Age of Conan on MacBook Pro 2.4gHz

This is Age of Conan playing on my MacBook Pro aluminium unibody 15" via Boot Camp using the built-in nVidia GeForce 9600M GT. After playing for an hour I decided to record a bit of it using FraPS. The graphics are okay on the default settings (highest resolution), but this is playing on the 'medium' graphics settings which I've tinkered with a bit to add some stuff on. The 'Bloom' option works well but I prefer playing with it off, same as I did on the PC. Just makes everything look too bright, in my opinion.

So yes, you CAN play Age of Conan on a unibody MacBook Pro and it runs very, very well. FunCom: Make a native Mac OSX version of this game - if Blizzard can do it with WoW then I'm sure you can.

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[ARedMoonStudio]

Is it possible to run this on a Macbook? From what I have seen it meets the system requirements, if so how would you go about running a Games for Windows game on a Mac?

[hayn0r]

If you have a Macbook (intel based) then all you do install install Windows XP on it via Bootcamp (Which comes with OSX Leopard) and then install Age of Conan. You can boot into Leopard of XP, but AoC will only run in XP/Vista. The above video was made using my MacBook Pro 2.4gHz aluminium unibody running Windows XP SP3 on a 40Gb partition.

[ARedMoonStudio]

Cool thanks for the info, now I can play AoC on my Macbook!

[hayn0r]

It's not all that difficult, really. It's a bit of aggro setting it all up, though. In Spotlight search for Boot Camp Assistant, create a 40Gb partition (note: AoC is a THIRTY GIG INSTALL), install XP from your fave XP CD and then, when it's all installed grab your OSX CD/DVD to install the Boot Camp drivers (video, sound, netwok, etc.) and then go hunting for a virus checker as you've now got a bacteria growing colony on your Mac called Windows XP. Congrats :)

[hayn0r]

Why are you surprised that AoC can run on a Mac?

[iAppletechreviews]

Is it laggy at all?

[SSEi02]

I disagree.

[lehmkade]

SSE, Mac > PC. But, thanks for sharing.

[emandyou69]

please help guy so AOC RUN ON MAC TO ?