Mac Performance

[DavidWebb]

I play usually on a Windows PC, mostly on a gaming laptop, i7, SSD, 16GB RAM, etc. Standard i guess.
Now i wanted to try the game on a MacBook pro. Its an i9, 16GB, SSD, Radeon pro 560X, Graphics chip, Model 2019. Not a bad piece.
The game is absolutely unplayable. Framerate is so bad, my eyes hurt.

Any other experiences? Thx.

[Mon Senior Lantsevrot]

I am playing on a MacBook Pro 15 2017(radeon pro 560) on windows 10 via bootcamp. I have about 25-30fps in high quality and full hd

[DavidWebb]

That's what i was afraid of. I think it's not the computer itself. I am not a Software expert, but something is not right with Mac OS and Games. You saying playing on Windows via Bootcamp is fine, supports that. Or maybe its the Retsina, what do i know.
I have the same issue with several games, i.e. Surviving Mars. Only games without much graphics are fine. Football Manager, Stellaris, all works good.

[Aladin_24]

hey

[jonnin]

I play usually on a Windows PC, mostly on a gaming laptop, i7, SSD, 16GB RAM, etc. Standard i guess.

My desktop is stamped jan-2017 and has 32gb ram, so that seems lowball for a gaming system, but this isnt your problem.

macs take a very distant back seat for real games. You have console and windows at the top tier, and everything else is an afterthought. A lot of games have to be run in a VM which is horribly bad -- the VM takes up a lot of resources, starving the game. The ones the run native on the mac instead are often lacking support and user base to chase bugs and issues. Double down on that last statement and consider that its an EA game -- mac is probably the last thing on their minds right now.

[DavidWebb]

Thanks guys, just thought i miss something maybe.

[radioactive_lego]

I'm playing on a MacBook pro with lower stats (2.6GHz I7, Radeon 560X w/ 4GB) and had similar issues. After messing with "quality" settings for an age with little improvement, I started messing with resolution and knocked it all the way down to 1024x640 (16:10) where the game ran absolutely smooth as glass, but looked like crap. I then instinctively went for double that resolution, 2048x1280 (16:10) and things are still pretty great. Every hour or so I'll still get a 10-15 second chunk of framerate suck, but nothing like when it was running at 3360x2100.

[tedd4u]

I'm a little surprised with that i9 and 560X it's not playable. I have a new MacBook Air with the M1 chip (16GB) and it plays on high at 35-38fps, 1440x900p resolution (the default settings it picks). Very enjoyable, played about 25 hours so far. Have you tried running in lower resolutions?

[Jusper]

I'll join the discussion. I have a 2017 iMac 4k with Radeon Pro 560. I also have a bootcamp section with Windows 10 on it. I've tried playing the BG3 on Mac OS. To make it playable I had to change resolution to lower then HD, graphics and additional options were set on minimal and still performance was around 15-25 fps with periodical drops to 1-2 frames in the situations non-related with anything special happening on screen.

I've installed BG3 on Bootcamp section of the same machine to play in coop with my friend. I was surprised that game works completely different - 30-45 fps without drops or anything with graphics level of medium and even higher.

So the issue is probably related to Mac OS Drivers and Metal API compitability. I really hope that Larian will support previous chips, not only M1.

[starlight]

I play on a macbook pro without any problem.

2.4 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9
64 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB / Radeon Pro 5500M

[Jusper]

starlight what is the resolution?
You've just described a Mac with a price of a rocketship.

[starlight]

My resolution [i.imgur.com]

[justin]

I'm playing on a Mac Mini M1 8M
It defaulted to mid grade settings. It ran ok until I got to the goblin party where it slowed to a stop. I set everything to low but left the bloom running. I'm playing on a 24in screen so I honestly don't notice much difference in the graphics. The game is still beautiful. There is still lag at times but it doesn't bother me. I don't sweat the little things.

[Jusper]

starlight you have resolution lesser than HD (1920x1080), and yes it has effect.
The thing I'm concerned is that performance on the same machine is dramatically different on Mac OS system and Bootcamp Windows 10.

justin, I have M1 friends that report that performance acceptable.

[Treba]

I play on a MacBook Pro, 16’, 2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9, 16GB MHz DDR4 MC Radeon Pro 5500M.

And I tried playing on native OS and could play on high resolution and stuff... but one cant update the Radeon without bootcamp, so I used the option to instal the bootcamp on my Mac, and the windows version of the game is just wayyyyyyyyy better! Runs smoothly with everything on max and the resolution I’m using is 3072‑by‑1920.

It’s like playing a new game, even the graphics are better!

So, IMO, bootcamp the Mac, update the graphic card, and play windows :)

[Wisedude]

Dude I have a 3080/9900k and the moment you move the camera the frametime goes to ♥♥♥♥.It's like the camera becomes blurry/juttery