I tried GAMING on Mac in 2023...

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    Chapter Titles:
    0:00 Gaming on Mac
    1:05 Resident Evil: Village
    2:37 Dolphin
    3:15 iOS Games
    4:24 Steam on Mac
    5:39 Windows 11 on macOS
    7:55 M2 Mac mini
    10:41 M2 Pro Mac mini
    13:03 Should you game on Mac?
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  • @kidShibuya
    @kidShibuya Рік тому +1571

    Apple lets you play 5 games now. Impressive.

    • @thunderarch5951
      @thunderarch5951 Рік тому +104

      To be fair, their chip is arm, try and pay EVERY single developer to make games run on a different architecture than x86 just for you, lol

    • @zayneytem
      @zayneytem Рік тому +97

      I mean-as a casual gamer, Mac has a lot of pretty decent stuff. Can run common games with the bois like CS:GO, DOTA 2, LoL, Fortnite, Minecraft, Terraria, and a lot more out of the box. All Jackbox games are also available if one's into hosting party games, which I am, so yeah. 😂
      I know it's a joke, but still, there's definitely more than 5 and playing them on my 13" MBP M1 feels way better than my old Acer Aspire laptop with an Intel i7 7th Gen CPU, NVDIA 940mx integrated GPU, and 8GB ram. Which I got for almost the same price, I might add. 😂😂

    • @stunt94u
      @stunt94u Рік тому +38

      It's 5x more than what i was expecting

    • @footballtalk4857
      @footballtalk4857 Рік тому +9

      @@zayneytem Most school laptop that you get are locked performance in the Bios so not a good compression lol

    • @SevenHunnid
      @SevenHunnid Рік тому +1

      I do food reviews on my UA-cam channel while i smokė weed broskie

  • @markdaga1711
    @markdaga1711 Рік тому +683

    Incredible that you guys could make this video without mentioning that you cannot currently run any games that only have DX12 renderers. That’s a pretty important piece of this puzzle, especially now that we’re pretty solidly into this generation of consoles.

    • @AdultNeptune
      @AdultNeptune Рік тому +2

      @@destructodisk9074 we’re missing some stuff, maybe in the future metal 3.x versions for now it’s not possible yet. We are close though.

    • @SnowTheKitsune
      @SnowTheKitsune Рік тому +11

      @@destructodisk9074 Why as me developer should make my game run of minority systems? Plus directx is windows thing and will never be stupid apple silicone supported.

    • @Lumilicious
      @Lumilicious Рік тому +27

      @@SnowTheKitsune "minority"? Apple sold tens of millions of M1 Macs (Macbooks, Mac mini, iMac etc) to this day and now lets not forget that Apple is also selling M1 iPads (iPad Air and Pro). There is a huge market that no one seems to want to tap into.

    • @Lumilicious
      @Lumilicious Рік тому +11

      While true, not everyone plays the newest games. It would be amazing if devs started to port their old catalogue to M1 in general... M1 Air GPU is about as powerful as the old Xbox, so just port games with Xbox settings and make the software hardware aware so it runs at higher settings on the bigger SOCs. Kinda like games run on iOS/iPhones where the highest settings are greyed out when you are on an older iPhone.
      But for some reason devs avoid Apple Silicon macs... you can see this with mobile games already. The iOS version of Genshin runs perfectly fine on M1 iPads, yet it's not on the MacOS Appstore. It makes no sense to me.

    • @rayrayy841
      @rayrayy841 Рік тому +22

      @@destructodisk9074 No one is buying a Mac to play a game.

  • @Nurpus
    @Nurpus Рік тому +782

    If MacBooks had native support for videogames I would switch to a MacBook real quick.
    But with all that performance of M-chips, Apple are still not willing to invest anything into desctop game support. So frustrating.

    • @MM-fu3cx
      @MM-fu3cx Рік тому +105

      tell that to the game developers not to apple lol

    • @LeonardoHernandezIC
      @LeonardoHernandezIC Рік тому +90

      It's both I think. Devs don't optimize and push (and now with different architecture even more difficult)
      Apple no API support, graphics card support

    • @Brain_pocketer
      @Brain_pocketer Рік тому +39

      @@LeonardoHernandezIC Arm is actually much easier to optimize for, especially since if you develop for one arm device, it can run on most on the same generation.

    • @joester4life
      @joester4life Рік тому +8

      What? Imagine if more Devs started supporting ARM....I would be really happy.

    • @CybertroninfiniteOfficial
      @CybertroninfiniteOfficial Рік тому +25

      @@MM-fu3cx there's no incentive to do so, apple does not pay these developers and apple makes up such a low portion of computer gamers. Apple has always been as advertised for business and they pushed for that exact image

  • @apple3xe24
    @apple3xe24 Рік тому +735

    Apple will make their products crazy powerful but not allow us to use all that power 💀

    • @superqaxclub
      @superqaxclub Рік тому +59

      Blame that to developers, not apple

    • @joester4life
      @joester4life Рік тому +15

      Because the CPU architecture is different. Unlike x86 and x64 (which is backwards compatible for x86).

    • @Black_Magic_Pearl
      @Black_Magic_Pearl Рік тому +79

      @@superqaxclub yeah blame developers for not spending R&D on games to run on ARM for the 3% of people that are gonna play on it…

    • @Ffom177
      @Ffom177 Рік тому +54

      @@superqaxclub Blaming apple because they dropped open GL support and refuses to have vulkan. They only use their own api

    • @sorescuioan-ed9fv
      @sorescuioan-ed9fv Рік тому +5

      If i cant see the performance,how do i even know its real?

  • @JKRock03
    @JKRock03 Рік тому +11

    I've been game on my Mac for a years now, but I mostly play Civ and I've may had some problems when I updated to macos ventura but going from intel to the M1pro was a big step up

  • @shred-ed303
    @shred-ed303 Рік тому +31

    I have been consistently impressed with my base model M2 MacBook Air for gaming, considering it wasn’t really designed for that purpose. That being said, it costs more than many mid-range gaming laptops.

    • @galbro480261
      @galbro480261 Рік тому +1

      8gb or 16gb of Ram? can you play games for many hours without overheating? macbook air has no fan. but hear different story on how that goes - macbook pro has a fan probably better for long term gaming?

    • @nerdguyX3
      @nerdguyX3 8 місяців тому

      What exactly is it designed for?

    • @epicgamer13epic41
      @epicgamer13epic41 6 місяців тому +1

      do you have a learning disability? @@nerdguyX3

  • @litebkt
    @litebkt Рік тому +3

    I play Warcraft on a MacBook Pro and 32” 4K monitor with medium settings. For the most part it runs pretty well. If games are written for ARM, they should run well. But I don’t think that developers will bother.

  • @loganseverance94
    @loganseverance94 Рік тому +3

    Inside of Parallels you can give your Windows install more RAM and CPU cores. If you do this again, I would highly recommend giving the VM more resources.

  • @gummibando
    @gummibando Рік тому +39

    Rosetta's soft-/hardware hybrid trickery is really pretty close to magic, as well as the virtualization framework. Hard to imagine what would have happened if Apple had adopted Vulkan instead of developing Metal.
    You missed CrossOver and PlayCover. Also, the quite good (PS/Xb/Switch) controller support could have even been mentioned.

    • @steveballmersbaldspot2.095
      @steveballmersbaldspot2.095 Рік тому +1

      We'd probably see a lot more games on Mac if they used Vulkan.

    • @BlackParade01
      @BlackParade01 Рік тому +1

      Tbf Metal seems to be really good, but you can't expect developers to adapt Metal when Vulkan is right there.

    • @dadudeme
      @dadudeme Рік тому

      ​@@BlackParade01 it doesn't really matter how good metal is if 1% of potential customers would cause a major code rewrite and essentially a separate rendering engine to maintain.

    • @gatesroyale
      @gatesroyale 11 місяців тому

      Also cloud gaming experience like GeForce now, shadow pc and game pass

  • @herotolegend
    @herotolegend Рік тому +117

    Haven't used Mac since my 2010 iMac as I moved firmly back to windows a few years after, but grabbed an M1 Air for $800 this Christmas mostly for schoolwork as I already have an M17 R4 Alienware with a 2070 and wanted something lighter and easier to get around. I love it. It's no gaming PC but it definitely has a ton of potential as a secondary computer and I LOVE that it is fanless. I see that as it's number 1 feature, not introducing dust into your system is huge.

    • @jensenraylight8011
      @jensenraylight8011 Рік тому +12

      you nail it, it's only as good as a secondary laptop

    • @Fallen-Saint
      @Fallen-Saint Рік тому +1

      You ever tried to run parallels?

    • @steveballmersbaldspot2.095
      @steveballmersbaldspot2.095 Рік тому

      Yeah I use an m1 air in addition to a desktop PC and its great.

    • @yoshi555king
      @yoshi555king 7 місяців тому

      enjoy cooking your hardware, looks at 2015 MacBook retina

  • @MagicCowboyGeek
    @MagicCowboyGeek Рік тому +1

    the thing with lost of performance on the macbook air is the lack of a fan, which result in the CPU throttling after some times while gaming. A quick mod with thermal pads fix this issue. It's night and day on FFXIV.

  • @TheMaestro_
    @TheMaestro_ Рік тому +1

    Austin you are such like a perfect youtuber. You hinge us in, and make us laugh, thanks for cheering me up man and have a good day to all of you.

  • @mistrotech8894
    @mistrotech8894 Рік тому +21

    Crossover would likely run games much better on the M1 MacBook Air, as there aren't RAM limitations to that degree.

    • @sylutegon
      @sylutegon Рік тому

      I had one mid-range mbp2017 with windows operating system. Can I also do that on M1/2 chip?

    • @Piggytje
      @Piggytje 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@Dinghao operating system is parallels (a very good virtual machine) but if you wanna play Windows games and such crossover is a much better option

  • @GinMacdraugas
    @GinMacdraugas Рік тому +6

    Waiting for Asahi Linux full on GPU support!
    FYI, Asahi Linux is a Linux distribution for Apple Silicon. The team is trying to get all things that these computers have to work. So far, the progress is great! On the GPU side, Asahi Linux can run 3D applications and games that need up to OpenGL ES 2.0 support. That means older games can run without a hitch! Also, Linux doesn't need to be all for gaming. There are various tests that show that CPU dependant operations are faster on Asahi Linux compared to macOS.
    Kudos to Asahi Linux team!

  • @dylanewelch
    @dylanewelch Рік тому +1

    My 2015 MacBook air 13" runs windows. MacOS was removed completely and replaced with standard win10. Best Mac I've ever used tbh

  • @Tainer_official
    @Tainer_official Рік тому +2

    Also you have to set the amount of ram allowed. On my MacBook Pro M1 16gb ram, you can set to 12gb ram in the parallels settings.

  • @AdamHansen95
    @AdamHansen95 Рік тому +2

    You should've pushed it even harder and see what you could have gotten if you went higher up with more ram or even using the MacStudio

  • @Ben-rz9cf
    @Ben-rz9cf Рік тому +3

    Really if i were apple right now i would be pushing hard to make sure unreal engine is optimized as hell for apple silicon builds since its going to be the platform a great deal of new modern games are going to be built on. Working with epic to get nanite and lumen running flawlessly on apple silicon would go a long way towards making macs actually viable for gaming, vulcan is passable now but still woefully insufficient.

  • @umang.agarwal
    @umang.agarwal Рік тому

    I was literally searching for this video yesterday...omggg 🤯❤️

  • @donaldhawkins541
    @donaldhawkins541 Рік тому +1

    I just got an inexpensive windows 11 computer for school and with getting my kid game pass for Christmas for her Series S XBox I've really gotten into some gaming these days and it's been great. It also seems apple is offering a lot more compatibility for my apple ecosystem via the windows 11.

  • @KarlMathiasMoberg
    @KarlMathiasMoberg Рік тому +46

    I’ve been gaming on the M1 Max, MBP for the last year. It’s no problem at all. Tons of games are available on Steam, Minecraft runs incredibly well, and X-Plane 12 actually has better performance than on my gaming PC with an i7 8700k and 1080ti GPU, at 1/5th the power consumption.

    • @thunderarch5951
      @thunderarch5951 Рік тому +16

      Yeah, but x plane and Minecraft HAVE support for Mac
      You can't play much on it cause M1 is an arm chip, games are mostly made for x86 platforms

    • @daandeklein
      @daandeklein Рік тому +1

      Yes I agree! I’ve play games on my M1 Mac all the time and also everything just runs flawlessly! X-Plane 12 is also just incredible on Mac.

    • @ofmoosenmen
      @ofmoosenmen Рік тому +4

      Your 3000 dollar MacBook out performs a 6 year old (minimum) device? Well I'm sold.

  • @JohnCiaccio
    @JohnCiaccio Рік тому +65

    I am seriously on the verge of grabbing a Mac Mini as a secondary desktop because for the price even the base Mini runs incredible.

    • @massformationpsychosis7681
      @massformationpsychosis7681 Рік тому +6

      Literally my idea…. Saw a video of it that randomly popped onto my feed, and now I’m buying it for my girlfriend because of how ridiculously cheap and powerful it is.

    • @shoruda
      @shoruda Рік тому +11

      @@massformationpsychosis7681 ”ridiculously cheap”

    • @JohnCiaccio
      @JohnCiaccio Рік тому +3

      @@massformationpsychosis7681 Apple may have actually made a run away hit with this one. The only problem I have with Apple hardware like this is the expensive upgrade options and no choice to upgrade later. I think 16 gigs should be the base but I have less experience with intense use or gaming on Macs.

    • @massformationpsychosis7681
      @massformationpsychosis7681 Рік тому

      @@JohnCiaccio 8 should be fine, all gaming my girlfriend will be doing is over the cloud anyways…. If/When she decides to learn CAD drawing for her career 8 might struggle, but should be fine

    • @FinneasJedidiah
      @FinneasJedidiah Рік тому +1

      @@JohnCiaccio yeah, I wish it didn't cost hundreds of dollars extra to get anything other than 8gb ram and 256gb of storage

  • @fat_sonic
    @fat_sonic Рік тому

    Bro... @12:10 I knew the second you gave that evil grin. I love it

  • @jonbarto9146
    @jonbarto9146 Рік тому

    Pretty great - thanks for the video!

  • @Lying29
    @Lying29 Рік тому +4

    Well PC build simulator is just not optimized enough but there are actually already a significant growed list of games there run pretty well on Apple Silicon Mac through Parallels Desltop. And you could adjust the Ram size slightly up to increase the performance. Also installing the game into your hard drive would increase the performance. Finally, don't forget, the games you are running in Parallels Desktop, might need another layer of translation from x86 to arm.

  • @rahilj
    @rahilj Рік тому +8

    Ive played METRO EXODUS on my m1 max laptop, and it works great, very playable, i think it was also thru rosetta though, but extreme settings with the highest settings for sampling, and what not, its a pretty heavy game I would say, that worked incredibly well.

    • @thunderarch5951
      @thunderarch5951 Рік тому +4

      Well, you need to understand that games that run on M1 or M2 are specifically made to run on those chips
      Cause originally those games are made to run on Cisc x86, non on arm chips
      So if apple allows you to play a certain game, it will most likely work well, because all they care about is marketing, they wouldn't let you play something that runs like shit
      And videos like this are what they want, lol
      Having to explain this in 2023 is kind of sad

    • @sebastianmurariu2353
      @sebastianmurariu2353 Рік тому

      @@thunderarch5951 thats not how rosetta works... any program that was written for x86 macos can be emulated without "permission" from apple because rosetta was designed as a general emulation layer for any 64bit x86 macos program. Its actually hilarious how confidently wrong you are. Unless apple and Adobe specifically wanted me to be able to run my pirated copy of Lightroom 2018 for marketing.

    • @And_Rec
      @And_Rec Рік тому +1

      @@thunderarch5951 no, metro exodus was an intel game ported ofr amd graphics card (on mac), now it works perfectly trhough rosetta 2 translated... its useless to throw word to appear knowledgeable if you dont know what you are talking about

  • @dcpowered
    @dcpowered 5 місяців тому

    Thanks a lot for using the base model Macbook Air M1 as your test machine! Please make more videos to test the limits of this laptop!

  • @Dorky9394
    @Dorky9394 Рік тому +2

    I remember playing Asphalt on my ipod nano. It was the hottest thing around at the day

  • @Tunnelsnakes
    @Tunnelsnakes Рік тому +6

    Most of my games I play nowadays are mobile games (iOS based). It’s a shame I can’t play most if not any of them at all on an M-chip based computer, which would be excellent for saving my phone battery life.

  • @DavidJonSpem
    @DavidJonSpem Рік тому +4

    MetalFX is not neural upscaling

  • @Roscke
    @Roscke Рік тому +1

    I’m a pc gamer at heart. But this year ive switched from a desktop to a ps5 and M1 Pro MacBook. My only regret is not doing this sooner. You start a game, you’re playing seconds later. Shut off your console and turn it back on and pick up right where you left off. And goodness, the 16 inch M1 Pro MacBook is the coolest piece of hardware I’ve ever used

  • @gracemaebrown9428
    @gracemaebrown9428 10 місяців тому

    I only have a macbook and a console. There are games that run quite well on the mac like Stardew, Minecraft, Spiritfarer, Borderlands, Subnautica and a few others. There isn't a lot of selection, but if you don't want to get an entirely new computer, it can be a good option for some games.

  • @evilemperordude
    @evilemperordude Рік тому +10

    I've done a little light gaming on an M1 Air, but I feel like RE8 would melt it.

    • @KingVulpes
      @KingVulpes Рік тому +1

      I tried it, it's actually pretty good on m1

  • @sakiban701
    @sakiban701 Рік тому +3

    I would switch to macbook if they have native support for gaming. The last time I purchased my personal laptop, I nearly got myself a macbook Pro, but I bought a gaming laptop ( as I occasionally play games besides work), but I don't love it. The battery life has been awful. I will switch to a more professional laptop. But I wish macbook had the gaming support.

  • @TheOutsidersEdge
    @TheOutsidersEdge Рік тому +1

    I want to see you all do a video testing and comparing mini PC’s.

  • @mmq9886
    @mmq9886 Рік тому

    Now this was the video I needed

  • @PixelatedH2O
    @PixelatedH2O Рік тому +63

    Congrats on the impressive task of playing a 12-year-old game at decent framerates. That really shows off the capability of the Mac.

    • @notlNSIGHT
      @notlNSIGHT Рік тому +2

      It's the base model M1 Air. If you take a look at LTT's video on the M1 Max MacBook Pro, they ran Deus Ex Mankind Divided on it at playable framerates with high settings. And Mankind Divided is pretty demanding

    • @PixelatedH2O
      @PixelatedH2O Рік тому +5

      @@notlNSIGHT Mankind Divided has recommended specs for 2011/2012 hardware. Any decent modern system should be able to run it.

    • @notlNSIGHT
      @notlNSIGHT Рік тому +2

      @@PixelatedH2O Youd be surprised. It's quite demanding, even for a game with those recommended specs.

    • @Fallen-Saint
      @Fallen-Saint Рік тому +4

      >12 year old game
      Game released Jan 23, 2017
      Are you ok?

    • @PixelatedH2O
      @PixelatedH2O Рік тому +9

      @@Fallen-Saint My mistake. The hardware requirements are 12 years old, not the game itself.

  • @itsdeonlol
    @itsdeonlol Рік тому +3

    If more gaming devs would support games from MAC, it would be a viable choice for gaming.

  • @Cup815
    @Cup815 6 місяців тому

    I played on an old Mac like that for 3 years and it was relatively fine, then I switched to a M2 chip 2023 Mac and it is even better, no lag, no fan sound, doesn't overheat at all and I can run multiple things at once.

  • @ambroseoneil8199
    @ambroseoneil8199 Рік тому

    For dolphin, instead of using vulkan, you should use metal. Metal is the one that actually utilizes the M1 if I’m not mistaken.

  • @deepikagupta3139
    @deepikagupta3139 Рік тому +13

    Best way to game on a macbook is to use it as a mousepad for your pc

    • @Testimony201
      @Testimony201 Рік тому +1

      Ouch😭🥶

    • @jacobrichter
      @jacobrichter Рік тому

      Definitely not. It's a terrible mousepad. If you buy a Mac in order to play games, that's clearly crazy. But if you just prefer to use a Mac, and sometimes want to play a game, then you absolutely can (several caveats depending on what you'd like to play).

  • @cadenchurchill4296
    @cadenchurchill4296 Рік тому +4

    Wow, I'm very impressed with how well the base MacBook Air ran Resident Evil Village. Not bad! Hope to see more games come to Apple silicone Macs!

    • @BenjaminRoethig
      @BenjaminRoethig Рік тому

      That is where my frustration lies. The Apple Silicon and hardware teams got to computers right. The software teams got Metal 3, Metal FX, controller and steering wheel APIs. And to top it off, you're able to build a single game that will run on iOS, ipadOS, MacOS, and tvOS. Every single ingredient is there for Apple to be good at gaming.
      Yet Apple's developer relations are still the worst in the business. They mess up all the hard work that every other department at Apple is doing.

    • @liamsz
      @liamsz Рік тому +3

      @@BenjaminRoethig Yes, but the problem lies exactly in investing resources into putting your games in apple's platforms.
      There's a teally small percentage of people actually gaming on mac, and few willingly to do so if things get better.
      Sure you could re-write your gamne to run on Apple Silicon, but that would mean re-writing it to work on metal, which is exclusive to apple platforms.
      Or you could use fewer resources to make a game that runs on Windows and DX12 or Vulkan.
      unless apple opens up a little and lets developers use Vulkan, the mac gaming scene won't prosper. Apple's only option would be to reach out to many game developers, like they did with capcom to release REVIII on mac, which is not optimal and very unlikely.

    • @nerdguyX3
      @nerdguyX3 8 місяців тому

      You need to watch other UA-cam videos where they actually play resident evil on a Mac. Evan is literally only showing you a cinematic film, not game play. It's not pleasant.

  • @mariobasha2657
    @mariobasha2657 Рік тому +1

    well I have the base Mac air 2020 with 8 gigs and I'm playing league of legends : teamfight tactics at full settings and It works perfect at 90 fps

  • @techmentormaria
    @techmentormaria Рік тому

    When I filmed my unboxing and setup for my new MacBook I realized it does turn hot quickly. Did you have the same experience?

  • @_sawbonz_
    @_sawbonz_ Рік тому +3

    That's the one thing that's stopping me getting into the Mac ecosystem. I would love to play games on these

    • @M21assult
      @M21assult Рік тому +1

      They play games fine. Just depends on what games. The only 2 games that keep me needing a PC is RDR2 and Battlefield.

    • @NearIsSad
      @NearIsSad Рік тому

      @@M21assult Same

  • @kevinschmidt9482
    @kevinschmidt9482 Рік тому +6

    I have seen a couple videos on how a couple year old m1 mac's are good gaming machines. I pulled out my 2020 surface laptop 3 Ryzen 7/16gb ram and it runs pretty much everything better than this. Death stranding is definitely playable with 30+ fps. I got it for $480 open box from best buy.

    • @CollynPlayz
      @CollynPlayz 11 місяців тому +1

      of course its going to run better lol macs arent for gaming

  • @PLZSUB1K
    @PLZSUB1K Рік тому +1

    I have watched you for a while I love your videos

  • @flodi1112
    @flodi1112 Рік тому

    It is possible to increase the RAM used in Parallels in the settings! Just so you know Austin

  • @galvendorondo
    @galvendorondo Рік тому +15

    Imagine the surge in revenue and market share if Apple released a dedicated gaming Mac.

  • @hippievogelei
    @hippievogelei 7 місяців тому

    Well done review

  • @M21assult
    @M21assult Рік тому +1

    As someone who plays league and RuneScape, mac is adequate. Where it starts to fail is when I need software for my accessories like my mouse that has 12+ programmable buttons. Need windows to program the mouse.

  • @frostmoonplayer
    @frostmoonplayer Рік тому +3

    The thing I'd liked to see is sustained performance on the macBook Air. Like, does RE VII start chugging after a while?

    • @BlackParade01
      @BlackParade01 Рік тому +3

      It does. Atleast, it does when doing intensive tasks (video export, Photoshop, etc) so I reckon it'll do the same with games.
      The MacBook Air is incredibly powerful, but also "just" for casual use. Writing documents, watching UA-cam and HBO Max and some occasional iMovie use. It doesn't have a single fan (which is crazy, right?), which means that it has a thermal limit. Like phones do, I guess.

  • @zohircherifi5616
    @zohircherifi5616 Рік тому +4

    A Windows XP computer runs more games than that

  • @milannathan
    @milannathan Рік тому +1

    Crossover runs certain games surprisingly well. I never thought I’d be able to run 2017 battlefront 2 on my M1 MacBook Pro.

    • @And_Rec
      @And_Rec Рік тому

      yeah its like proton for linux

  • @WMCheerman
    @WMCheerman Рік тому +1

    I was just about to say you forgot Apple Arcade. My wife is addicted to Apple Arcade and I got her a MacBook Pro 14 and she loves playing them on a “large” high resolution screen, though she misses the touch.

  • @aliessa8515
    @aliessa8515 Рік тому +6

    As someone who’s mainly a pc user also interested in a Mac mini because I like having all options 😉.. you can’t deny it’s impressive if Steam or someone else could do what Steam did for Linux . That be amazing

    • @user-fr2fm3ri3w
      @user-fr2fm3ri3w Рік тому +2

      They can’t , apple killed open gl so it would be literally impossible. Any mac game must be native code sadly..

    • @sd30001
      @sd30001 Рік тому +2

      Surely they can run Linux on this, then Windows games via the various options there.

    • @aliessa8515
      @aliessa8515 Рік тому

      @user-fr2fm3ri3w ok yah that sucks

    • @user-fr2fm3ri3w
      @user-fr2fm3ri3w Рік тому +5

      @@sd30001 apple locked the boot loader like they would on an iPhone literally only 1 linux distort Asahi has managed to boot on a Mac and still nothing works yet.

    • @dadudeme
      @dadudeme Рік тому

      ​@@user-fr2fm3ri3w I mean they have open GL 1.2 support I believe.
      They have a functioning desktop on M1 with some early stages of hardware acceleration. Vulkan is also being worked on but I don't know how far that is.

  • @uthmanbaksh3530
    @uthmanbaksh3530 Рік тому +4

    Gaming on Mac has come a long way, I wonder what next is in the cards for Mac gsming; especially with the new Apple Silicon!😁

    • @user-fr2fm3ri3w
      @user-fr2fm3ri3w Рік тому +1

      Technically Mac OS is still next up 😂

    • @sd30001
      @sd30001 Рік тому

      Running the big games Window has

    • @steveballmersbaldspot2.095
      @steveballmersbaldspot2.095 Рік тому

      Probably not a whole lot unless Apple finally decides to put Vulkan into macOS.

    • @knadsady
      @knadsady 4 місяці тому +1

      Actually, gaming on Mac has regressed significantly since the loss of Boot Camp.

  • @MarbsMusic
    @MarbsMusic Рік тому

    I game a tad on my MBP M1 Pro and it works well for many games but runs WoW fantastic. I still have a gaming PC at this time but look forward to the day I only have to have 1 system.

  • @smrtihlav2000
    @smrtihlav2000 Рік тому +7

    It is interesting but If you see Skyrim (2011) with medium and had around 40-50 fps, it is bad. Not the worst case, but still bad. With card like 1060 (6 years) you can easy in 1440p on max got around 100 fps. Same result as M2 chip, you will get with 4600g in some games:) So maybe M3 should be able to play games in better way.

    • @mbvglider
      @mbvglider Рік тому +1

      Parallels is the slower way of running Windows games on Mac. WINE (with wrappers such as Crossover or Porting Kit) is generally faster. Also, M2 is a laptop chip w/ integrated graphics that barely uses any power at all. Built in Intel HD graphics often perform worse than M2 going through multiple layers of compatibility layers. The fact that it gets perfectly playable performance on games not even written for this hardware or software is impressive no matter how you think of it.

    • @aleksazunjic9672
      @aleksazunjic9672 Рік тому +1

      @@mbvglider For the cost of MacBook (staring from $999) you could get decent gaming laptop with more RAM and storage . And you could play infinitely more games. That is about it. Comparing MacBook with some $300-400 non-gaming laptop again wins no favors. Intel HD is way better than you expect, and could now run games from 2011 decently.

    • @mbvglider
      @mbvglider Рік тому +1

      @@aleksazunjic9672 at being a portable device, gaming laptops are kinda bad though. For the one thing they’re good at, gaming, they’re specialized and pretty good at it. I’m comparing them to premium ultraportable PCs in the same price range, like the Dell XPS13, which is what they compete with. Those computers don’t have good graphics and aren’t expected to play much more than esports and old games at low settings.

  • @Techfanatic73
    @Techfanatic73 Рік тому +6

    All you need is GeForce Now. Plays my steam library on my Mac. Windows or Mac games. Runs flawless. Also takes zero local storage to play my whole library. Nothing compares to it. Right now I am playing Cyberpunk 2077 on ultimate ray tracing settings, at 1440p averaging 70fps on a MacBook Air M1.

    • @zone1035
      @zone1035 Рік тому +2

      That also requires a good internet connection

    • @huskers1278
      @huskers1278 Рік тому +1

      You don't have latency? I have 2 Gbps internet and cant even stream CP2077 from my Xbox to my Alienware M17r5 without the most stuttery POS you've ever seen lol

    • @linuxes9681
      @linuxes9681 Рік тому +2

      @@huskers1278 that's local. Internet doesn't matter at all. Are they both wired in with Ethernet or do you have them both on wifi?

    • @whitekong316
      @whitekong316 Рік тому

      @@huskers1278 😂😂

    • @R3AL-AIM
      @R3AL-AIM Рік тому +1

      @@linuxes9681 having to run both devices through Ethernet for it to even be feasible is kind of redundant.... OnLive (currently PSNow) from a server worked better 10 years ago and I too have an M17R5 with the same issues, but it's not exclusive to that device. Game Streaming is pretty garbage on PC for the cost and setups you need to get it to work well. Definitely a luxury more than a commodity.

  • @jayray7202
    @jayray7202 Рік тому

    Steam, PlayStation remote play, Xbox game pass,GeForce now work beautifully on my mackbook pro, even max graphic settings it still 57-60fps its strange how it works so good I even play games like fo76, sons of the forest , nba2k23 and dark souls and a few others and it’s great mines from 2019 edition I think

  • @regurgitated_eel
    @regurgitated_eel Рік тому +1

    Great content keep it up

    • @hendrixyt3433
      @hendrixyt3433 Рік тому +1

      bro u even dont watch the whole video

    • @JCcanine5284
      @JCcanine5284 Рік тому

      Chill out you got up on the wrong side of the bed 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @rodefshalom
    @rodefshalom Рік тому +4

    I was surprised to learn Minecraft runs quite nicely on even the base M1 MacBook Air.

  • @TheLegoNation
    @TheLegoNation Рік тому +3

    I actually play BTD6 on my 14 inch MacBook Pro fairly often and while it’s not a demanding game at all it works pretty well

    • @R3AL-AIM
      @R3AL-AIM Рік тому +2

      Same, love the game on my $350 phone 😂

  • @technocatdance
    @technocatdance Рік тому

    I have seen some videos of intel macs with an external gpu and they often have good results, would it ever be possible that silicon could be compatible external gpu ?

  • @rileyinthevoid
    @rileyinthevoid Рік тому

    What was the overlay y'all were using on the M2 Mac whilst in Resident Evil?

  • @michaelhouvardas7462
    @michaelhouvardas7462 Рік тому +3

    Fun fact: MACOS Launchpad has controller support.

  • @JamesSmith-uc8nt
    @JamesSmith-uc8nt Рік тому +3

    So in short answer no it still cannot game

  • @marcustmusic
    @marcustmusic Рік тому

    I use a base iPad 9th gen and I can run games like Minecraft and World of Warships just fine. Not super intensive games but it works.

  • @maggimix2
    @maggimix2 Рік тому

    You are the best thanks 👌👌👌

  • @GardenData61371
    @GardenData61371 Рік тому +5

    Now do the same but on Linux.

  • @thunderarch5951
    @thunderarch5951 Рік тому +4

    All of you are missing the main point, M1 and M2 chips are ARM
    Games are made mostly for x86 CISC architectures
    So the few games that are available, are actually made to run specifically on MacOS, so of course they'll run decently, otherwise they wouldn't have put them, it's all about marketing folks
    It's always been a out marketing with Apple, I'm surprised in 2023 there's still the need to say it, it's really sad

    • @SuperBatman-jr6rp
      @SuperBatman-jr6rp Рік тому

      @Thunder Arch. I agree

    • @richarddcrossley
      @richarddcrossley Рік тому

      Nah most games on steam in Mac OS are Rosetta. It still works well though. There are a few exceptions of course like World of Warcraft.

    • @Ffom177
      @Ffom177 Рік тому

      @@richarddcrossley The steam version of no mans sky and resident evil doesn't have the m1 version, it's only on apple arcade. That's a problem

    • @richarddcrossley
      @richarddcrossley Рік тому

      @@Ffom177 ah fair enough. I’ve got Apple Arcade and never once used it! Heard there is some good games on it though.

  • @WarrilowJ
    @WarrilowJ Рік тому +1

    Crossover by Codeweavers is another really good way to run Windows programs on Mac, they run as if they were native Mac apps ☺️

  • @heebejeebes1044
    @heebejeebes1044 Рік тому

    Just out of curiosity what do they do with all these products? I mean the whole team, teams friends and family must be loaded with computers now??

  • @vladrazym9955
    @vladrazym9955 Рік тому +7

    So you can actually play the same games you can play on a $100 mini pc. Amazing!

  • @Vladiator
    @Vladiator Рік тому +5

    I've been enjoying Austin's videos for years. This is probably the furthest he's strayed from "mainstream IT videos". He plays a whopping the least demanding 5 seconds of RE8, the most demanding game there, and said "yeah it's sooper playable guys". Tried a single one of the least demanding games on Dolphin for 5 seconds, mentioned "lil stuttery at 3x but eh moving on". 5 seconds of an extremely non-demanding game with zero combat running through Rosetta. All that effort Kinsey apparently went through, just for 5 seconds of the intro to Skyrim. On the Mac Mini, he tested one additional game for 5 seconds alongside RE8. And then bam, he tried Skyrim again on an M2 Pro. Cute vid, but one of his most shallow, rushed ones.
    I get the whole point wasn't a deep dive, but this could've been presented a LOT better.

  • @CamG-rw8cn
    @CamG-rw8cn Рік тому +1

    Switch Emulation is Native on Mac OS through Molten Vk/ Metal , look up Ryujinx or Yuzu both are amazing switch emulators

    • @impersonator4439
      @impersonator4439 Рік тому

      Yes but that's gray zone illegal and can't really be shown on youtube if you don't want a strike from Nintendo

  • @darthdivenes3281
    @darthdivenes3281 Рік тому

    love ur vids keep them up.
    can you do a new broke vs pro lol.

  • @adpmrt06
    @adpmrt06 Рік тому +3

    This shows that if developers put their time and effort on optimising games for Macs, the Mac player base will increase and some high level Macs might even be able to beat top external GPUs used on Windows…
    Love from India 🇮🇳

    • @smrtihlav2000
      @smrtihlav2000 Рік тому

      :-D No...Top external GPu will always win in this....

  • @Kristenshwan
    @Kristenshwan Рік тому +27

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    • @charles2395
      @charles2395 Рік тому

      Investing is the code for having a successful financial life, investing with the right expert would free you from modern financial slavery.
      Investing in crypto now is really cool especially with the current price in the market for now

    • @raphfelimax2713
      @raphfelimax2713 Рік тому

      @@charles2395 I definitely agree this current DIP is a huge opportunity to buy the DIP and also high volatility to yield more profit for day traders

    • @jackfinnva2409
      @jackfinnva2409 Рік тому

      I wanted to trade crypto but got confused by the fluctuations in price

    • @nissan38p69
      @nissan38p69 Рік тому

      I'm honestly surprised that this name is being mentioned here, I stumbled upon one of his clients testimony last two months in CNBC world news and decided to try him out...I'm Expecting my third cashout in 2days

    • @betheluktu7647
      @betheluktu7647 Рік тому

      @Sunnycaroni Same here, started with $3,000 now earning $28,300 bi-weekly profits with his trading program.

  • @riomendoza1111
    @riomendoza1111 3 місяці тому

    Big Randy moving to the states im allllll for it lesss gooo

  • @Semikami
    @Semikami Рік тому

    Macs (even 8GB M1) are arguably the best way to play GameCube & Wii games. 4K60 in a compact, silent device.

  • @antoneyt
    @antoneyt Рік тому +14

    You can’t just game on Mac 😂

    • @ermesslavoi1649
      @ermesslavoi1649 Рік тому +3

      My 150$ gaming pc run better than this 1.3k$ mac mini

    • @CollynPlayz
      @CollynPlayz 11 місяців тому

      @@ermesslavoi1649 macs cpu isnt for gaming lol you people expect any computer to game lol

  • @sylutegon
    @sylutegon Рік тому

    That windows xp desk background is gold.

  • @sshum00
    @sshum00 Рік тому

    Nopt sure why virtualisation is a surprise considering a lot of the streaming services (GeForce now, shadowplay , etc) all run through virtual instances of windows.

  • @V_BABBAR
    @V_BABBAR Рік тому

    Love the way you stumble an Europe n she corrects u saying Luxemberg! Nice co-worker .

  • @oof56000
    @oof56000 Рік тому +1

    I mean once windows for arm actually becomes good for gaming thats most likely when gaming on mac will actually be feasible

  • @elliotgibbons6334
    @elliotgibbons6334 Рік тому

    crossover works well

  • @Comicsnculture
    @Comicsnculture 5 місяців тому +1

    My M2 MacBook Pro ran resident evil village well. Shame there aren’t many other premium games

  • @ryanholdredge8628
    @ryanholdredge8628 Рік тому

    How do you play steam with a controller on mac? It always works up until I actually load into the game and then it won’t do anything.

  • @joester4life
    @joester4life Рік тому

    I love my work MacBook. I run a lot of Windows games off of Wine (runs amazing!). Now only if Wine can now support ARM architecture; before I'm due for a new machine....

  • @simsforever791
    @simsforever791 Рік тому +2

    The sims 4 runs very well on the M1. Dont use Retina resolution and adjust it lower and adjust some settings and its a good experience

    • @arese-
      @arese- 11 місяців тому

      I'm thinking of switching to the 13" M2 Air for portability when I take classes on campus, but I'm hesitant because I'm an avid Simmer. Not sure if an Air can handle Sims 4.

    • @simsforever791
      @simsforever791 11 місяців тому +1

      @@arese- it can

    • @arese-
      @arese- 11 місяців тому +1

      @@simsforever791 Awesome. Thanks!

    • @simsforever791
      @simsforever791 11 місяців тому

      @@arese- you’re welcome

  • @Quifix_Official
    @Quifix_Official Рік тому

    Imagine using the fps counter to see the FPS with your eyes, so that you can actually make a good chart

  • @GUSTAVOTAIWAN
    @GUSTAVOTAIWAN Рік тому

    A big hug from Brazil to you bro🙆🏻‍♂️🙆🏻‍♂️

  • @DanielMether
    @DanielMether Рік тому +1

    UA-camr Mumbo Jumbo got Minecraft Java to stay running with nearly 19,000 rendered entities on the ground (at about 0.5 fps)with the Studio. for context even the beefiest of PCs crash out at about 10,000. He also was able to keep a world of nothing but falling sand running without crashing at 32 chunk render distance.

  • @sylutegon
    @sylutegon Рік тому

    I had one mid-range mbp2017 with windows operating system. Can I also do that on M1/2 chip?

  • @nicksoehren4812
    @nicksoehren4812 9 місяців тому +1

    Just run a virtual box with windows and be able to play way more games. Plus with virtual box you can select how much of the cpu you want the virtual machine to use. You have a lot more customization with virtual box’s

    • @Haloitzchris
      @Haloitzchris 7 місяців тому

      Never have I ever hear of this software tbh, does it run games well, also how??! Have u uses utm and do you think it’s better???

    • @nicksoehren4812
      @nicksoehren4812 7 місяців тому

      @@Haloitzchris sorry just now seen this, but a virtual box allows you to run an OS within an OS. It’s like having two computers in one system. It’ll run anything you throw at it, it doesn’t have any limitations that I know of. You can run Linux or if you have a copy of windows you can do that too.

  • @akkae666
    @akkae666 Рік тому +1

    i would love to see more MAC gaming videos. or ultimate MAC episode since there’s been ultimate of every other console (i know this is not a console) at least has to be more you can get out of the mac 🖥️ not much but some

  • @anthonysullivan5197
    @anthonysullivan5197 Рік тому

    I love playing Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator on my Intel iMac, so bought myself a M1 Air. Wish SCS would come out with a native Apple Sillicon version.

  • @fredericktennant9151
    @fredericktennant9151 Рік тому

    I'm surprised that you did not install steam for mac on your computer I will assume that it still works with the latest version of mac and it will show what games can work on your system I did it to my old iMac years ago just to shut up some windows users that said you could not game on a mac, I played Borderlands 2 on it just for giggles.