Hello. Im playing on a early 2008 17 inch mac! I have 10.8.2 installed and i have low FPS. Anywhere from low 5 to a high 20. (mostly on the lower side)
Please fix this and get me running fast!!
Early 2008 Mac
OS X 10.8.2
2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 667 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512 MB
Hi all,
To reiterate for the sake of Dwight and voltagecontrol, the NVIDIA 8600M GT and 9400M are both below our minimum requirements, and the performance you see with those GPUs is likely to be below below 20 FPS—regardless of your graphics settings. (And the Intel 3000 is the minimum for Intel GPUs.)
I should add for everyone else that when posting about performance or graphics issues, be sure to include the type of GPU your machine has. When it comes to hardware, CPU and GPU are the most important factors when discussing performance issues, followed by VRAM. RAM is perhaps the least important. Whether you have 4GB or 64 GB, you’re not likely to see any difference in performance. If you already have 4GB of RAM, lowering your resolution or graphics options will have a far greater impact than adding more RAM.
Another thing to consider is what other applications you may be running at the same time. I’m sure it’s obvious to most folks, but having a dozen browser tabs open in the background is not going to help your performance!
