Anyone reading this thread could be forgiven for thinking they should be giving their 16” MacBook away to charity. I played many games on my Mid-2015 15” with 370x, and many games on older laptops before that (like the 17” MBP). People always have and always will play games on their Macs, even those with iGPUs; including (but not necessarily) fast-paced 3D games.
My 2015 MacBook Pro could play GTA V successfully enough on Medium to High settings (from memory I think even some Very Highs and Ultras were enabled). Sure it wasn’t a stable 60 FPS, but I could get 30-50 or so, which was playable. I also played Cities Skylines—a game where FPS isn’t critical and other factors affected frame rates—well enough.
The 5500m is supposedly up to 3x faster than what I last had in that last MacBook from 2015. And while the older GPUs were kind of disappointing, I was still very happy overall with the machine. If I was happy enough then, I think I‘ll be happy enough playing games with these new graphics, in a slimmer and lighter overall package.
I can’t see how the 5500m is “very, very, very, weak” or “fecal matter” (as
@faust puts it) in a laptop of this type without making numerous other sacrifices. That’s just a tad melodramatic. People say 50% of the experience is audio as well, and on that this laptop is supposed to be in a league of its own. I agree the prices Apple was charging for the 2016-19 15” MBPs (with their ****** keyboards) and the graphics upgrades were obscene, which is why I ignored them.
Now, while I sit and ponder specifications, the delivery estimate keeps slipping!
