I know gaming is quite limited on MacOS but I am curious how good a 2017 MacBook Pro 15 inch with the Radeon Pro 560 will fare with MacOS compatible games on Steam. I have a gaming laptop which is where I will be playing most of my games but I would like to play some on this on the go the few times I am not near home.
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Gaming on a 15 MacBook Pro ( 2017)
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So I only have a MBP 2017 15 inch 560 and no other PC and I do use it for gaming quite regularly.
CS GO will run fine on high/very high in MacOS at about 120+ FPS. I think I use a slightly lower resolution than native.
Rust is playable, second lowest graphics settings.
Overwatch plays fine on medium/high settings at 50% scaling of native resolution (90-100 fps) in Windows.
Player Unknowns Battlefiels is also playable with around 40-60 FPS, most settings low - medium.
CS GO will run fine on high/very high in MacOS at about 120+ FPS. I think I use a slightly lower resolution than native.
Rust is playable, second lowest graphics settings.
Overwatch plays fine on medium/high settings at 50% scaling of native resolution (90-100 fps) in Windows.
Player Unknowns Battlefiels is also playable with around 40-60 FPS, most settings low - medium.
I wouldn’t play competitive shooters on it, but the MBP will run any contemporary game with acceptable quality and performance.
The MacBook Pro's aren't actually that bad when it comes to gaming performance, they're pretty decent actually. However that only holds true as long as you keep it from overheating, most people who game on MacBooks use a fan control utility to override the default fan RPM curve which keeps the computer from thermal throttling during gaming.
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Sorry to resurrect this thread but will gaming on the new MBP degrade and lessen the lifespan of the system?
I tried playing GTA 5 for a few minutes and it got very hot. I know that these are not intended for games but I would love to be able to play while lying down occasionally.
I tried playing GTA 5 for a few minutes and it got very hot. I know that these are not intended for games but I would love to be able to play while lying down occasionally.
Its a thin computer, it will get hot when pushed. Shouldn't affect the actual lifespan of the machine, its designed to be run under load (its designed for demanding use after all). Just make sure that your air vents are free (so don't play games while the laptop is on the bed for instance). Of course, as everything in life, its also moderately a question of luck. Your laptop might have some sort of individual latent defect which might eventually manifest sooner when regularly exposed to demanding workloads. But I wouldn't worry about it too much. If it fails, it fails. Statistics is on your side in any case
I tried gaming on my 2017 15" MBP last night, and had some issues if anyone has any tips? I was in BootCamp, under Windows 10 64bit. I was playing a Steam game called Infinite Warfare. I use to play it all the time. The FPS was around 70-90 bouncing as I had the resolution turned down to 1920x1080. But I noticed the game was choppy for some reason. It would be smooth then get choppy, smooth, then get choppy. I am not using wifi but using my dock with ethernet. Playing on my external 34" Ultrawide Dell.
Let me know what you guys think?
Let me know what you guys think?
It's called thermal throttling. Apple made the RMBP so thin, that it neglected to properly ventilate the GPU and CPU heat buildup under sustained load.
it's not, he just said the FPS was around 70-90. It's probably a driver issue as the issue you are describing sounds more like bad frame pacing.
Anything from bad programming to driver issues. Are you using latest bootcampdrivers driver?
I could be an issue with monitor settings and how windows is dealing with the scaling on a wide screen.
If you haven't already, get the drivers from bootcampdrivers.com. Apple/AMD don't update the bootcamp drivers very much, so it's often helpful to grab the up-to-date drivers that have been repackaged on that site.
My MBPr 2017 never throttled under every hard work.
It has a very good thermal design for a laptop.
I’m with you. Been doing Blender and Unity work and haven’t noticed any thermal issues even after 2-3 hours of modeling / rendering using both CPU and dGPU.