I wouldn't say it's the best, but I think it's more than adequate for World of Warcraft. I could certainly tweak the settings, but the game looks so great to me and the laptop doesn't make any noise, so I'm keeping the settings as they are!
Bro you did a great service to me. I have been trying to evaluate whether the binned Max chip is worth it on a 14" device and it seems there is no reason to worry.
Thanks for posting this. I'm right now in the big debate of if I want to go with the M4 Pro with 48GB RAM and 1TB ssd, or if I want to jump up to the base M4 Max for only about $300 more. Yeah I lose a little RAM, but that extra GPU power might be worth it. I don't do much gaming, mainly WoW and some Hearthstone, so really been wondering how WoW runs on the base M4 Max. I'm looking at the 16" so I'm betting the thermals are even a bit better. You know anyone that's tried WoW on the M4 Pro?
Wow!. Bro got a question. Just bought a M4 pro not max but the game stutters alot like every 10 seconds fps drops and it maxes out again always like that. I cannot make the resolution go down as there seems to be some kind of bug when i change the resolution. How do you chnage it? thankyou
It's interesting to see the palm rest place are actually gradually getting cooler after the fans kicked in. The airflow is really well-designed in this chassis also for the user experience. I have an asus rog laptop and that thing is only getting hotter when the fan kicks in.🫠
So, first of all - I cap the FPS at 80 because I like the device to be quiet and not make any noise. Even at 100fps it's still quiet and the fans don't turn on, but for WoW I don't need 140+ FPS like a first person shooter. If I now simply remove the FPS limitation, the FPS goes up to 300. I will show it to you in a video...!
I have Mbp m1 16 gpu and I need to lower most of the setting in order to raid smoothly. probably @ 2 quality or so. it might have to do with the fact that I have a big tv that needs ressolutions close to 4k to look decent. this setup looks capable to run raids. in the silken court boss (hardest boss for graphics) this m4pro dipped to 40 on 7 quality settings my m1pro is going low as 15 with lower setting like 3 or so on graphics.
@@aehya This simply isn't true, as your FPS hovered around 77 for most of this test. Even when you "raised the fps to 100", the game still ran around 80-90 fps in a raid environment. There is no way you're going up to 300 somehow when you remove the fps cap. Besides, as you said, if you DID do that, your mac would definitely overheat and not be able to maintain max fps for long. FPS standing still out of combat != FPS during a raid or dungeon.
@Nate0808 well, but he only have really modify the settings out of combat.. as a main tank he won't just open the settijgs on raid boss just to unlock the fps.. 😂 and he also didn't said it's 300fps durring the raid, so it's not a lie if he do it out of combat.. because he never said it's also was in any raid environment..
Nice work! Tks! Mbp now is the best gaming laptop for WOW...
I wouldn't say it's the best, but I think it's more than adequate for World of Warcraft. I could certainly tweak the settings, but the game looks so great to me and the laptop doesn't make any noise, so I'm keeping the settings as they are!
Bro you did a great service to me. I have been trying to evaluate whether the binned Max chip is worth it on a 14" device and it seems there is no reason to worry.
No problem :))
Thanks you for showing wow.
How do you think wow would work with a mac mini M4 or M4pro.
I have tested wow on my MacBook Air M1 but it overheats a lot.
I tried it on M4 Mini, was ok but not wow. I'm running it on M1 Macbook almost same lol .
Thanks for posting this. I'm right now in the big debate of if I want to go with the M4 Pro with 48GB RAM and 1TB ssd, or if I want to jump up to the base M4 Max for only about $300 more. Yeah I lose a little RAM, but that extra GPU power might be worth it. I don't do much gaming, mainly WoW and some Hearthstone, so really been wondering how WoW runs on the base M4 Max. I'm looking at the 16" so I'm betting the thermals are even a bit better. You know anyone that's tried WoW on the M4 Pro?
Wow!. Bro got a question. Just bought a M4 pro not max but the game stutters alot like every 10 seconds fps drops and it maxes out again always like that. I cannot make the resolution go down as there seems to be some kind of bug when i change the resolution. How do you chnage it? thankyou
Thanks for the video.
If you set max FPS to 60, do you hear the fans while playing?
Is it a noisy system overall?
Thanks
i have settings on 7 and cap on 80 and the macbook stays totally silent
Thank you for this test! Did the fans run loud?
No, not loud, they started, but they're kind of quiet.
hi is this mac with 40core GPU ? and also how much ram are you using ?
Great video and test! Just wondering, are you using the 14 inch model or the 16 inch? I assume that does make a difference in handling heat.
Using the 14inch, cant tell how the difference is to the 16inch model
@@aehya Ok good to know, thanks for the answer!
what fps u getting im on m2 max thinking of upg to m4 max for wow
fps shown under left chat window
is this the binned 14c 32gpu 36ram? thanks
yes
How does it perform when not plugged in?
the same I guess :o
@@aehya That's amazing
@@tapawanl yees!
Is this 14 or 16? As mine 14“ most of the time the fans are on 95% and its noise as hell…
14" and no fans while capped @80
It's interesting to see the palm rest place are actually gradually getting cooler after the fans kicked in. The airflow is really well-designed in this chassis also for the user experience.
I have an asus rog laptop and that thing is only getting hotter when the fan kicks in.🫠
wow is playable on mac ??
yes. it is macos supported and optimized in a pretty good way.
@@tomassinger9412when your game want launching 😅
Can't believe the guy didn't taunt
So if I buy the latest Mac for 3200 euro + tax the only thing i get is double FPS compared to Mac mini M1? That's awful.
So, first of all - I cap the FPS at 80 because I like the device to be quiet and not make any noise. Even at 100fps it's still quiet and the fans don't turn on, but for WoW I don't need 140+ FPS like a first person shooter.
If I now simply remove the FPS limitation, the FPS goes up to 300.
I will show it to you in a video...!
I have Mbp m1 16 gpu and I need to lower most of the setting in order to raid smoothly. probably @ 2 quality or so. it might have to do with the fact that I have a big tv that needs ressolutions close to 4k to look decent. this setup looks capable to run raids. in the silken court boss (hardest boss for graphics) this m4pro dipped to 40 on 7 quality settings my m1pro is going low as 15 with lower setting like 3 or so on graphics.
in 2 days ill test m4max 40 gpu and decide if it worth to keep. gonna keep u updated.
@@aehya This simply isn't true, as your FPS hovered around 77 for most of this test. Even when you "raised the fps to 100", the game still ran around 80-90 fps in a raid environment. There is no way you're going up to 300 somehow when you remove the fps cap. Besides, as you said, if you DID do that, your mac would definitely overheat and not be able to maintain max fps for long. FPS standing still out of combat != FPS during a raid or dungeon.
@Nate0808 well, but he only have really modify the settings out of combat.. as a main tank he won't just open the settijgs on raid boss just to unlock the fps.. 😂 and he also didn't said it's 300fps durring the raid, so it's not a lie if he do it out of combat.. because he never said it's also was in any raid environment..