#Games on mac mini 2011 Offline#
Still comparing online games to offline games is a bit tricky. I'm sure the 1 TB fusion drive makes a difference there too. Overall I feel the mac mini is much snapper and responsive than my old one. Previously I could only play on the lowest settings, now I can play at the mid-level.
Right now, World of Warcraft on my new mac mini is soooo much better. But things like internet/latency come into play also. It could mean the difference of getting killed by an enemy boss/player or not realizing you are somewhere where you shouldn't be for a few seconds longer than that you want to be. A decent FPS in a multi-player game like World of Warcraft is 30 FPS but you don't want to go much lower than that. That is not the say less than 60 isn't playable. Anyone who wants the latest greatest most expensive machine on the market wants Frames Per Second (FPS) at 60 or higher. You're welcome.! Basically those numbers for a really CPU intensive game are a bit low for serious gamer standards that is. That means most casual games on a new MM will be just fine (that is the higher end new MM's, not the low-end base model). What's important for me to know is just you did just fine with casual games on your older MM. But I hate to say it, this is all really above me head. Personally I don't play too many of the really graphics intensive games other than the ones I mentioned so my experience is limited.Įdit: ****The 2014 Mac Mini with Iris graphics has 1536 MB vram. Maybe if you listed more of the types of games you play I and several others here could comment. My old mac mini 2011 could play many of those games just fine. You still might want to contact the develper to be sure.Īgain if you are into casual games that aren't the multi-player or Co-op type you should be fine. But I know at least that the newer mac minis have more ram that that*** My old 2011 mac mini had 256 mb. That doesn't say much at all, most developers will at least tell you which cards they support. Their web page says "video card with 512 mb or greater vram". Looking at Gone Home's system reguirements I'm 99% sure the newer mac minis at all tiers should work just fine with it. Things might have changed a bit since then and maybe the experience might be better on my new machine. I remember that was the number one reason why I left Onlive as a gaming platform because it was so internet dependent. the game is not downloaded to your computer with Onlive so you are dependent on your internet connection bandwith for part of the graphics. there is a big difference between steam games and onlive and that is. I got an i7 just to help "just in case!" lol.Īs far as Onlive goes. I've read that on the internet several times.
#Games on mac mini 2011 pro#
I am no computing pro so please don't take my word from it, this is just from my research. Hi Dolph! from my reserach there is very little you can squeeze out as far as processing power goes between an i5 and an i7. I wanted to make sure that any new computer I bought would be powerful enough for "Gone Home." It doesn't seem all that graphic intensive to me so I think $999 MM would handle it. I also heard about a new game "Gone Home" and I want to try it. I am in the market for a new computer, and I was interested in the new MM's. I do cloud gaming on "OnLive" and every once in awhile I get into a game I like but it is just a casual thing for me. How much of a difference does the i5 versus i7 have? It sounds like you need it with the programs you run, but when it comes to gaming does it make any difference? The graphics card is much improved but its still not powerful enough for some your reply was particular helpful. I just got the high end 2014 mac mini (i7 with Iris graphics). Both of those games were particulary hard on my old mac mini.īattlepriestone lähetti viestin:It really depends on what games you play. I will do a benchmark in Tomb Raider and Hitman and add to this post. Now I can have it on nearly ultra and still move my camera around with no issues. On my old mac mini could barely get away with mid-settings. Now its a lot better on my 2014 MM with frame rates between 30-40 on low settings and a bit lower on the lowest settings. On 2011 Mac Mini my frame rate in battlegrounds and raids was very low. On the 2014 MM the situation is better but still not the best and by no means can i have it on the highest settings. My mac mini 2011 for example could launch and play Tomb Raider 2013 but I had to keep on the lowest settings. The graphics card is much improved but its still not powerful enough for some games. It really depends on what games you play. You definitely want the Iris graphics which is only on the mid model or higher. I wouldn't go for the base model mac mini that just came out.