Tweaking Mac for Games

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Tweaking Mac for Games

Hey. Okay, lots of new gaming opportunities have been coming to the Mac (Tomb Raider Anniversary, NWN 2 and COD 4 are going to come out for the Mac, I've gotten Half-Life 2 working with crossover, etc), and I was wondering if there's anything I can do to get the most performance out of my iMac. For instance, any unnessential processes I could quit, or programs I can use to defrag my computer. I didn't get my mac for gaming, but now that I'm going to be doing some gaming on it, I just want to make sure I'm getting everything I can be out of my computer. Thanks in advance for any tips!

2.0ghz iMac Intel Core Duo

Posted on Mar 28, 2008 10:21 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 28, 2008 1:28 PM in response to JackBosha

I suggest you don't run any other programs when playing a game. Also max out the ram to 4gb. Other than that each game may have it's own settings you can tweak for better performance. I'd check forums for specific gaming info. I play World of Warcraft and the wow support forum for mac had a lot of good suggestions for game settings to increase performance.

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Mar 28, 2008 2:12 PM in response to Agent Mckay

Note: Your iMac's max memory limit may be less than 4GB.

Your Mac does some file optimization in the background for smaller size files. As long as you keep plenty of free space, you should not need to defrag.

Turn off unused Sharing features. Turn off Bluetooth if you are not using it. Turn off Airport if you are not using it. Turn off Dashboard widgets.

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