Macbook Air : Very Laggy, need help!!

[Skaarf]

Hi, I would really like it if some people could help me figure out whats wrong with my Macbook Air and its lagging problems, this is in its Overview :

Processor 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Memory 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB

Software OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)

Plz! I need help badly too start playing games with some good FPS!

(Put it this way, my TF2 is running at lowest possible graphics, and I get a ping of about 230, its starting to get me mad!)

[Gadmt_]

why are you on a macbook air anyway. we all know that windows and linux are far superior, as they perform better even on that ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ass hardware

[jiji]

your first mistake was having a mac

[Gadmt_]

Originalmente postado por The Not so Gentleman:

(Put it this way, my TF2 is running at lowest possible graphics, and I get a ping of about 230, its starting to get me mad!)

um, ping doesnt equal to FPS.

thats your internet, you got a walmart connection. sorry mate

Originalmente postado por The Not so Gentleman:

Processor 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB
Software OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)
Plz! I need help badly too start playing games with some good FPS!

with these specs you should get atleast be able to get yourself a big bag of doritos..
but to be serious, you shuold disable v-sync. if that dont work you should tweak your drivers. make sure they are nvidia official drivers. they perform like sanic.mac os x is booty tho as even with the best hardware it will perform like ♥♥♥♥.

[100% Recycled Awesome]

Your problem is you're trying to play games on a macbook air. Your hardware is limited. Not much you can do except lower resolution and quality.

[ThatDogJohnson]

get an actual computer. /bread(try lowering graphic settings like texture quality,all i got)

[Saint Pablo]

Originalmente postado por Buddy g.b:

get an actual computer. /bread:maaad:

/dead

[Series Of Tubes]

It's a mac book air. That's the problem. It's a light netbook with no dedicated graphics card.
It's not going to run anything.

[Skaarf]

Thank u for the help!

[found family abolitionist]

Oh, there's the problem, you own a mac.

[Bery]

Get a better computer.
Your macbook air is not only not powerful to run any games but completly un-upgradeable.

[Skaarf]

What computer would u all suggest thats under about $700 - $800?

[themcel]

dude, get a desktop, they are more reliable and faster.

[100% Recycled Awesome]

Originalmente postado por The Not so Gentleman:

What computer would u all suggest thats under about $700 - $800?

You willing to build a desktop yourself? Keep the Macbook Air for mobile, but build a desktop for gaming. Put a thread in the hardware section of the community forum and you;ll get more help there.

[Acting|Rite ⚧]

Why do you have a Mac for anything other than video editing? Please, don't use it for anything other than video editing. Anyways, there is no way to reduce lag on a Mac than upgrading the graphics card (which is risky and hard to get one that actually works with it) or getting a better internet plan. Or you can scrap the Mac and make a custom-built computer, which is what sensible people do. If it's going to be entirely a gaming computer, I reccomend getting a Hard Drive with 500+ GB, and getting a Graphics Card with more than 10 GB of RAM. it's a bit pricey, but the most expensive aprts are the CPU, Graphics Card, and Hard Drive. After that, everything should be under $300.

[100% Recycled Awesome]

Originalmente postado por λ³ Draconic Sniper:

Why do you have a Mac for anything other than video editing? Please, don't use it for anything other than video editing. Anyways, there is no way to reduce lag on a Mac than upgrading the graphics card or getting a better internet plan.

You can't upgrade laptops in general, and you certainly cannot upgrade a GPU in an Apple laptop. Apple upgrades are buying another Apple device.

And it's not a good reason just to buy a Mac for video editing. Especially when you can get the same parts for less on a Windows machine.