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Steam is one of the most popular online gaming stores for gamers everywhere and it's not just for PC, you can enjoy Steam on your Mac too! Here's how to install and download games using Steam for Mac.
How to install Steam on Mac In case you haven't installed Steam on your Mac already, here's how. Go to in your browser.
Click Install Steam. Click Install Steam Now.
Click the show downloads button. Depending on the browser, this may open automatically when the file finishes downloading. Double-click on steam.dmg to launch the installer. Click on Agree button. Drag Steam into the applications folder.
Dec 26, 2010 That is the main reason why I use steam more on the Windows side than on Mac OS X Side. For example Civilization V will not run in OS X for me due to system requirements, but runs fine on Windows 7. It is the same computer, just different operating systems.
Exit the window. How to download a Steam game onto your Mac. Launch Steam from the Launchpad. Wait for Steam to update. Tap Create New Account or Log in into an existing account if you have one. Go through the necessary steps to create an account.
Click Store. Browse the store for a game you want to download. You'll need to make sure it's compatible with Mac. You'll see the Apple logo on any game that can be played on Mac. Click on the title you want to download.
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Click Add to Cart. Click Purchase for myself. Select your payment method. Fill out your payment information. Click Continue. Click the checkbox to agree to the terms. Click Purchase.
From here your game will begin to download, and you can start playing as soon as it's done, so go nuts! Anything else you need to know? Let us know in the comments below!
So when buying a game for a computer, I have trouble understanding the processor requirements because I have an AMD processor but am not sure what level it's at. What I'm about to include is just a random example of system requirements from the game Fall Out 4. Minimal: Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz/AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz or equivalent Recommended: Intel Core i7 4790 3.6 GHz/AMD FX-9590 4.7 GHz or equivalent So is any AMD processor okay here if the clock speed is 3.0Ghz or higher, but I guess the higher the better?
How do I know if my processor has speeds that high or not? With Intel processors I know that the higher the number after the 'i' the better but what about where it says 2300 or 4790 in this case. How do I know what number the intel processor is? And now for the graphics cards. I notice that with most xbox360 and ps3 level games integrated graphics do fine, but this game is big where integrated graphics can cause lag. How do I know which graphics card are better than others? Minimum: NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or equivalent Recommended: NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB/AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB or equivalent So I'm guessing that again, the higher the number the better it is?
I'm sorry if I'm not explaining myself clearly so I'll watch this thread and respond with any clarification if needed. Pretty simple, do a search for your video card, look for benchmark results, compare them to the required video card benchmarks. You may also need to check for things like shader level needed and some other things. There is no single thing you can follow, hardware model changes happen and may not always follow correct numbering, although they should. It gets tricky when you compare different generations.
For example the nvidia 780 is not as fast as the 1070 even though one is x80 and the other is x70. But the 780 is faster than the 1030 even though one is 7x and other is 10x. You just need to know what CPU you have and what you are looking to compare it to. Toms actually has a hierarchy chart for hardware that may help you.