Macs don't have bios like PCs do. But you were right. We upgraded his RAM to 8gb and its smooth as a whistle. For anyone who wants to know. Most Macs (but not all) have Intel integrated graphics. They borrow the system memory to be used as video memory.

4GB system RAM = 384 MB of Video RAM

8GB ...

This is clearly under the required specs. The game needs 512 MB to run smoothly.

Do you know if the game is coded to specifically look for 512 MB or RAM? Since he's running a Mac A lot of the information I'm reading states he needs to upgrade to 8GB of RAM from 4. At which point the system will ...

My friend and I have been trying to play Factorio together. I've been playing just fine on my PC and Mac fine for the last couple of weeks. He got it the other night and it starts to lag right away. Here is his hardware and some of the symptoms we've noticed.

Mac 2.4 ghz Intel core i5
4gb ddr 3 ...