It's showing less performance than "High-end PC laptop graphics", so by that measure we can see that it's performing slightly worse (-12.5%) than the $4700 MSI GE76 Raider's NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU (when plugged in at 160W only, performance drops significantly on battery).
From my understanding as long as the game launcher doesn't use AVX then Rosetta 2 should run those games as usual.
Depends, what do you mean by way better?
You ability to play Blizzard games is based on Blizzard's willingness to support the Mac platform. And to be quite honest, they have been doing less and less for the Mac platform, not more. The performance of their games under ARM is no better than it is under INTEL... and I say that because it is poorly supported due to lack of resources. So bugs abound whether you are using the latest hardware or the very low end recommended hardware. Their response to fixing them has been abysmal on every count.
If the game is written for the MAC and ARM, then yes. If the game is a port in any form, meaning not native (Rosetta is running in emulation, not native), then not really. Better than worse, but not "better" than native.
Check this: https://www.applegamingwiki.com/wiki/Home
Well they have more power, so even using Rosetta2 or Parallels, they should perform better. But if a game is not available or doesn't work on a M1 then it's not going to work/be available on a M1 Pro/Max either.
You probably could straight trade the Titan RTX for a new Mac in todays second hand market, lolI'm still not over the lack of Mini announcement yesterday. The M1 Mini is such a nice machine for browsing/emails, reading/writing and even a quick round of <insert casual game here> (if it's available). But only two displays... meh. I want a replacement...
My MBP16 is still running circles around the M1 when it comes to graphics, but I keep grabbing the Razer Blade Studio with RTX5000 (dual boot Linux/Win) these days and also just ordered a Lenovo X1C for lightweight travelling (will also dual boot). Been thinking about dumping every Mac (desktop and laptop) I currently have and grab a MBP14 with Max SoC (24-cores, 32GB) to hook it up at home to three monitors dual running macOS and Linux (in VM) for lightweight tasks. And if I'd need a mobile Mac again, I could just pull it out, even though I hate the current design.
I'm still running a dedicated PC (Win/Linux) with Titan RTX which also serves as gaming rig. And in the office, I'm mostly on my Dell Precision as well. Decisions, decisions...
That is true, but there's no way I'm getting rid of that card.
This is the primary reason imo. I've said it before myself, Macs are a niche product and the return on investment in spending money to develop a mac version of the game may not make sense for most publishers/developers. Its just not developing costs, its adding complexities to a developer's work, since now they have to code, debug and support another platform's code line. Its adds an increase in complexity and cost, but with only a small subset of mac buyers interested in gaming will developers/publishers make a profit? Don't forget, we're not talking about Apple's entire line - just the MBP, the numbers imo speak for themselves.
I wouldn't say dying, but changing, for instance, I have to believe the GPU shortage and price increases on other components will possibly accelerate streaming services and their allure. I mean why spend 3k on an RTX 3080 when you can subscribe to one of many services that will basically let you play a game on their hardware and stream it to you
For gaming they are. We have resident game developer @xWhiplash who won't port the game they are working on due to low Mac user base.
You don't need to make the asterisks for him. It's a weird statement to make as a moderator of MACrumors.com regardless.
frontofficesports.com
Apple Dominates as Gaming Platform
Apple made more in video games in fiscal 2019 than Microsoft, Sony, Activision Blizzard, and Nintendo combined.
May be the lowest common denominator to you, but financially, they are miles ahead of desktop and console... which is why the market is, indeed, changing.
It doesn’t contradict the definition, the lowest common denominator is the largest market.
I mean you can ask @xWhiplash why they aren't making a game for the biggest player in the market then. ??♂️You don't need to make the asterisks for him. It's a weird statement to make as a moderator of MACrumors.com regardless.
Macs are indeed a niche within the niche of hardcore PC gaming, but that's not what he said. Macs are not by any standard a niche. And as for gaming as a whole, guess who's the biggest player?
Apple Dominates as Gaming Platform
Apple made more in video games in fiscal 2019 than Microsoft, Sony, Activision Blizzard, and Nintendo combined.
