How to Play Warhammer Online On Your Mac
And since everything is backed up via Time Machine, the clean install of Leopard really isn’t much of a problem. It just takes a little bit longer to get your system back the way it was when you use the Migration utility.
You can, obviously, skip the clean install if you want and see how it goes by simply starting the Boot Camp assistant but if it bombs out on you or you have disk error problems then consider doing a clean install. Either way make sure that you have your system backed up via Time Machine *before* you mess around with Boot Camp.
Warhammer Runs Fantastic in Windows Vista Via Boot Camp!
I found that there was an absolutely HUGE difference between Warhammer Online in VMWare and in Windows via Boot Camp. Running Windows in Boot Camp means running natively with no performance hits. And the difference was amazing.
WAR ran like a dream, everything was sharp and fast. I couldn’t get over how awesomely fast everything was, there was no slowness in turning and no choppy frame rate. Boot Camp is the right way to run Warhammer Online and I highly recommend it. The graphics and gameplay just scream along without the virtualization penalty that VMWare causes, you will see a huge difference if you try it first in VMWare and then via Boot Camp.
Yes, it sucks that you have to boot back and forth to Windows to play Warhammer Online on your Mac but, trust me, it’s well worth it. You’ll have a ball playing the game and it will run soooooooooooooo much better for you than in VMWare.
I can’t seem to find a way to show FPS in WAR otherwise I’d post the stats difference here but it really is huge. VMWare just cannot run a 3D game like Warhammer Online well enough to make it enjoyable. It’s much better to run it directly in Windows via Boot Camp, you’ll get the absolute best experience possible on your Mac.
Well that’s it, I hope you guys found this guide helpful. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some filthy Order jerks to whack.
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I’ve got an iMac 20″ 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo with 2GB ram and ATI RadeonHD 2600 with 256VRAM.
Do you reckon Warhammer Online via Windows Vista Home Boot Camp with run with great performances like yours?
Please advise as I’m deciding whether or not to buy windows and install it into boot camp.
Much appreciated!
Hi Garry,
You’re smart to go the Boot Camp route though as I think that will give you the maximum level of performance.
The minimum requirement for a video card for WAR is 128MB and you’ve got double that so my guess is that it would probably run just fine for you. Maybe not as fast as mine but that’s okay.
Post back and let me know how well it’s running for you if you go through with it.
Hi Jim,
thanks for the PROMPT reply! I’m currently backing up all my data on the iMac before I embark on a clean install (as advised in your review). Fingers crossed and hope that all goes well.
I must say if it weren’t for this review I would have most probably gone out to buy a PC just to accommodate Warhammer Online which is too extreme to a certain degree. The other comments I found on google were basically suggesting VMware and Corssover Games. I’ve had many trouble with Crossover Games installing DirectX. Finally gave up and figured that unless I’m running it natively, it will never yield optimum results.
Thanks a mil, will try it out for meself and let you know how well it runs on mine ;)
Cheers
Just a couple of things:
1) Crossover does not run this game at all. You can install it but then does not load.
2) VMWare as you mentioned runs terribly slow.
3) Bootcamp is the way to go!
I run it on a Mac Pro (8 2.4Ghz core, 16GB RAM, 8800GT 512MB) and it is blazing fast in bootcamp!
Thanks for the feedback, Jannis. Good to hear it’s working well for you. Boot Camp definitely makes a HUGE difference in performance.
I also found Boot Camp is by far the best solution to play WAR on my MP 3.0ghz x8 core, 4gb ram, 8800gt, and 30″ display. I also wish there was a native Mac version. With Linch King coming out as a native Mac app I may find my self more inclined to go back to wow…
Do you know what year they started using the leopard operating system, that has boot camp in it. I have a 2006 iMac 17″ 2GHz intel core 2 duo processor with 1GB capable of holding 3 if i would like to upgrade the memory. I would like to know if i have to buy leopard as well as the vista or if i can just run it with XP.
Would love to run Boot Camp, but get error after error after error – I bought a PC laptop just to play Warhammer and THAT was the way to go.
Jim, what’s your FPS and resoltuion/settings for WAR?
Hi Ken,
I’m not sure what the FPS is as there doesn’t seem to be a command in WAR the way there is in WOW. But it looks great, very smooth and no significant slowdowns or other problems.