Any gamers here ? Did you try to game on Silicon MBA ?

[bo-waleed]

I may get the base m2 MBA.

Does the MacBook Air get too hot when gaming ? I heard there are no Fans on MBA, Is it fine to let it stay hot for too long ?

Did you try anything here ?

pcx2
dolphin
ppsspp
whisky/porting kit for:
20XX
30XX
All dark souls games
sekiro
manifold garden
superluminal
talos principle 2

Thanks for answering.

 

[Shirasaki]

I didn’t try out any games you mentioned above as I am not a Mac gamer (Windows PC/iOS games only). However, when I did manage to let my M1 MBP (which has a fan) run under heavy load for a long period of time (1 hour+), it does become quite warm and in some spots, hot to touch, and machine slows down considerably. And the above scenario happens a lot to me.
Take my experience however you like. But this is one key reason I will never touch fanless MBA myself no matter how good of a deal it might be.

 

[bo-waleed]

I didn’t try out any games you mentioned above as I am not a Mac gamer (Windows PC/iOS games only). However, when I did manage to let my M1 MBP (which has a fan) run under heavy load for a long period of time (1 hour+), it does become quite warm and in some spots, hot to touch, and machine slows down considerably. And the above scenario happens a lot to me.
Take my experience however you like. But this is one key reason I will never touch fanless MBA myself no matter how good of a deal it might be.

I take it you have the entry m1 MBP with touch bar.
If so, then it is not good for MBA, considering the MBP has better chip and have fans too.

Thanks for answering.

 

[krspkbl]

There are no fans. It's fine to let it stay hot. It'll just thermal throttle if it gets too hot.

I haven't gamed on my Mac yet and probably never will (I have a pc for that) but I think you'd be fine with the emulation and FromSoftware games. Just make sure you use a controller with them

 

[Torty]

Sustained heat will stress the HW and battery over time. I would go for an MBP if I would be into gaming.

 

[rampancy]

I've got a base model refurb M2 Air, and most of my gaming has been through CrossOver, Porting Kit and Wineskin.

My main complaint is that a lot of older games that I really love like MOHAA and Descent 3 are broken, as well as some older Mac-native games like Avadon 3, in no small part thanks to the funky resolutions used on the M2's display, and that modern Mac OS simply doesn't support the resolutions that older games usually ask for.

In my general experience, native games do work well (like Disco Elysium) but if gaming is a major priority for you I'd recommend getting an MacBook Pro with 512 GB of storage.