COD Black Ops running in VMware on iMac 27"

I have a 27" iMac that I bought a couple of months ago.

Specs: 4GB RAM, Intel Core i3, 3.2GHz, ATI Radeon HD 5670 with 512MB

Does anyone have any idea how Black Ops on Steam will run on Windows within a virtual machine?

Thanks, Sean.

parallels black vmware imac blackops

asked Nov 09 '10 at 18:31

seanwalsh
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6 Answers:

Gaming in a VM will work (see lockergnome video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-rkdlzWuKs) although I recommended using the game in bootcamp...

Also a note: You can also have a vm use the bootcamp partition to vitualize, so you can switch between using the Windows OS as a VM or note. See http://lockergnome.net/questions/82353/using-boot-camp-with-parallels-vm-ware-fusion for more info

answered Nov 09 '10 at 19:54

kevin ♦♦
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You will not get the same performance as if you were to install it in a Windows OS running inside of Boot Camp. The Frame Rate would be bad.

answered Nov 09 '10 at 18:36

TheTechDude
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If I was to install it within Boot Camp, would it run well?

(Nov 09 '10 at 18:38) seanwalsh

It'd run many, many times better than it would in a VM.

(Nov 09 '10 at 19:38) Victor

It would run if you were to be running it on a Windows computer with the same specs so a lot better.

(Nov 09 '10 at 19:52) TheTechDude

0	Bootcamp would work much better. All your Mac's resources would be on that. The problem with a virtual machine is some resources would be being used by Mac OSX and not all on the game/Windows. For the best performance use bootcamp. answered Nov 09 '10 at 19:05 Fish 5.1k●89●113●170

0	Install it using boot camp because the performance will suck if you use a VM answered Nov 09 '10 at 19:21 FilipinoPower 12.9k●121●211●310

0	You would not get very good performance. I recommend that you use Boot Camp instead. Just so you know Steam is available for Mac. answered Nov 09 '10 at 19:54 ryebread761 6.1k●184●210●274

0	Thanks for the replies, very helpful. answered Nov 10 '10 at 11:47 seanwalsh 1●1●1●3

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