Actually, testing gaming on MacBook Pro can be tricky. Playing 10 minutes and 60 minutes are heaven and hell difference. You need to play at least 30 minutes to show the real performance.
Please, do you research before you imply that the video is unfair. The games he reviewed had a mac os version. It was a fair comparison. In the end of the day the macbook pro is a 3k dollar machine and the only advantage it has over a 1k dollar windows machine is that it can run Final Cut Pro.
Would definitely be interested in seeing the Boot Camp gaming video. Particularly on titles that run on both, as historically running under macOS could lose you a good 30% of the GPUs performance.
You should probably try to test with other games. People sometimes get a lot of hate for testing computer graphics with Fortnite. Not hating on you though.
I only play World of WarCraft on Mac OS, and I do find to be a pretty well optimised experienced now. I have to think of it as a bonus feature of MacBooks though, rather than the main selling feature.
Archivist42 hey bud I just got the new MBP 16 as well. And WoW is the only game I play. The fans run real loud and it does get a little hot during game play. I'm just curious to know if I'm gonna be damaging my laptop in the long run? How has your held up?
I have a 2600X Amd gaming rig and a mac mini. The Mac mini goes much faster loading and turns. It’s crazy. My Mac air struggles. But I’m confidant with a 2019 Mbp
@@anthonystebbins6289 Do you use eGPU? which one? I already have CIV VI on my ipad pro and nintendo switch. But the lack of R&F and GS makes me want to play it on the mac mini instead. My macbook pro (2012) surely can't handle it. Thanks for your reply.
Fiano Anthonio I have a razer core X with a MSI Airboost Vega 56. The Vega 64 doesn’t really do much more than the 56 can over thunderbolt from the benches I have seen. Though a 580X still nets a good improvement. I play at 4K with medium settings and get around 35-50fps depending on what’s happening in the game.
Some of these lagspikes look more like the laptop is running low on ram or the cpu is maxing out, which makes no sense given the configuration. In my experience, graphics card related lag doesnt look like freezes, but more like slowing down and picking back up again over a second or so. Im no professional, though so i cant say for sure
How about the heat??? Is it still a hot garbage? I try to play dota and it starts bugging..... I try to play a light game (a card game) and it still bugs and burn the hole 💻........
Thanks for that. I would like to see a MacBook Pro 15" with 32G RAM and a Vega 20 card tested for comparison. The extra RAM and the Vega 20 might make all the difference.
just make a bootable usb drive with mac os mojave. erase your ssd in your macbook and install mac os from the usb in recovery tools. then you will be able to play all 32 and 64 bit games
The only thing that drops perfomance is lack of breathing room on macs, they dont have good thermal solution and thus they can not put heavy duty hardware
Either this guy is an idiot, or he is on a whole other level of humor and I'm the idiot. If you are being sarcastic, it's really hard to tell. No emphasis on anything. I almost feel like this is /woosh bait, but is just too far out there. On the other hand, it's still funny regardless. It would be even more hilarious if you were being serious, which I believe you very well may be. "Download Nvidia", Lol.
A O Nvidia is a hardware brand name, not a piece of software... Why would I download Nvidia software/drivers on a machine which uses an AMD Radeon GPU? The answer is, you wouldn’t. Thats like saying “How do I fix my PC?” “Download Apple” Am I talking to real people here? Is this real life?
Hi Greg, thanks for the video, really informative! What was your impression of the fan noise during gaming? I like to play some slower games like Civ VI or Rimworld in Bed before sleeping while my GF reads a book. However as of now even during graphically non demanding games like Mini Metro or Hearthstone the fans of my MacBook Pro 13 Retina (2014) are loud af to the point that I even hear them through my Airpods, which is obiously disturbing anyone around me. Now my current Mac doesnt have nearly as much power as the newer and bigger ones, but if this power comes with the same noise an upgrade wouldn't be really helpful to me.
The fans are definitely still loud when playing games at least to me. Especially if you have the sound turned off. I hope that helps. Edit: check out my other video at 6:29 mark. You can get an idea what the fans sound like under a heavy load. ua-cam.com/video/GD4k5fKF_oI/v-deo.html
Overwatch on Boot Camp, please. I travel for work a lot and this would really take a load off my luggage. I currently carry 2017 Blade for gaming and MacBook 12” for everything else.
Definitely some windows games please. Also, Id love to see you loop the benchmark for a while and note the performance under heavy load to see thermals and if throttling would impact gaming performance over a period of time! Thanks
I didn't buy my '19 MBP for gaming as I do not play many games, (although I did get the Radeon 5500m 8Gb upgrade), however I was dabbling in certain games like CS:GO and War Thunder and Ive been getting around 100 to 150 FPS on all high 1440 res. The issues start when it gets hot and throttles, and in War Thunder it will drop to 70-80 fps in crazy situations. The MBP monitor is actually only 60hz anyway, and I typically use V-sync (on WT at least) which caps the FPS to 60 flat anyway. Ive never seen any FPS below 60, so I am happy about that. If you are doing intense gaming, you definitely should not be using a Mac anyway. Personally this computer really fits my needs, even though I spent ********* $2000 with AppleCare and all ($3000 - 25% discount - a bunch of Apple gift cards). What can I say, I need Apples Core Audio framework for my uses and Windows ASIO framework is garbage in comparison.
Ahh man I just dropped $2700 on an i9 MBP 16” with the 8gb Radeon pro 5500.... Even with my 25% employee discount! The things MacOS users need to deal with who just want decent hardware... Without the discount I would have payed over $3300.....
I also got this one . Now trying to play company of heroes with people on the pc but I’m trash with computers and trying figure out the easiest way to play on the windows version using my Mac . Any tips ?? lol
Oh yes, please do a windows bootcamp video. Maybe try games like rainbow six seige, squad, cities skyline (massive city), rust, and some other common games.
Hello mate great video. Would you recommend the I7 or I9 for gaming (with 16 gb ram) ? Cause Im a bit puzzled weather or not I should get the I7 or I9, because of the price difference. Thank you for your help
If you're buying a computer just for gaming please don't buy a Mac, you're just wasting your money losing performance and there will be some game you won't be able to play. Now, if you have to buy a mac for other reason and want to game might as well get the i9 if you have the money
It is well worth telling that you will experience MUCH BETTER performance by installing Windows and playing games over there VS playing them natively on Mac OS...
I play League of Legends and Blizzard games (some of the most popular in the world) in power saving mode on Bootcamp, and I can barely hear the fans if at all when playing those games. Even with graphics cranked up my old 460 MBP can still handle em fine, tho I'm a competitive gamer so I usually play on low graphic settings most of the time anyways to reduce chances of lag.
@@quinn7937 I have all the expansions as of about early 2019 I think. Although the extra cores do help, as I had a dual-core 2016 Pro and it didn't handle it so great.
i bought gta v on my windows laptop a while back when it was $60 but the laptop broke so i bought a mac but sadly, gta v doesnt work with mac.. does the windows boot camp allow mac to run gta v?
I like everything about the new MacBooks EXCEPT the horrendous keyboard. There’s just no satisfaction of pressing keys anymore. The new 16” MacBook Pro has the scissor switch keyboards, but it costs a House
I don't mind the odd bit of iOS gaming but for me, I'll always be more of a Nintendo gamer. Love my Switch, and occasionally on my PS4 for those exclusives!
Anybody having problems with csgo in MacBook pro, i used to get 120 - 150 fps on average minimum used to be 80 fps, but now its 40 - 50 fps max i got is 80 fps.
rico MexicanEagle it’s all depending on ur budget, my first build was around £1000, and it still kicks ass today, obviously the more u put in the better. And never ever buy pre build pcs, they are horrible
rico MexicanEagle get something built you can get a decent custom built pc for about $500. But i would go with a pc around $1k- $1.5k unless your a professional streaming and gaming and running all kinds of programs you should be more than solid with a $500 pc
Actually, testing gaming on MacBook Pro can be tricky. Playing 10 minutes and 60 minutes are heaven and hell difference. You need to play at least 30 minutes to show the real performance.
Yes please play some windows game on Mac.
May be you could play Witcher 3 , Overwatch. Or any game you want.
And please play with mouse😂
Shikhar Verma ha......
To be fair he mentioned that he is playing with the trackpad
Please, do you research before you imply that the video is unfair. The games he reviewed had a mac os version. It was a fair comparison. In the end of the day the macbook pro is a 3k dollar machine and the only advantage it has over a 1k dollar windows machine is that it can run Final Cut Pro.
Ram?
Perseus Gaming all macbooks start with 8gb of ram
Would definitely be interested in seeing the Boot Camp gaming video. Particularly on titles that run on both, as historically running under macOS could lose you a good 30% of the GPUs performance.
Yup. You can load the same game on Windows and get better performance. Thanks for letting me know, i’ll have to consider doing the video then!
Ram?
I would like to see The Sims 4. I know it can run on a lot of computers but can it run on high settings
Ninja Boy Ethan same! Especially with packs.
That’s the reason I am watching this video! Haha
Same🤣
I think it can run it. Even my imac from 2013 can run it on ultra settings. And I have all Packs and lots of CC
You should probably try to test with other games. People sometimes get a lot of hate for testing computer graphics with Fortnite. Not hating on you though.
I did test with other games too, but I wanted to test Fortnite on Mac OS because it used to be really unoptimized.
Yes, do a Windows/Bootcamp/games on a Mac video.
Ok! I’m seeing a lot of interest for it, so it looks like I’ll have to do a follow up.
@@GregsGadgets Did you ever do it?
Sick shirt man👌🏻
Thank you 🙏
I only play World of WarCraft on Mac OS, and I do find to be a pretty well optimised experienced now. I have to think of it as a bonus feature of MacBooks though, rather than the main selling feature.
Archivist42 hey bud I just got the new MBP 16 as well. And WoW is the only game I play. The fans run real loud and it does get a little hot during game play. I'm just curious to know if I'm gonna be damaging my laptop in the long run? How has your held up?
I have a 2600X Amd gaming rig and a mac mini. The Mac mini goes much faster loading and turns. It’s crazy. My Mac air struggles. But I’m confidant with a 2019 Mbp
What game did you try on the mac mini? Civ VI?
Fiano Anthonio Civ 6 and some others. But the turn time was vastly shorter on my mini. Also loading a new game.
@@anthonystebbins6289 Do you use eGPU? which one? I already have CIV VI on my ipad pro and nintendo switch. But the lack of R&F and GS makes me want to play it on the mac mini instead. My macbook pro (2012) surely can't handle it. Thanks for your reply.
Fiano Anthonio I have a razer core X with a MSI Airboost Vega 56. The Vega 64 doesn’t really do much more than the 56 can over thunderbolt from the benches I have seen. Though a 580X still nets a good improvement. I play at 4K with medium settings and get around 35-50fps depending on what’s happening in the game.
@@anthonystebbins6289 Nice. Still need to save money to buy Sonnet eGPU tho :( thanks anyway
Yeah we want to see the gaming performance via boot camp ..
Maybe try Froza Horizon ....
Thanks for the recommendation. 🙏 I’ll consider it!
@@GregsGadgets and maybe compare benchmarks between the 2019 9th gen i7 and 9th gen i9 in MacBook Pro
Some of these lagspikes look more like the laptop is running low on ram or the cpu is maxing out, which makes no sense given the configuration.
In my experience, graphics card related lag doesnt look like freezes, but more like slowing down and picking back up again over a second or so.
Im no professional, though so i cant say for sure
How about the heat??? Is it still a hot garbage? I try to play dota and it starts bugging..... I try to play a light game (a card game) and it still bugs and burn the hole 💻........
Thanks for that. I would like to see a MacBook Pro 15" with 32G RAM and a Vega 20 card tested for comparison. The extra RAM and the Vega 20 might make all the difference.
John Rileigh Can you play Roblox on MacBook Pro 2015 15 inch 16gb ram and 500G
@@Max-xb2ld yes ez
did the MacBook heat up when u played fortnite?
Would definitely be interested in seeing the Boot Camp gaming video.
Hey GregsGadgets man ur videos are always so specific and awesome!!!!! Thank youuu!!!!
We'd like to see a comparison of the 560X vs the Vega 20 if possible.
I’d love to, but the vega 20 is a little out of my reach for the price.
GregsGadgets you could always buy it and return it?
just make a bootable usb drive with mac os mojave. erase your ssd in your macbook and install mac os from the usb in recovery tools. then you will be able to play all 32 and 64 bit games
The only thing that drops perfomance is lack of breathing room on macs, they dont have good thermal solution and thus they can not put heavy duty hardware
Id be interested in seeing games run on windows bootcamp and the improvements from macos for the same game
Ok looks like i’ll have to work on that
I've got an upgraded 2012 macbook pro and was wondering if I could run games like skyrim or fallout 3 using boot camp
I would be curious about how Windows games would run using Windows on the Mac.
If you download nvidia on your mac it'll optimize some games
Either this guy is an idiot, or he is on a whole other level of humor and I'm the idiot.
If you are being sarcastic, it's really hard to tell. No emphasis on anything. I almost feel like this is /woosh bait, but is just too far out there.
On the other hand, it's still funny regardless. It would be even more hilarious if you were being serious, which I believe you very well may be. "Download Nvidia", Lol.
@@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 just go to the nvidia website
A O Nvidia is a hardware brand name, not a piece of software...
Why would I download Nvidia software/drivers on a machine which uses an AMD Radeon GPU? The answer is, you wouldn’t.
Thats like saying “How do I fix my PC?”
“Download Apple”
Am I talking to real people here? Is this real life?
@@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 if u want nvidia just download it. Dont make life difficult
You: Most popular game in 2019, Fortnite.
Minecraft in 2019: Am I a joke to you?
This was 6 month ago
How can I help the computer getting colder? I play lol andi generally warn?
I have a 2019 macbook pro with 2.4 GhZ. I wanted to game but i'm so afraid because even doing some normal stuff, it heats up like crazy.
Hi Greg, thanks for the video, really informative!
What was your impression of the fan noise during gaming? I like to play some slower games like Civ VI or Rimworld in Bed before sleeping while my GF reads a book. However as of now even during graphically non demanding games like Mini Metro or Hearthstone the fans of my MacBook Pro 13 Retina (2014) are loud af to the point that I even hear them through my Airpods, which is obiously disturbing anyone around me.
Now my current Mac doesnt have nearly as much power as the newer and bigger ones, but if this power comes with the same noise an upgrade wouldn't be really helpful to me.
The fans are definitely still loud when playing games at least to me. Especially if you have the sound turned off. I hope that helps.
Edit: check out my other video at 6:29 mark. You can get an idea what the fans sound like under a heavy load. ua-cam.com/video/GD4k5fKF_oI/v-deo.html
GregsGadgets Hi Greg ! But is it loud as in your video while playing Civ 6 ? It’s the only game that i want to use on my Mac... Thank you !
Can u play, gta , siege & forza Motorsport on mac?
I can play fallout new Vegas on my windows so I’m assuming you can play it on Mac
Overwatch on Boot Camp, please. I travel for work a lot and this would really take a load off my luggage. I currently carry 2017 Blade for gaming and MacBook 12” for everything else.
Just carry the blade then.
Definitely some windows games please. Also, Id love to see you loop the benchmark for a while and note the performance under heavy load to see thermals and if throttling would impact gaming performance over a period of time! Thanks
yes! give us a bootcamp windows gaming video!!! would love that!
Greg, I salute you for playing Fornite or any FPS with a trackpad. I’d be more amazed if you even killed someone using the trackpad, such a clutch. 🥳
Thank you 😂 It was such a mistake. I couldn’t aim straight 💀
GregsGadgets I know the feeling. I wouldn’t do it again. Unless I killed some hahaha
Awesome video. Thanks for the info
I didn't buy my '19 MBP for gaming as I do not play many games, (although I did get the Radeon 5500m 8Gb upgrade), however I was dabbling in certain games like CS:GO and War Thunder and Ive been getting around 100 to 150 FPS on all high 1440 res. The issues start when it gets hot and throttles, and in War Thunder it will drop to 70-80 fps in crazy situations. The MBP monitor is actually only 60hz anyway, and I typically use V-sync (on WT at least) which caps the FPS to 60 flat anyway. Ive never seen any FPS below 60, so I am happy about that.
If you are doing intense gaming, you definitely should not be using a Mac anyway. Personally this computer really fits my needs, even though I spent ********* $2000 with AppleCare and all ($3000 - 25% discount - a bunch of Apple gift cards). What can I say, I need Apples Core Audio framework for my uses and Windows ASIO framework is garbage in comparison.
Ahh man I just dropped $2700 on an i9 MBP 16” with the 8gb Radeon pro 5500.... Even with my 25% employee discount! The things MacOS users need to deal with who just want decent hardware...
Without the discount I would have payed over $3300.....
I also got this one . Now trying to play company of heroes with people on the pc but I’m trash with computers and trying figure out the easiest way to play on the windows version using my Mac . Any tips ?? lol
That’s a dope shirt bro! Where can I pick one up?
First you are trying to play games on Apple and Apple picks GPUs that are not meant for gaming.
Please show how is the gaming performance in mac using windows
Please try the MBP with Vega GPU. It should be more gaming ready.
Would love to see a video on bootcamp/ Windows gaming on Mac!
U do not game on mac without an e gpu and windows on bootcamp period
Great video
Thank you 🙏
Can you write down the names of the games you tested please? Thanks
What about keyboard temps and fan noise after 1 hour of gaming?
I would get a 2019 Macbook Pro with a Vega 20 graphics card and a 1TB SSD so that I could run Windows on one parition.
did you got it ?
So that’s about 5K 😂 more or less but it would be a hell of a machine
Windows boot camp tutorial please
is the zero travel keyboard horrible for gaming or does it work ok? I am looking at an 8 core, vega 20, 32gb ram refurb
Oh yes, please do a windows bootcamp video. Maybe try games like rainbow six seige, squad, cities skyline (massive city), rust, and some other common games.
Hello mate great video. Would you recommend the I7 or I9 for gaming
(with 16 gb ram) ? Cause Im a bit puzzled weather or not I should get
the I7 or I9, because of the price difference. Thank you for your help
If you're buying a computer just for gaming please don't buy a Mac, you're just wasting your money losing performance and there will be some game you won't be able to play. Now, if you have to buy a mac for other reason and want to game might as well get the i9 if you have the money
It is well worth telling that you will experience MUCH BETTER performance by installing Windows and playing games over there VS playing them natively on Mac OS...
So can i buy it for gaming?
Abhi Jeet don’t
I play League of Legends and Blizzard games (some of the most popular in the world) in power saving mode on Bootcamp, and I can barely hear the fans if at all when playing those games. Even with graphics cranked up my old 460 MBP can still handle em fine, tho I'm a competitive gamer so I usually play on low graphic settings most of the time anyways to reduce chances of lag.
so a 2.8k dollar(base model) machine cant run startcraft 2 on sub hd on normal setting without lag?
I feel like throwing my iPhone at my wall for no reason
😯
Can you test path of exile ??
windows on mac would be awesome
I’ll have to consider it
Did you make the video of gaming performance on bootcamp
It’s okay I guess.It would do a little bit better tho if it was using Bootcamp
price...
I’m getting a mackbook and I just want one that I can play Minecraft, sims 4, and roblox without it exploding, because I play all 3 on my windows.
i have a i7 7700 and a 1060 on my old computer and i have 144fps on it constantly with epic settings.
lol
WHy is everything optimized instead of saying the graphic card is abolute shit?
Are u truly Greg
Yes. The one and only.
I play games like overwatch with 7 fps on low settings on my computer. Literally anything is better than that.
Lmfao I don’t really care if gaming it’s or not, it’s only I have
The only game I wanna play on a Mac is the sims 4 with cc
Me too. I bought the game on windows when it first came out. I was told it has a digital copy, but do digital copies run on Mac too?
Ci'Ovian Brown it should from origins since you already have downloaded/ bought it
Hey man if you could let me know where you get your lighting set up for your room that would be sweet!!!!
Your mom
Just kidding
conclusion: gaming on mac is still shit
yep
ill stick to my 1050
Can I play game on my MacBook Pro 2019 with i9 and Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536MB card? which one is better? Radeon 560X or UHD Graphics 630?
The Radeon is better but not buy much.
Can you play Xplane 11 on it?
Is it possible to connect a ps4 controller to a macbook pro?
How does sims 4 run? On the 13 inch 2019
Fairly decent on the 2.4GHz model
James Saeed do you have different expansion packs? it runs like shit on my macbook air
Quinn which MacBook do you have? I’m trying to figure out which on I want to get for Christmas
@@quinn7937 I have all the expansions as of about early 2019 I think. Although the extra cores do help, as I had a dual-core 2016 Pro and it didn't handle it so great.
Quinn on MacBook Air it’s not ideal but pro should be good
Is the Macbook in the video 13 or 15 inch
Can Bendy and the ink machine run on a macbook pro
Can you play Roblox on it???
Can you play Roblox on MacBook Pro 2015 15 inch 16gb ram and 500GB
To cut it short and save you time, buy Windows if you want to play games.
i bought gta v on my windows laptop a while back when it was $60 but the laptop broke so i bought a mac but sadly, gta v doesnt work with mac.. does the windows boot camp allow mac to run gta v?
It should be fine as long as the computer have enough power to run it
I like everything about the new MacBooks EXCEPT the horrendous keyboard. There’s just no satisfaction of pressing keys anymore. The new 16” MacBook Pro has the scissor switch keyboards, but it costs a House
it simply means 2019 16 inch laptop ( recently launched )which is far better then this mac book which you used for gaming in this video.
Do a vid with windows on the new mac
From were did you down the games?
please make that video about installing windows and th gaming !!!
I don't mind the odd bit of iOS gaming but for me, I'll always be more of a Nintendo gamer. Love my Switch, and occasionally on my PS4 for those exclusives!
Yes
trackpad gaming
Ram?
Can it run crysis ?
I rather game on a potato than a mac
Anybody having problems with csgo in MacBook pro, i used to get 120 - 150 fps on average minimum used to be 80 fps, but now its 40 - 50 fps max i got is 80 fps.
Can You show me the Gta V game in Macbook Pro 16' please!??
Please do the windows games and install on mac!!
Can u play roblox on the MacBook pro
Mandeep Kaur thats the real question
it should...?
Fck yeah 10 graphics boiii
No lag too.
You could use a toaster with dial up internet for roblox
I own mac for almost all my lifem seriously amazing screen for my photography and video work. But performance is not there for games...
So still no in 2019. Ok Imma just buy something else
S. S lol unless ur a video editor or professional photographer, don’t use MacBook for gaming
Brooklyn what do you recommend for gaming pc?
rico MexicanEagle it’s all depending on ur budget, my first build was around £1000, and it still kicks ass today, obviously the more u put in the better. And never ever buy pre build pcs, they are horrible
rico MexicanEagle get something built you can get a decent custom built pc for about $500. But i would go with a pc around $1k- $1.5k unless your a professional streaming and gaming and running all kinds of programs you should be more than solid with a $500 pc
3:10
Would be interested to see a scary,racing game
I have one with Vega 20 to play CS:GO at 60 fps 😉