14 DAY TRIAL // Blizzard Entertainment has released an official statement acknowledging “performance” issues with Diablo III on some Macintosh configurations. The developer has posted an extensive guide for workarounds, promising to release a software update to improve performance.
Over at the Battle.net forums, Blizzard tells Diablo III fans, “We've been closely monitoring community feedback since the launch of Diablo III.”
According to the video game developer, “the top issue for our Mac players is performance, especially on low-end cards such as the NVIDIA 9400M.”
As the company is working on “an optimization update” which should “significantly improve performance for the NVIDIA 9400M,” Mac gamers with dual graphics cards are offered a guide to improve their experience.
First off, MacBooks using NVIDIA 9400M/9600 GT must be set for “higher performance.” According to Blizzard, “this should resolve many performance issues you may experience.”
· MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008), (17-inch, Early 2009), (15-inch and 17-inch, Mid 2009): How to set graphics performance
· MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) and later, MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010) and later: How to set graphics performance
· Reboot your computer to clear your computer’s memory, then reattempt login. · Close as many background applications as possible. · Increase your system RAM. · Additionally, try these troubleshooting steps for Diablo III Slow/Choppy performance. · If you are experiencing black screens, try these steps for Diablo III Lockups and Crashes. ATI X1600 and Intel X3100 graphics chipsets are not supported for Diablo III.
Following the software update release, other graphic cards will also see “a modest but noticeable increase in FPS,” according to Blizzard, which promises to deliver this fix “in the near future.”
“We want all our players to be able to fully enjoy conquering evil in Diablo III. We will provide further information as it becomes available,” Blizzard concludes.