Gaming On The M3 MacBook Air - Is It Possible?
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- Опубліковано 26 тра 2024
- Gaming on the MacBook seems unheard of... Anyways, I did play a couple of titles on here to see what the experience was like.
UPDATE: 1. For Baldurs Gate 3, once I played after Act 2, frame rates were averaging a little less than 30 since there was just much more content during that part of the game.
2. CPU & GPU Temps remained relatively cool at the 170F mark but after 5 hours of use, I saw it spiked up to 180F (82C) a couple of times.
3. Still no random crashes and was easily able to exit in and out of tabs (likely due to 16GB of RAM)
TimeStamps
0:00 Setup
1:35 Minecraft
2:46 Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
4:19 War Thunder
5:07 Baldurs Gate 3
6:04 GTA5
7:04 CS2
7:43 Conclusion
For Metal supported games by Apple, type this into terminal to draw FPS: /bin/launchctl setenv MTL_HUD_ENABLED 1
List of Metal supported titles ~ www.macgamerhq.com/opinion/ma...
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From a potential buyer's perspective, I have to give you Kudos for sharing the storage and Ram in the first minute or so! There are so many YT-ers not saying how much ram until the end...if at all.
Nah bro u gonna blow up for sure, keep puttin in that work. Great vid
Ah yeah american measurements. 235 eagles per burger. temperature 70 squealing knots in goat stomach.
Great work man! Youre criminally underrated!
PS. I js subbed :D
I’m after a new machine for console streaming via capture card. And then of course video editing. Would the M3 Air handle this ok? Or better off going with the M3 pro?
Could you test Act 3 in Baldur's Gate ? I have seen and heard that it uses much more performance than the early game you tested.
All nice and good but can it run Crysis?
Hey man love ur videos❤❤. Could u also do a similar test on the book 4 pro like baldur's gate 3, gtav etc??
its always nice when someone takes the time to share how games run on these machines
i would ofcourse never get one for the sake of gaming but its def nice to know if its possible at all just so you know what its capable of outside of its intended use
Thanks for the comment! Definitely fun to test out these new macs
awesome, where do u found this wallpaper xD ?
Will cyberpunk 2077 and zero dawn work? Around 30fps is enough for me. Looking to buy m3 air, but not just for gaming, i love Mac OS and battery life is awesome.
Hey man what was the fps on cs go
Honestly that's pretty good. Obviously you're not going to use it as your main gaming device, but if you do want to play some games on the go, you get pretty decent performance. I think I've got more fps on my M3 air than on my gaming laptop when unplugged, and of course better battery.
Finally someone reviewing War Thunder on MacBooks
Hey man a kind request to test the same games on book 4 pro just to come to a final conclusion. I am unable to decide which laptop to buy
Same brehh😭.. Am unable to decide book 4 pro or macbook m3 air xdd.. Unable to compare which one's better for coding, games, vid editing etc..
@@levi._.1709 bro I just got the chance to test them both, lemme break it down for you.
Display - Galaxy
Trackpad - Mac
Refresh rate - Galaxy
Keyboard - doesnt matter (same)
Processor - ultra 7 for games ( has better iGPU) For other stuff like video editing prolly go with mac not bcos the chip is better but bcos the apps are highly optimised and efficient.
Battery - Mac
Speakers - 16" galaxy are really loud but macbook air 15" has better spatial and engulfing sound. Both are good. Not a deal breaker. Though macbook pro has better speakers.
Webcam - Probably Mac
Flexibility - Galaxy (bcos of windows)
Galaxy also has a touchscreen
And for similar prices you get double the ram and storage on the galaxy.
Both have great build quality.
Although keep in mind that the galaxy has fans and will perform consistently over a long period compared to the mac air. If u dont wanna game at all or really light or casual gaming go with macbook air 8 and 256 base version. It will handle all tasks really well. But if wanna have all...thin and light, decent battery and better display with better performance in games go with galaxy
@@levi._.1709 bro I just got the chance to test them both, lemme break it down for you.
Display - Galaxy
Trackpad - Mac
Refresh rate - Galaxy
Keyboard - doesnt matter (same)
Processor - ultra 7 for games ( has better iGPU) For other stuff like video editing prolly go with mac not bcos the chip is better but bcos the apps are highly optimised and efficient.
Battery - Mac
Speakers - 16" galaxy are really loud but macbook air 15" has better spatial and engulfing sound. Both are good. Not a deal breaker. Though macbook pro has better speakers.
Webcam - Probably Mac
Flexibility - Galaxy (bcos of windows)
Galaxy also has a touchscreen
And for similar prices you get double the ram and storage on the galaxy.
Both have great build quality.
Although keep in mind that the galaxy has fans and will perform consistently over a long period compared to the mac air. Im getting the galaxy hands down
@@eraditortv kay.. Ty 👍🏼
I’ve just bought a MacBook Air M3 I’m not very experienced with it at the moment but I’d like to play CS2 is it easy to get crossover and play it and would it affect the MacBook at all?
How's yer experience w new macbook air m3? Share pls
Gaming, coding, vid editingetc..
share your experience? please
how am i only discovering this channel now
truly underrated
I have the 14” MacBook m3 pro (base model with 18 gb ram ) and baldurs gate 3 on 1920x1200 resolution all set to high I have a smooth stable 60-62 fps all the time… pretty happy with the performance… it uses around 7.70-8.00 gb ram constantly
I love Total acurate battle simulator I think I need i9 14th gen and rtx 4090 to play it 30 plus fps, Thanks for Interesting content.
Macbook air m3 for xcode dev work.. While it's compiling on a super large project.. Play some games on your desktop gaming PC... Match made in ... heaven?
Ngl I thought he was actually saying “hey guys I’m rich” in the beginning of the video not realizing it’s his name
Yeah dongle in dongle looks very clean.
Just a few things to mention:
1. Mac RAM does not work as straight forward. If you have 14gb ram free, MacOS will use more ram and load things into RAM you do not „really“ need i.e. it does a lot of caching. If you only have less RAM, MacOS will give some RAM free before using swap.
2. It would be great to compare ARM optimized Games vs Rosetta emulated games. There may be great difference.
3. If you want that the MacBook does not thermally throttle that fast, I would suggests unplugging the charger. The Chips run as fast as if you unplug them as they do plugged in. The charging of the battery however produces extra heat.
you're correct about RAM to an extent, but not in regards to gaming. Its shared RAM/VRAM for CPU and GPU as posed to having separate GPU Vram. if you want heavy GPU tasks such as gaming, 16gb RAM should be your minimum. Ram is Ram I am sorry to tell you, yes apple do a pretty great job in general for ram usage, but gaming is far more demanding than I think you realize. Don't be fooled into marketing gimmick of 8gb = 16gb.
fūck it
got the 15" 24GB RAM, 1TB SSD (Midnight)
Bro I reported you, that config on an air with only 60 hz it’s criminal. It’s idiots like u that give Apple the confidence to release laptops with 8 gigs of ram
10 years is a decade not almost a decade
You have to be careful with macOS memory monitors as it caches everything & shows higher usage to just essential usage so 8GB will perform better than people think. That said BG3 & translated titles will use more resources than properly optimised titles & there aren't many of those so 16GB for gamers is a fair call.
Well i only play Minecraft and Euro Truck 2 on pc the rest on console so I'll be all good if i get one
It was “virtually quiet”. You mean just silent, not even virtually. Just silent.
My Macbook Air smashed my PC gaming rig, which is water cooled. The Macbook Air M3 doesnt even have fans (passive cooled)
My favorite game is World of Warcraft which consumes 15 watt (measured at the power plug with full battery) while y gaming rig consumes 450 watts minimum during gaming and 550 watts during raids (more intense)
Im happy with my 512gb/16gb config.
Are you playing retail? And how is performance and temps on it?
@@Lorta21 retail yes, latest expansion on US server.
temps i don't know, only that the complete keyboard and bottom is almost cold, bottom center slightly warmer.
Hey man. Also looking at the m3 air for world of Warcraft retail. How much fps do you get with which settings? (Roughly) would help me out a lot. Thanks
BTW playing these games, or doing any intensive tasks, while plugged in can reduce performance due to the intake of power from the plug
It runs slightly better and cooler on battery
lmao what
the laptop doesn't charge the battery when plugged in and charged to full, it just takes power directly from the wall. Really, it's better than doing from battery since the battery heats up as it works, and that the wall can provide much more power to the chip than the battery can however I don't even think the chip uses that much power.
I have the 8GB ram 256 Air and pretty freaking good. I’m a web dev and it runs everything perfectly. I have Apple Music open about 20-30 chrome windows, sublime text, email apps, calendar UA-cam and the Air runs it all really good. I have no complaints at all. Glad I saved the money
Is it smooth with 30 chrome tabs open? Or eventually stuttering?
Can i run Android studio, unreal engine and blender in MacBook air m3 with 8gb ram and 512 ssd
I have the same one and I wonderd ife it can run minecraft
pls reply
Bro is it ok for 30-40 fps gaming to spend some time?
@@Rana_Gamerz_ Yeah you can. RE8 easily gives 50 fps and it supports hardware accelerated ray tracing as well
thanks for the video! anyone know if it'd be worth the upgrade to 24gb?
Can we play valorant in it??
you didnt hear a fan noise because they dont have fans hehe
The charger doesn’t give extra power
I don’t think that’s true on the Air models, only on the pro models.
@@justinstewart3248 it’s true in all models.
It is criminal there isn't more native games on the Mac. Enough people have Macs and for developers that support the Mac sooner will have less competition from other games so their game will likely sell better than on Windows. Also the argument that Windows has a large marketshare, the percentage can are used for gaming can't be all that big which many used in the office or have integrated graphics that are too slow for gaming.
it's simple really... a actual gaming PC cost less than 1000 $ and can play games even on 120hz. MacBooks... can't even maintain 60hz... even the steam deck performs better, and again it's not even 900 $.
@@unkown34x33 What do recommend for a gaming system in 2024 under $1,000. I am in the market for one. Noticed anything with a Nvida 4070 is between $1,500 and $2,000. I don't know if I want something slower than that GPU.
Just GTA v 100gb 😂base variant has 256 gb how is that gonna be sufficient to run other things 😐😐
Maaaaan Great Video👍👍👍👍👍👍
Why don't you try FIFA
I think it will not working.
this vid would’ve looked a lot cleaner without the forced subtitles
as a gamer, I will never buy a mac for gaming. but... I guess apple is doing a good job, but knowing them, they are gonna drop it. I hope they don't for your sake, but... it's apple