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2018 13” MBP gaming (no eGPU)

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Vazza

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Just tried a few old games on the MBP and pleasantly surprised how well they run on the iGPU.

Played Tomb Raider on high settings and native resolution with smooth gameplay though the fans went crazy (7000 rpm on Macs Fan Control and temps rose to near 70 degrees celsius). XCOM 2 ran similarly well. I remember how my mid 2010 MBP with Nvidia dGPU would struggle with those...it’s remarkable how far iGPUs have come over the years :eek:

Hopefully with an eGPU, gaming on a MBP will be whisper quiet in future but sadly my 13” MBP will soon be going back :(
 
Vazza said:
Don’t get me wrong it’s a great machine and will make many people happy...I miss the screen real estate of my 2010 15” MBP.
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I am thinking in buying one but I am not tu sure if it gonna worth the $1800
 
Vazza said:
I’m not sure any MBP is really “worth it” when compared to Windows equivalents, however if you need macOS then you have no choice :D
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I don’t need macOS. I have had always windows computers but a lot of people have told me that they are pretty good and last long.
 
Funny how a thread about gaming derailed into yet another 13" vs 15" discussion in the second post... ;)

I've only tried* WoW and Diablo 3 on my 2018 13" so far (i7 CPU), and both games run pretty decently if you whack down some settings. I thought D3 with settings maxed would be smooth on this Mac at quarter screen resolution (1280*800), but no. It stutters a fair bit, but then again you don't need everything maxed either on such a small screen. I turned some stuff down and then it runs just fine. WoW actually runs fairly smoothly at fairly high settings (up to 40fps in the druid class hall at quality level "5" - which is halfway), but the fans go fast and battery slurps at a huge rate, so I did heavy choppings; capped FPS to 20, lowered settings A LOT, and now fans are barely audible when playing. 20fps when the framerate is rock steady is surprisingly okay for questing and such; playing with a magic mouse means you don't get super high pointer update rate anyway.

*Now also tried Portal 2, which almost ran okay-ish on my old 2011 13" MBP - that integrated sandy bridge graphics reeeally wasn't too hot - and 1280*800 rez, no AA and all settings at max gives a clean 60fps almost always through the early stages of the game. I haven't played far enough to reach any of the complex testing chambers, but even so, the game runs great, and looks great too. Fans don't make much if any noise either.
 
here on High and 1050p everything is smooth on D3, also 1050p everything V high on League of legends 60 fps
Both macOS
 
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