Hi,
I'm a happy owner of a Mac Mini M4 Pro 14c/20c/64GB/2TB config. Such a great tiny machine, with basic focus on software development, beside usual daily stuff.
Beside work with the Mini, I want to get into occasional light gaming again, just for pure fun. Things like Starcraft 2, Warcraft III, I have a few purchases on Steam as well, mainly PC titles. I also still have a Windows DeskMini X300 with a AMD 5600G around (somewhere in the basement), but not in use anymore since I have purchased the Mac Mini. Fully converted to a Mac.
The Mac Mini is basically placed in an almost closed book shelf at the top of a Synology NAS and not on the desk, due to space and wiring reasons. Maybe important for below temp question.
I'm a happy owner of a Mac Mini M4 Pro 14c/20c/64GB/2TB config. Such a great tiny machine, with basic focus on software development, beside usual daily stuff.
Beside work with the Mini, I want to get into occasional light gaming again, just for pure fun. Things like Starcraft 2, Warcraft III, I have a few purchases on Steam as well, mainly PC titles. I also still have a Windows DeskMini X300 with a AMD 5600G around (somewhere in the basement), but not in use anymore since I have purchased the Mac Mini. Fully converted to a Mac.
The Mac Mini is basically placed in an almost closed book shelf at the top of a Synology NAS and not on the desk, due to space and wiring reasons. Maybe important for below temp question.
- Starcraft 2 seems to work fine via Battle.net MacOS version at 1080p with temperatures of up to ~ 85°C over a prolonged time. Upped to 1440p and even 2160p (own a 4K monitor), with playable FPS, but gives me constant ~ 100°C (or beyond) with fan speed in the area of 2500rpm or above according to TG Pro. Is this a concern running in that temp areas over hours maybe? Placed some basic temperature measurement thingy on the top of Mac Mini which gave me ~36°C surrounding temperature in the closed book shelf
- For Steam titles, when there is a MacOS version of a title, Intel-based though (=> Rosetta), it's still preferred installing the MacOS version and not the PC version via Crossover then I guess?
- For PC titles on Steam (older titles, no recent AAA), I will give Crossover a try. Purchased a license on Cyber Monday. Combined with above, I guess the two Steam client variants (MacOS version and Windows version via Crossover) can easily co-exist?
- Does MacOS provide some sort of OOTB performance monitoring overlay during gaming (FPS, GPU, CPU usage ...)? Similar to what e.g. AMD Adrenalin provides on Windows?