Can my Macbook Pro run this game?

[IrrationalStud]

I have an Intel iCore 7 2.3 GHZ processor
8 GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB / Nvidia GeForce GT 650M
OSX Mavericks 10.9.5

I did buy the game because the requirements looked fine to me at that time, but when I launch the game I have so many problems starting with loading screens, sometimes they take too long, sometimes I just get a black screen with christmas music on the background. When the main menu appears I can't do anything for several minutes, there is no mouse pointer on display and when it finally shows up the menu options take very long time to react when I click on them. I have been hable to create a character on single player mode, (because for the moment my internet connection is very slow and I can't join any server or when I try to do it, an infinite loading screen made in black appears until the game crashes) and I was able to set every video setting on low, because the game was so slow but when I did that I was able to run the game about 15 fps or so.

So, is my Macbook Pro obsolete? Is there any setting I'm missing? Why the real requirements are not posted on the game page?

I have verified the cache data of the game and it appears to be ok.

Please, help. I really wanted to play this game.

[KappaUndercover]

the perfomance will be terrible. Bad "graphicscard" and the CPU isn't rly good either. Apple is not for gaming!

[小白VK]

Originally posted by IrrationalStud:

I have an Intel iCore 7 2.3 GHZ processor
8 GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB / Nvidia GeForce GT 650M
OSX Mavericks 10.9.5

I did buy the game because the requirements looked fine to me at that time, but when I launch the game I have so many problems starting with loading screens, sometimes they take too long, sometimes I just get a black screen with christmas music on the background. When the main menu appears I can't do anything for several minutes, there is no mouse pointer on display and when it finally shows up the menu options take very long time to react when I click on them. I have been hable to create a character on single player mode, (because for the moment my internet connection is very slow and I can't join any server or when I try to do it, an infinite loading screen made in black appears until the game crashes) and I was able to set every video setting on low, because the game was so slow but when I did that I was able to run the game about 15 fps or so.

So, is my Macbook Pro obsolete? Is there any setting I'm missing? Why the real requirements are not posted on the game page?

I have verified the cache data of the game and it appears to be ok.

Please, help. I really wanted to play this game.

Your CPU and GPU are most likely throttling themselves to death, as well as not being that powerful in the first place. ARK is really poorly optimized, to give an example I have an i7 4790k oced to 4.5 ghz constant 16gb of 1866mhz ram and a gtx 1080 and I only get about 50-80 fps on high. Ark requires a really beefy pc at the moment

[sriggle]

Originally posted by IrrationalStud:

I have an Intel iCore 7 2.3 GHZ processor
8 GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB / Nvidia GeForce GT 650M
OSX Mavericks 10.9.5

So, is my Macbook Pro obsolete? Is there any setting I'm missing? Why the real requirements are not posted on the game page?

In the PC gaming world, Mac computers are notoriously among the worst at the same time being some of the most expensive. The very most important of a gaming computer, the graphics card aka GPU, is pretty much absent from your macbook. The GPU in your macbook is not a stand alone part, but rather a weak substitute that's a built in part of your CPU. It was never meant for this kind of work load.

[IrrationalStud]

Ok, thanks guys. I know Mac is not for gaming, I'm not an idiot, is just what I use for work and is what i have. I'm more a console player than a PC one actually, I just want to try some games that's all. The problem here is that in the Ark page they don't show the real requirements. How I'm supposed to know? Anyway, thanks again. I think I will ask for my money back

[Rulueashk]

I played on my very similar MacBook Pro for quite awhile last summer before adding a PC to the family. I loved the game so much I didn't care that I had everything set on lowest possible quality. Local game was virtually unplayable, but official or private servers were fine unless I got around a big base. The long startup seems to me to be a given unless you have the game on SSD (flash drive).
Edit to add: by last summer, I mean 2015. Still playing.

[New]

Gtx540m after a recent update I only get 20-25 fps around the map. On my lower settings. If you really want to play you can but you won't have good graphics

[IrrationalStud]

I don't care so much about graphics. When I play a game I seek experience, gameplay, story. But in this case, the game crashes all the time. I could play a bit on the lowest setting on single player, but the menu was so slow to react and all the RAM was full! I gues the refund should be the best option.

[your worryingly hot sister]

It's a mac... so pretty much no.

[zarmelad]

I have a mid 2012 mac book pro (same i7 and 650m, but I do have 16GB RAM) and before I had a gaming pc I was able to play Ark on my Mac while using bootcamp and Windows 10, I've never tried to use the OS X version of ARK but I might soon for ♥♥♥♥♥ and giggles. When I played ark through bootcamp on low settings it was definitely playable (I'm guessing 30-50 fps), I probably put in 300 hours on the game using the MacBook pro. Some people think that Mac computers are incapable just because there Macs but when it comes down to it I still use my 2012 Mac for many things and it still works perfectly fine (don't know many people with a 2012 Acer that still works perfectly fine lol), and Apple operating systems are extremely user friendly. This is coming from a guy that uses a water-cooled 1080ti to game currently so I see both sides of the argument.

[Kazarl]

Originally posted by zarmelad:

I have a mid 2012 mac book pro (same i7 and 650m, but I do have 16GB RAM) and before I had a gaming pc I was able to play Ark on my Mac while using bootcamp and Windows 10, I've never tried to use the OS X version of ARK but I might soon for ♥♥♥♥♥ and giggles. When I played ark through bootcamp on low settings it was definitely playable (I'm guessing 30-50 fps), I probably put in 300 hours on the game using the MacBook pro. Some people think that Mac computers are incapable just because there Macs but when it comes down to it I still use my 2012 Mac for many things and it still works perfectly fine (don't know many people with a 2012 Acer that still works perfectly fine lol), and Apple operating systems are extremely user friendly. This is coming from a guy that uses a water-cooled 1080ti to game currently so I see both sides of the argument.

you know this thread is from december 2016 right?

[Dooks]

at least they checked the threads b4 posting though eh :)