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New MBP w/64 GB M1 MAX chip — WoW?

Roco32373

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So sorry if this is a stupid question, but if I got the new MacBook Pro with 64 GB with the M1 MAX chip, would I be able to run World of Warcraft on Ultra High settings with high FPS?

Please advise and thanks.
 
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Roco32373 said:
So sorry if this is a stupid question, but if I got the new MacBook Pro with 64 GB with the M1 MAX chip, would I be able to run World of Warcraft on Ultra High settings with high FPS?

Please advise and thanks.
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As a baseline, my last year M1 MBP plays Wow @ 7 settings and mostly 60 FPS. Looking forward to this one and expecting 100 fps TBH.
 
Being that you aren't being serious, I won't bother being serious either.
 
pmiles said:
Being that you aren't being serious, I won't bother being serious either.
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Do you play WoW on a Mac? It doesn't run "perfectly" on ultra settings with the top of the line graphics pre-yesterday's announcement.

Using a maxed out iMac 2020 you cannot reach 120 fps with ultra quality graphics.
 
dogslobber said:
WoW can run on an M1 Mini at max settings and absolutely screams.
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It can run at max settings at low FPS. You cannot run an M1 Mac on high refresh rate with max settings in real game situations.

I travel and play with my M1 MBP and competitively raided classic, tbc, and played casually retail. These aren't my thoughts, these are the real results from using this computer since release and also have a maxed out 27" iMac 2020 with 5700xt.
 
This is my biggest concern buying the new MBP. I have a Windows desktop for gaming, but I’m away from home a lot. I want a MBP but I’m concerned about performance in gaming even with the M1 Max.

I had the late 2013 MBP 15” (fully specced) and was able to run WoW on it for all these years (albeit on low) before I sold it last year and it was fine enough. I guess that brings some comfort haha.

I’m looking forward to hearing more real-world examples as review units go out!

TriApple said:
It can run at max settings at low FPS. You cannot run an M1 Mac on high refresh rate with max settings in real game situations.

I travel and play with my M1 MBP and competitively raided classic, tbc, and played casually retail. These aren't my thoughts, these are the real results from using this computer since release and also have a maxed out 27" iMac 2020 with 5700xt.
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Were you using max settings during raid? How was your FPS during it? Thanks for sharing this info!!
 
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madisonm said:
This is my biggest concern buying the new MBP. I have a Windows desktop for gaming, but I’m away from home a lot. I want a MBP but I’m concerned about performance in gaming even with the M1 Max.

I had the late 2013 MBP 15” (fully specced) and was able to run WoW on it for all these years (albeit on low) before I sold it last year and it was fine enough. I guess that brings some comfort haha.

I’m looking forward to hearing more real-world examples as review units go out!



Were you using max settings during raid? How was your FPS during it? Thanks for sharing this info!!
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In terms of raiding on my M1 2020 MBP, it's a non issue. I travel with that laptop + a gaming mouse & a Keychron k3 (I think its the k3, whichever is the low profile one, I own several of their keyboards).

When I am raiding on the M1 MBP I have zero issues with FPS @ settings of 6 or 7. Some instances with more lava/liquid will dip the FPS slightly on 7 so I occasionally have gone to 6 (SSC comes to mind - a few of the rooms with dripping water mechanics are harder on the machine, but it is easily doable with a quick settings drop if needed). This is all to stay at or above 60 fps.

Turn off SSAO entirely. No matter the default setting, it's the single least efficient setting IMO in terms of impact to heat & performance. I have SSAO turned off on my iMac as well.

Speaking of the 2020 iMac w 5700XT, it runs WoW on my external monitor @ ultra wide 1440p @ 120FPS for near all content @ 10 settings except SSAO in TBC/Classic. I dip the settings a few points in retail to stay above 100 FPS, but not very far down at all.

This is all in MacOS BTW. I do not notice a huge difference in performance in Bootcamp on the iMac for this game. For other games, yes, but WoW client seems to be decently optimized for Mac since around Classic release when they enabled multithreading.
 
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scott523 said:
I have the 16ram/16gpu/1tb 16" on order. I think it'll raid retail comfortably. Thoughts?
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Hard to say based on the data out there right now but if the 24 core metal benchmark can be used as an index to guess I’d say yes but closer to 60 FPS than 120. I’m doubting we will have any issues below 60 even at Higher (not ultra) settings.
 
Same boat as you OP.

I love me some WoW and stoked to play it on the new MBP 16” maxed out specs. Overkill but soooooo excited ?
 
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TriApple said:
In terms of raiding on my M1 2020 MBP, it's a non issue. I travel with that laptop + a gaming mouse & a Keychron k3 (I think its the k3, whichever is the low profile one, I own several of their keyboards).

When I am raiding on the M1 MBP I have zero issues with FPS @ settings of 6 or 7. Some instances with more lava/liquid will dip the FPS slightly on 7 so I occasionally have gone to 6 (SSC comes to mind - a few of the rooms with dripping water mechanics are harder on the machine, but it is easily doable with a quick settings drop if needed). This is all to stay at or above 60 fps.

Turn off SSAO entirely. No matter the default setting, it's the single least efficient setting IMO in terms of impact to heat & performance. I have SSAO turned off on my iMac as well.

Speaking of the 2020 iMac w 5700XT, it runs WoW on my external monitor @ ultra wide 1440p @ 120FPS for near all content @ 10 settings except SSAO in TBC/Classic. I dip the settings a few points in retail to stay above 100 FPS, but not very far down at all.

This is all in MacOS BTW. I do not notice a huge difference in performance in Bootcamp on the iMac for this game. For other games, yes, but WoW client seems to be decently optimized for Mac since around Classic release when they enabled multithreading.
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Thank you for sharing all this! Super helpful!
 
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Since WoW game runs native..i think you can play it in Highest settings at 120 fps but maybe not really at native resolution..that 16" has an insane pixels nr
If you want native resolution at the highest settings i bet you can play it at 60hz no issues
 
TriApple said:
It can run at max settings at low FPS. You cannot run an M1 Mac on high refresh rate with max settings in real game situations.

I travel and play with my M1 MBP and competitively raided classic, tbc, and played casually retail. These aren't my thoughts, these are the real results from using this computer since release and also have a maxed out 27" iMac 2020 with 5700xt.
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I have a MBP 13 M1 too. At what resolution you run at? I set at 6, my FPS is around 40-50.
 
Have new 16" max with 64GB - getting 100-130fps in Oribos on max "10 "settings with 2x MSAA and 100% resolution scaling. This is in the room with the vault.

The center area where the beam thing is still tanks fps, but it does that on every computer I've seen so far. I just finished install it so I haven't gotten to test a lot yet. I had opened the game and it was only set on "3" graphics and it was screaming at 270fps which caused the fans to come alive a bit.
 
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Have new 16" max with 64GB - getting 100-130fps in Oribos on max "10 "settings with 2x MSAA and 100% resolution scaling. This is in the room with the vault.

The center area where the beam thing is still tanks fps, but it does that on every computer I've seen so far. I just finished install it so I haven't gotten to test a lot yet. I had opened the game and it was only set on "3" graphics and it was screaming at 270fps which caused the fans to come alive a bit.
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This is really great to hear! Thank you for some real-world use. I’m super eager for my 16” M1 Max ?
 
ctishue said:
Have new 16" max with 64GB - getting 100-130fps in Oribos on max "10 "settings with 2x MSAA and 100% resolution scaling. This is in the room with the vault.

The center area where the beam thing is still tanks fps, but it does that on every computer I've seen so far. I just finished install it so I haven't gotten to test a lot yet. I had opened the game and it was only set on "3" graphics and it was screaming at 270fps which caused the fans to come alive a bit.
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Nice to see such a great result. But...How did you get the 16 M1 Max? I can't find it anywhere.

Anyone has the 16 M1 Pro? I wonder which one should I get?
 
Don't forget to turn off Target FPS, as I think this dynamically changes some of the graphic settings to achieve the desired frame rate.

The default is 60FPS, I think.

For my M1 Mac Mini, I have the settings turned to 10. I generally do older stuff, get playable frame rates (25 fps+) in most newer areas, and get 40+ in legion areas.

If I get more than 30FPS, I am generally happy.

I bet the M1 Max will rock WoW.
 
seasurfer said:
Nice to see such a great result. But...How did you get the 16 M1 Max? I can't find it anywhere.

Anyone has the 16 M1 Pro? I wonder which one should I get?
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I had an order in that was due by November 26th but I woke up this morning and saw people saying the 16 M1 Max was in stock at apple stores. Ordered one and picked it up at lunch.
 
ctishue said:
I had an order in that was due by November 26th but I woke up this morning and saw people saying the 16 M1 Max was in stock at apple stores. Ordered one and picked it up at lunch.
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Nice, I went to the Apple Store they have none. They only have the 16 M1 Pro, I am not sure if I should wait or get the M1 Pro instead of Max.

I wonder if anyone has the M1 Pro to test WoW?
 
seasurfer said:
Nice, I went to the Apple Store they have none. They only have the 16 M1 Pro, I am not sure if I should wait or get the M1 Pro instead of Max.

I wonder if anyone has the M1 Pro to test WoW?
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Ordered M1 Pro 16" (16gb RAM, 1TB). Just shipped and of course I'll be out of town when it delivers to my local Costco. I'll report back next Mon/Tue with results.
 
Yesterday I picked up my M1 Pro 16", 10 Core CPU, 16 Core GPU, 16Gb RAM, 1 TB SSD. Plays WoW flawlessly at 60 fps with settings around 7 (some optimization - fps limited to 60, AA turned off, etc.). The best part is it doesn't get hot. At all. I've tested in LFR and world bosses...no frame rate dip, and very, very little heat. Fans do not spin up, ever. Going to play with other settings tonight and will report back.
 
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