Gaming on 15" Radeon Pro 555X

[retailacc]

Hello guys,

I know. I know. This computer/card isn't meant for gaming. However, the Radeon RX550 and RX560 are known to be somewhat decent budget cards. While these are not identical to the Radeon Pro found in the MacBook, the similarity in the name must mean that they can perhaps run a game or two, right?

Well, not really... And I only tried 3 games that I like (and 2 of them are NOT demanding)

This was in Bootcamp (W10 1803). I also made sure to disable the internal monitor and output to a 1080p screen only. I used a dedicated port for power as I know hubs might reduce wattage.

These are my findings:

• CS:GO (everything set to low, 1080P) = 60-80 FPS with occasional dips to 40-50
• PUBG (everything set to low, screen scale to 70, 720P) = 20-25 FPS (unplayable, and impossible to understand what's on the screen with these settings)
• Realm Royale (everything set to high [which is a meme since it's the lowest setting], 1080p) = 40-60 FPS with occasional dips to 30-40

Now, you might look at these FPS and think that they're not that bad... However, this is a $2400 (with the educational discount!) machine. A $600 laptop with a Ryzen iGPU or MX150 would get better performance. I don't understand how is that such a powerful CPU gets paired with such an underwhelming GPU. Also in case you don't know Realm Royale can run on a toaster.

I wasn't expecting to game on high, as I know this is a macOS optimized GPU aimed at content production. But games are the result of content production, and this machine can barely run old games and barely open somewhat recent titles.

 

[duderman67]

Something isn't right with either your machine or the current GPU drivers. The thing is I could play CS:GO at low/mid settings and get around 60 FPS. And I have 2013 15" MBP with GT 750M

 

[Schranke]

something is wrong... I get much better results on MacOS while playing CS:GO on higher settings...
[doublepost=1532338884][/doublepost]found my settings, I have caped the performance at 60fps, I occasionally see dips into 40-50 if a lot is happening.
I do use the 560 in the 2017 model, but should not be that different from the 555x you have.
It could be a driver problem under bootcamp...

 

[KarmaRocket]

I've read there might be some issues with bootcamp with the 2018 models. Might want to wait a bit until Apple sorts it out. You could also maybe try installing the latest Windows Radeon drivers to see if that helps.

 

[retailacc]

I did check for updates both on AMD's software and through Windows update. Machine was up to date.

Also, I tried running Fortnite under macOS and performance was subpar as well. At 1080p with everything set to low, i'd get 50-60. Not terrible, but loading time was of about 5 minutes (match had already started) and FPS isn't that high for such a light game.

 

[DankeDante]

I’m willing to bet you’ll just have to wait a bit for software updates.

 

[Vazza]

Any update OP?

 

[maflynn]

I think the windows video drivers need to be updated by apple

Here's my FireStrike benchmark, and compared against the RazerBlade I had (and returned).

I have to believe the 555x is not that much slower then the GTX1060 Max-Q. I could be wrong, though but I do suspect its a driver issue. Look at the MBP, it states its with the Generic VGA(1X). I've not had time to dig into this further. I also noticed in starting up the benchmark, the MBP took an extensive amount of time to collect the data before firing off the benchmark, like 5 minutes

 

[happyhippo1337]

I have to believe the 555x is not that much slower then the GTX1060 Max-Q. I could be wrong, though but I do suspect its a driver issue.
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Even the 1060 MAX-Q version is leaps and bounds above the 555x
Reference: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Radeo...GTX-1060-Desktop_8064_7362_7336.247598.0.html

Those scores also correspond with the results you were getting.
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Even the 1060 MAX-Q version is leaps and bounds above the 555x
Reference: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Radeo...GTX-1060-Desktop_8064_7362_7336.247598.0.html

Those scores also correspond with the results you were getting.

The money I saved in going with the 15'' base model this year went to an external SSD and a Razer Core X. Add another 260€ for the 1060 and this is a capable gaming machine all of a sudden