the minimum requirements for WoW...

colinstu · 05-26-2006, 04:38 PM

WoW req:
Mac OS X:
933 MHz or higher G4, G5, or Intel processor.
512 MB RAM or higher; DDR RAM recommended.
ATI or Nvidia video hardware with 32 MB VRAM or more.
Mac OS X v10.3.9 or newer (see note below).

Well the mac mini looks like it is up to the job. On apple's site it says it has: Intel GMA950 graphics processor with 64MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory.

JunctaJuvant · 05-27-2006, 08:03 AM

Shared graphics memory means it uses the system's RAM, so you'll need >= 576MB RAM to meet the minimum 512MB requirement. Also, nvidia and ati cards perform much better than onboard chips. I suspect this is why the minimum requirements you posted make no mention of onboard Intel graphics. I think the hardware specifications you posted of the other computer are thus superior, I would expect poor performance on the Mac mini. Just my

, hope that helps.

colinstu · 05-27-2006, 08:16 AM

Yea, thats what I was coming down to. Why spend $500+ for when you have something better (video wise)?

I did try that game on my Dell 2400, ran like crap. It was a Celeron 2.4GHz, 256mb ram, 64mb shared memory for Intel video, slow RPM 30gig HD. I could run a couple feet, then it'd lag badly, and have to load the next graphics. (even with all the settings low). There would be times when people run right past me, but I could't see them 'cause it couldn't load the graphics in time (I could see the shadow).