Would COD black ops run on my mac?

[bazmatysek]

Would Black ops run on my mac book air here are the specs:
Processor: 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 4 GB 1600 MHz DD
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB
Software: OS X 10.9.2 (13C64)
Thanks, Baz

[Laptop]

Nope, that GPU is not supported.

[bazmatysek]

ok thanks

[Shakis]

You may be able to play it as your Integrated graphics beat the minimum requirements.

Minimum GPU: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+8600+GT

Your GPU: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=Intel+HD+4000

I would recommend doing a bit more reading before commiting to any desisions.

[Laptop]

Originally posted by Shakis:

You may be able to play it as your Integrated graphics beat the minimum requirements.

Minimum GPU: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+8600+GT

Your GPU: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=Intel+HD+4000

I would recommend doing a bit more reading before commiting to any desisions.

That GPU will not run on a Mac for this game, read the store page requirements.

[Shakis]

My apologies, I stand corrected. It is not recommended that you play with that APU.

Additional Notes: Aspyr does not recommend that you play Call of Duty: Black Ops on any of the following unsupported graphic chipsets: HD3000 (2011 Mac Mini, 2011 MacBook Air, 2011 13” MacBook Pro) HD4000 (2012 13” MacBook Pro) ATI Radeon HD 2000 series, HD 4670, HD 6490M, HD6630M NVIDIA 8000 & 9000 series, GT100 series, 320M, 330M Intel Integrated GMA950, x3100

Side note: unsupported does not always mean it will not run.

[Kronix]

I have seen games load and run with less than minimum system requirements met , you will likely encounter problems such as slow loading times, low and unstable graphics and of course crashes.
If your system is lower than the required spec making changes to windows settings and also turning off uneccessary applications while playing such as Internet browsers , youtube, Fraps can maximise the performance you get from your hardware,
These guys are correct recommending not to get the game with lower than required specs , but that does not say the game will not run . But i must recommend to all players of PC games to upgrade from laptops to tower systems, that are upgradable and much more powerful , the good point of laptops is portability , but if you play games for performance a tower setup is the optimal choice.