PC games on an emulator?

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stryker20000 Author

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PC games on an emulator?

So basicaly, how well would modern PC games run on a Mac using an emulator? I still own an old G3 B&W, which I wont be using for games, but I want to sell this god forsaken PC for a Mac, but I love to play my video games. I just purchased the World in Conflict game and wanted to know how well other modern games, even old ones like Ghost Recon, Operation Flashpoing and Rainbow Six 3, would run on it with a newer model Mac. Any help would be greatfull.

G3 B&W, Mac OS 9.2.x

Posted on Sep 24, 2007 4:34 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 24, 2007 6:49 AM in response to stryker20000

*"So basicaly, how well would modern PC games run on a Mac using an emulator?"*

Awful. Don't even try it.

If you want to play your Windows games on a Mac, purchase a Mac and install Windows through Apple's Boot Camp.

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stryker20000 Author

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Sep 25, 2007 2:38 PM in response to Templeton Peck

So basicaly Boot Camp isnt an emulator? Also how is the game play on it? I tried Virtual PC on my B&W in the past and the games just literaly stank. Slow and choppy and very unresponsive.

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Answer 3

Sep 25, 2007 10:23 AM in response to stryker20000

Boot Camp runs Windows natively, just like every other PC on the market. It is not emulation or virtualization.

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stryker20000 Author

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Sep 25, 2007 11:43 AM in response to Templeton Peck

Sounds good, thanks for the help guys. Now I just gota find a newer Mac that I like.

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Sep 29, 2007 11:33 AM in response to stryker20000

This link should help: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore

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Nov 7, 2007 7:13 PM in response to PC Defector

Hey Guys,
I am looking into a Macbook pro with Leopard to play PC games. Is there a list of games that play correctly with a MAC? I would hate to buy a MAC and have my games not play. Thanks Everyone!

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Answer 7

Nov 8, 2007 4:41 AM in response to Templeton Peck

Just looking through all of these posts for some info about running games on WinXP through Boot Camp. Specifically I have been trying to play Rugby 08 which does play but every few seconds it stalls or jumps a little. I'm not really an experienced gamer at all so I was just wondering if anyone is familiar with such a problem and could offer advice? Is there a driver or such that can fix this or is my Mac just not up to the task? It's ATI Rad X1600.

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Fortuny

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Nov 8, 2007 5:07 AM in response to Brandoaus

Hi and welcome to Discussions,

if not already installed, try this Hotfix
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c2ab5a48 -8240-4934-bbd8-34fb8a0fce3b

Also disabling (if possible) the W-Lan does sometimes help.
And decreasing the 'Hardware Acceleration for Audio' also.

Good Luck

Stefan

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