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zii
07-07-15, 11:16
Hi everybody

Likely I'll have either a Macbook 12" Retina ( lovely screen ) or a MBA 11".

I have a licence for Windows 8 and shall run this in a VM on OSX.

Could you I run NC in this VM? Anybody try this?


Macbook specs: intel Core M-5Y71 1.3 Ghz (2.9Ghz Turbo) + Intel HD Graphics 5300 + 8GB RAM
Macbook Air specs: Intel i7-5650U (3.2 GHz Turbo) + Intel HD Graphic 6000 + 8GB RAM

When playing NC I would only have Email and a web browser running on OSX at the most.

Thanks,
So
zii
08-07-15, 11:22
I read NC's specs are a Pentium 4 @ 2.4Gzh and DirectX version old. I think a VM with Windows 8 on an Intel Broadwell Core M should cut this, surely.
Ascension
08-07-15, 11:52
I prefer to run on bootcamp as then you have dedicated resources.
zii
08-07-15, 16:51
agreed.
did you try with a VM?
which CPU have you?
zii
13-07-15, 15:30
ok, looks like Boot Camp will be my solution.

Will NC run on an Intel Core M 1.3Ghz with 8Gb RAM and Bootcamped Windows 8?
Trivaldi
16-07-15, 00:50
Neocron's age means that currently a lot of it's graphics processing is actually handled by the CPU. Did you try the VM? What was performance like? If my ~2009 netbook can run Neocron at ~28fps I'm sure your VM should be fine.
zii
16-07-15, 09:19
Neocron's age means that currently a lot of it's graphics processing is actually handled by the CPU. Did you try the VM? What was performance like? If my ~2009 netbook can run Neocron at ~28fps I'm sure your VM should be fine.

Thanks Triv. I'll buy a Macbook.
zii
20-07-15, 12:59
Neocron's age means that currently a lot of it's graphics processing is actually handled by the CPU. Did you try the VM? What was performance like? If my ~2009 netbook can run Neocron at ~28fps I'm sure your VM should be fine.

Triv., you did not write which CPU your 2009 notebook had. They had i7-920 CPUs back in 2009/2010. Remember this is a poor old Core-M.
Trivaldi
20-07-15, 23:23
It was an Atom :P i.e. terrible

http://www.pcworld.com/product/58075/n110-ka01-netbook.html

Don't take my word as gospel when making such an investment, btw!
zii
20-07-15, 23:34
as she hums "...everything will be alright"

help finance my macbook :
buy my Asus g46gw i7-3840QM 14" LCD and nvidia gtx-660M with qwerty keyboard? €450.