Mac Framerate issues still plaguing users
Posted 31 May 2012 by XanthAs a Mac user (flame on) this issue has been hitting close to home. Many Mac Diablo 3 players are reporting sluggish frame rates, that is if they are able to play at all.
Blizzard had this to say on May 22nd:
We’ve been closely monitoring community feedback since the launch of Diablo III. The top issue for our Mac players is performance, especially on low-end cards such as the NVIDIA 9400M.
We’re working on an optimization update to significantly improve performance for the NVIDIA 9400M. Other cards will see a modest but noticeable increase in FPS. This fix will be available in the near future.
Many Mac users are reporting frame rates varying from 5-15 fps and a game that is almost unplayable. In fact just quickly perusing the Mac forums just about every other thread details this issue. From my beta experience my Mac performance was excellent until patch 16. At that time we were told release would fix any problems as they didn’t have time to patch the beta. However, those issues have reared their ugly head again and for Mac users it’s a waiting game.
Are you a Mac user experiencing these problems? Sound off in the comments below!
I am on a 2011 Macbook Air and I have actually been quite amazed with the performance. Though i run all low settings I can usually stick between 20-30 FPS, this also depends on how much AoE is happening, but for the most part it has been great! I do not have the Nvidia card, mine is the Intel 3000
Don’t get me wrong though if any fix adds FPS I will welcome it with a smile!
Same here. Got a MacBook Pro, graphic card NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB
I have a mac with a 9400m, and when I tried to play the Beta on the open weekend, I knew I couldn’t enjoy the game on that machine. There is no way. So I spent £130 fixing up my PC with a better graphics card, and now I find out they will fix the mac problem…
D3 is almost unplayable with NVIDIA 9400M. Extremly frustrating.
I play on a macbook pro which is 5 years old. My system spec is pretty much the exact same as the minumum required for mac users, and I honestly have to say that the game is performing much better than expected for me. I do get FPS drops now and then for sure, but usually it’s quite smooth. Have to add though that there are certain areas where it’s performing much worse, such as the Dalghur Oasis, and that is just plain weird as there it’s unplayable even without any mobs on screen
I got a Macbook Pro from the beginning of 2011 running on Mac OS X 10.7.4 with a AMD Radeon HD 6750M 1024 MB… a Intel Core i7 2.2Ghz… 8 Go RAM… an SSD hard Drive… And the maximum fps i can get with this config (in 1980×1080) , is about 20 fps idle… and 16-17 when i am playing….
I think this is not the best my config can do, then i will wait for this fix, and i hope this will help…
Same setup as Darkpandoraa but 4Go Ram instead of 8 (bought in Aug 2011)
The game runs smoothly with 1680×1050 with all settings at the minimum. It can hold 35fps but I block it at 26 to prevent it from heating up. It failed as as soon as the game runs (even just the menus) the fans go full speed and the heat is terrible.
I wouldn’t mind a bit of optimization in order for my computer to chill down and save itself (and some battery if unplugged). Wow for example doesn’t switch on the fans at 35fps, max rez, good settings.
The fans should always kick in when it switches on the Radeon HD 6750M and starts using one or two cores with any significance. (I have the same mac book pro)
A long, long time ago I bought something to place the laptop on for ‘lap’ usage, because macbook pros get too hot.
My problem is I have a high power CPU Intel Core i7 and a high enough video card at native resolution, 1680×1050, that I should never drop below 60 fps unless some outside process has done something significant. The fact is, when someone installs Windows 7 via boot camp and runs Diablo 3, the game works relatively flawlessly.
Using the latest iMac. Playing in max resolution with all settings on max and it looks great. Only the spider cave in act 1 always causes a horrible drop in FPS, as does the very start of the game.
I got a pretty good PC and the spider cave also causes fps drop, a lot. I guess there’s something screwed up on that level.
Same here. Have a new IMac and I runit he game on max resolution and max settings, with only the spider cave giving me trouble.
I’m on iMac (mid 2011) and game runs great except spider queen zone, where framerate drops.
I’m running D3 on a Mac Pro (2008, 8-core) with a Radeon HD 5870 on 1920×1200 with all setting high, no issue 60-fps. On my MacBook Air from 2010 however, I have to put everything on low to run remotely playable.
Duh… MacBook Air is not intended for playing games?