Radeon Pro 460 MacOS v Win 10 (Bootcamp)

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  1. CleanFeed, Jan 19, 2017

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    I just wondered, are people getting the best performance from the Radeon Pro 460 in MacOS or Win 10 via Bootcamp?

    I'm quite happy with mine so far (MacOS) but just acquired a Win 10 Pro license. I'm contemplating BootCamp but my main motivation to do so would be for better GPU performance with some light gaming. (I'm by no means a 'hardcore gamer').
     
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  2. AlanShutko, Jan 19, 2017

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    Bootcamp. Example, Witcher 2 (yes, it's old but I want to finish it before 3) can run on higher settings in Bootcamp vs Mac.
     
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  3. capelesshero, Jan 19, 2017

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    Seems as though MacOS limits the performance of the GPU, so playing games on Windows through bootcamp is your best bet.
     
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  4. AlanShutko, Jan 19, 2017

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    I know Valve has done work over time working with Apple to improve performance on Mac, but it's undeniable that the AMD spends a lot of engineering work improving driver performance for specific games on Windows. Apple does not do that.
     
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  5. SoyCapitanSoyCapitan, Jan 19, 2017

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    Older APIs, nothing optimal for gaming, it's not made for that after all.
     
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  6. rwstgermain, Jan 19, 2017

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    Yea - I ended up just spending $500 and upgrading my gaming machine to current architecture because I gave up trying to game on my new Mac.

    460 works well for a majority of Steam games like DODS and I played Civ without any problems.
     
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  7. leman, Jan 19, 2017

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    Windows drivers are better optimised and so are Windows games, so of course you are going to get better performance in Windows. Maybe in 2-3 years, if Apple fixes Metal (and devs take it seriously) or hopefully adopt Vulkan, the performance will be the same.
     
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  8. CleanFeed, Jan 22, 2017

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    Thanks for this, I did it yesterday and getting great results so far. I updated the drivers using bootcampdrivers.com and followed the instructions to make sure the Radeon Pro 460 isn't down clocking. So far been getting great results and haven't seen any GPU temps above 70 Celsius.
     
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