Will the Macbook's x3100 run Second Life now?

switchymcswitcherswitchymcswitcher
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Does anyone who has applied the 10.5.2 update and graphics driver updates to a current Macbook (not MB pro) that has the x3100 integrated graphics card know if Second Life runs without crashing? How does it look? What's the framerate like?



In Second Life, go to View - Statistics Bar to see frames per second.



Here's some data to compare your results.



Here is a video on diagnosing reasons for performace issues



Thanks,



-Switchy McSwitcher

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    switchymcswitcherswitchymcswitcher Posts: 52member
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    Does anyone who has applied the 10.5.2 update and graphics driver updates to a current Macbook (not MB pro) that has the x3100 integrated graphics card know if Second Life runs without crashing? How does it look? What's the framerate like?



    In Second Life, go to View - Statistics Bar to see frames per second.



    Here's some data to compare your results.



    Here is a video on diagnosing reasons for performace issues



    Thanks,



    -Switchy McSwitcher



    A co-worker just bought an entry level Macbook. After installing all updates, we ran Second Life. It averaged around nine frames per second and ranged between four fps for complex scenes and 25 fps for looking out over water. Image quality was pretty decent, though the colors seemed a little washed out. Overall, I'd describe the performance as "adequate" for occasional use.



    -Switchy McSwitcher
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