Mac bottleneck

[clay_park]

I apologize in advance if this is in the wrong forum if it is please tell me and I will delete and move accordingly, but to start I would like to say I am an avid gamer and have my main rig set up, but I had some friends over so I dug out my old mac to see what it would run and as I had thought it ran everything quite terribly so I was wondering if there would be any point in putting an sad or more ram in or the whole computer is just bottlenecked by the cpu?

 

Mid 2009 Macbook Pro 15"

2.53 Ghz Intel core 2 duo

4 GB 1067 mhz ddr3

Nvidia Geforce 9400m 256MB

256GB HDD

[79wjd]

An ssd will be helpful and more ram may be helpful, but it won't improve gaming performance. 

[dragoon20005]

you still could run Windows on it

 

SSD and RAM only improve the desktop experience

 

but the GPU is a DX10 GPU

[PlayStation 2]

An ssd will be helpful and more ram may be helpful, but it won't improve gaming performance. 

This. For a laptop this old, it's not gonna have a gaming impact.

 

For some odd reason though, Driver San Francisco runs far better on my SSD than my hard drive, granting me around a 15fps boost from ~30 at 720p closer to ~45 at 720p.

[clay_park]

Thank you very 

 

you still could run Windows on it

 

SSD and RAM only improve the desktop experience

 

but the GPU is a DX10 GPU

 

 

An ssd will be helpful and more ram may be helpful, but it won't improve gaming performance. 

Thank you very much I guess its just a lost cause destined to be a stream for a chrome cast oh well, guess I could pick up the new razor blade stealth when it comes out then.

[Aytex]

Thank you very 

 

 

 

Thank you very much I guess its just a lost cause destined to be a stream for a chrome cast oh well, guess I could pick up the new razor blade stealth when it comes out then.

never buy gaming laptops unlses you travel alot, build your own if you have the money

[kirashi]

This. For a laptop this old, it's not gonna have a gaming impact.

 

For some odd reason though, Driver San Francisco runs far better on my SSD than my hard drive, granting me around a 15fps boost from ~30 at 720p closer to ~45 at 720p.

 

Going to guess that Drive streams in content on-the-fly because it's an open-world sandbox style game like the GTA series?

[PlayStation 2]

Going to guess that Drive streams in content on-the-fly because it's an open-world sandbox style game like the GTA series?

The way Driver San Francisco's engine works is odd. Yes, it streams the content on the fly, however, since it was built around the limitations of the PS3 and Xbox 360, content streaming and all, standard laptop hard drives don't have any issues playing the game.