July 11, 201213 yr Hello everyone! I'm going off to college this fall. Hard to believe, really. I joined this forum when I was in 8th grade! Anyway, I'm dual-booting Windows 8 on a MacBook Pro that I'm taking with me to college so I can run FSX. So basically, it's on its own Windows partition and I don't plan to use Windows otherwise. Most of my time will probably be spent on Mac OS X for academic purposes. It is an Early 2011 15" MacBook Pro. Specs are: 2.0 GHz i7 quad-core, 4 GB of DDR3-1333 MHz RAM (that I will expand to 8 GB before classes begin), a 500 GB 5400 RPM HD (that I hope to upgrade to an SSD sometime soon), and, what I'm really worried about is the GPU. It has two GPUs: an Intel Graphics HD 3000, and a Radeon HD 6490M with 256 MB of GDDR5 memory. Can someone attest to the performance of FSX on this machine and GPU? I really have some buyer's remorse (even though my dad bought it originally) because they spec-bumped this model to a 2.2 GHz i7 and a Radeon HD 6750M with 512 MB of GDDR5 VRAM practically 3 weeks after we bought this one. But I have heard that the Intel Graphics HD 3000 alone can run FSX on almost all maxed-out, and I know that the 6490M is faster than the HD 3000 and even 4000, putting it about on par with the 8800 GT in my desktop (on which I have settings at about 90%, excluding traffic). What have your experiences been? Thanks a ton! Regards, BoeingGuy ASUS P5E X38 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.2 GHz on 1600 MHz FSB (400x8) | 4 GB DDR2-800 RAM | EVGA GeForce 8800 GT Superclocked @ 679/979 | 320 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 RPM HD
July 11, 201213 yr You're going to need to turn settings down. Way down. Start in the middle and work your way backwards. Turn off any and all effects like shadows, bloom, fancy water effects, etc.
September 17, 201213 yr Author You're going to need to turn settings down. Way down. Start in the middle and work your way backwards. Turn off any and all effects like shadows, bloom, fancy water effects, etc. Sorry for my super late reply. I was afraid of this :( Beats not playing at all, I guess! Thanks! Regards, BoeingGuy ASUS P5E X38 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.2 GHz on 1600 MHz FSB (400x8) | 4 GB DDR2-800 RAM | EVGA GeForce 8800 GT Superclocked @ 679/979 | 320 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 RPM HD
September 18, 201213 yr Commercial Member I have the spec bumped model, 2.2 with the 6750M, and I used to run FSX on it. It took everything okay at medium to low, but I'd still average 15-19fps at an addon airport, and forget even looking at Heathrow or anything that's heavy on traffic. Then I built a desktop <3 Aamir Thacker
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