Thunderbolt Display + Gaming on Air

[Melankolic]

Hi Everyone,

I'm considering picking up a Thunderbolt Display for my Macbook Air; and I was wondering how well the Air manages with gaming on a Thunderbolt display?

If the game runs well on the Air, will it be a smooth transmission over to the thunderbolt display and run just as good? Or does generating a higher resolution and 'transmitting' constant data put an added strain on the Air?

Hopefully someone with experaince can help me here as I've done a few web searches etc and can't find any example/reviews of gaming on an air with a thunderbolt display (only general reviews).

Thanks in advance and for reading.

 

[MattZani]

Higher the resolution the harder it is. Do not really think about gaming on the Air at native res, let alone TBD res.

 

[gentlefury]

Hi Everyone,

I'm considering picking up a Thunderbolt Display for my Macbook Air; and I was wondering how well the Air manages with gaming on a Thunderbolt display?

If the game runs well on the Air, will it be a smooth transmission over to the thunderbolt display and run just as good? Or does generating a higher resolution and 'transmitting' constant data put an added strain on the Air?

Hopefully someone with experaince can help me here as I've done a few web searches etc and can't find any example/reviews of gaming on an air with a thunderbolt display (only general reviews).

Thanks in advance and for reading.

You will probably have to close the MBA screen so its only rendering 1 screen, but it should be fine. I played Portal 2 on my MBA on a second display at 1280x720 and it ran fine. I wouldn't recommend trying to play at 1920x1080 or 2560x1440....as it probably won't be able to push that hard.

I play games on the native display at 1280x720, you don't notice any loss in quality and it runs a lot better than native.

 

[pgiguere1]

I play Starcraft 2 on a 1920x1200 display at low-medium settings.

 

[gentlefury]

I play Starcraft 2 on a 1920x1200 display at low-medium settings.

Older, less intensive games should run just fine at full res.