If someone could let me know, I'd appreciate it. I really hate the numbering system of graphics cards, it's nonsensical.

Thanks!

I think you will have issues with that video card... it's kinda weak...
I guess it will run but on very low textures

yeah I figured as much, it's an old macbook from 2008.. -.-

Any 2nd opinions?

If it's gonna work, it ain't gonna look pretty. This game needs a dedicated (read: better than average) graphics card for anything above low settings.

A demo version would really put things in perspective.

Don't mean to be snarky but...dream on. My MacBook has the even more antiquated GMA 950, so I know how it feels...I've gotten HoMMV to work on it through CrossOver, but it's so slow that it's barely playable.

In all seriousness, IIRC, The Witcher needs a DirectX 9.0c compliant card for Windows. On paper, the GMA X3100 supports up to DX10 with Hardware T&L (Transform and Lighting). So I'm sure that it would probably run...but it would likely run with all of the graphical settings turned down and your resolution at its lowest level (640 x 480?). Whether you're willing to live with that is something only you can decide.

If you're willing to put the time into it, you can download a trial version of CrossOver or use Wineskin to install and play the demo version of the Witcher; it's a setup which bests approximate the official Mac version of the game, since the Mac version of The Witcher is simply the Windows version packaged in a custom Wineskin wrapper.

There's also the possibility of using GMABooster to eke out some extra performance out of your graphics chip through overclocking...I haven't used it myself, so I can't attest to whether it works or not.

Good luck. Let us know how it goes! :)

I have the same video card, and I can't even run Borderlands or Oblivion smoothly on lowest settings, and while I don't have Witcher 2, I would be pretty sure it would be more demanding.

I have the same mac and, well, it "works" - but I would never call it playable, even on the lowest of the low (in Windows XP).

The only time the frame rate's acceptable is when indoors, where there's no one around, and the interior is of the size and complexity of a dog house.

Unfortunately you can forget most demanding modern games with that graphics chip.

the biggest problem is the VRAM, yours has got 144mb while most anything made after 2005 requires 512mb to function properly.

I know nothing about MACs but you should probably look into a mobile GFX card upgrade, if mac books will even let you install mobile expansion cards.

Lol, ok, well thank you all very much for the replies, Guess I'll be waiting after all to run TW2 on my Xbox in a week.

Thanks again!