A MacBook Pro for playing games: will it work?

[linuxthefish]

it should run all the games you said... on boot camp though

 

[Timbydude]

Hi there escapists, I have a small question regarding my graduation present coming up. My dad, being the generous fellow that he is, has decided to get my a 15 inch Macbook pro for my graduation present. Granted, I'll use it for college stuff and schoolwork, but the main thing I want to know is gaming. Yes, I know all about Bootcamp and running Windows Xp on it, (I have a Windows Xp installation disc, Service pack 2). In preparation of this laptop, I bought a Seagate 500g hard drive to store these games on. Now my question is, will my laptop be able to run the following games I own?

-Crysis
-Assassin's Creed Directors Cut Edition
-The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion
-Bioshock
-The Incredible Hulk (Movie Game)
-Splinter Cell Double Agent
-Command and Conquer Red Alert 3
-Fable: The Lost Chapters
-Rayman 2: The Great Escape
-Rainbow Six Vegas 2

Granted, some of these like rayman and fable I know will run, but I was wanting to ask about the higher end games like Crysis or Vegas 2?

Any tips for gaming on my new laptop will be greatly appricated.

I don't know about some of those specific titles, but my friend has a 15" MacBook Pro and he can run new games like Dragon Age and Modern Warfare 2 on Medium settings.

He has specifically played Assassin's Creed and Bioshock at very nice settings, so you can check those off your list. Oblivion should also run very well, too.

To be honest, I think everything on that list should run except Crysis. You might be able to play it on Low, if you're lucky, but the fact remains that the game is the most graphically demanding yet released. My friend got it technically working, but IIRC he said that the performance and graphics hits he took just weren't worth it.

Hope that helped!