Mac Requirements?

[Prowler25]

Anyone know what the Mac requirements are?

[Howling]

I guess the devs haven't released that yet. But would like to know, too!

[Yohmi]

As far as I know, they haven't stated which minimum / optimal specs are for the Mac version. But we can still use the Windows ones, I suppose it'll be pretty close.

They recommend Intel Core i3 6100 for processor, GeForce GTX 460 / Radeon HD 6850 (1GB) for graphic card, and 4GB or RAM. They also declared they were aiming at a Intel HD 640 for minimum graphics.

I don't know much, but starting with 2016 13" MBP (MacBookPro13,1), the processor needs seem to be covered (they're all i5 / i7 6360U / 6660U).
Starting with 2017 13" MBP (MacBookPro14,1), we got Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 (I suppose it's like a HD 640).
2012 MBP appear to all get at least 8GB of RAM so that's covered.
As for discrete graphic cards, that's way too complicated for me.
When the game is out, I will give my feedback for my MBP, it's a 2017 15" TouchBar with a 2.9 GHz i7, 16GB and the Radeon Pro 560 and Intel HD Graphics 630 couple.

I think if many macusers were willing to share their feedback, as there aren't so many configurations of Mac, it'd be quite easy to know how the game will run for a said computer.

[Tech Enthusiast]

Originally posted by Yohmi:

They recommend Intel Core i3 6100 for processor, GeForce GTX 460 / Radeon HD 6850 (1GB) for graphic card, and 4GB or RAM. They also declared they were aiming at a Intel HD 640 for minimum graphics.

I don't know much, but starting with 2016 13" MBP (MacBookPro13,1), the processor needs seem to be covered (they're all i5 / i7 6360U / 6660U).
Starting with 2017 13" MBP (MacBookPro14,1), we got Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 (I suppose it's like a HD 640).

The Mac Chips are pretty far below min spec for the 2016 Macbook "Pro".
See this comparison: http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i3-6100-vs-Intel-Core-i7-6650U/3511vsm40238

Even the i7 is about 25% slower than minimum.

As far as the GPU:
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-460-vs-Intel-Iris-Plus-640-Mobile-Kaby-Lake/2167vsm262015

Which is 52% slower then minimum spec.

TLDR;
MacBook "pro" is really not a good machine to run games with.
Actually, it is not a good machine to run anything with really. The componetens are mindblowingly slow. That GPU is not even half as fast as a low-mid tier GPU from 2010 !

[Yohmi]

That was so helpful, we don’t deserve you. You forgot to mention that there’s no right-click on Mac, which will make them pretty hard to use for this game. I’ve tried to run a game once, it crashed instantly and I had to send my machine to the Apple Store. They charged me 700$ because they said I was using “hazardous software” :(

[Tech Enthusiast]

Originally posted by Yohmi:

That was so helpful, we don’t deserve you. You forgot to mention that there’s no right-click on Mac, which will make them pretty hard to use for this game. I’ve tried to run a game once, it crashed instantly and I had to send my machine to the Apple Store. They charged me 700$ because they said I was using “hazardous software” :(

And this is why Apple fanboys get flamed so much.
Simply ignoring the fact that a 2016 MBP is 25-50% below min - specs of a game demanding mid range 2010 tech.

The OP would need a current gen MBP to even start the game. That is the point here.
And he would likely not ask for min specs, if he had just spend a few thousand dollars on a curent gen MBP, so there is a big chance that he won't be able to play this game.

No amount of fanboyism can save that.

[Yohmi]

Do you feel like you are actually helping anyone here ?

Your answer isn't even taking in account the discrete graphic cards in computers in order to compare it to the targeted integrated Intel HD 640. And the different setups each gen has, each screen size allows. I'm not using a current gen MBP by the way, and my discrete graphic card performs much higher (according to your website) than the targeted hardware.
Anyway, you don't know (and it's all right, you're not using the same computer, I don't know yours either and I obviously don't pretend to, neither do I care), we don't need you, thanks.
(and that's my last answer to you, this kind of pollution makes helpful informations hardly visible for users looking for answers, while that's the only purpose of this thread)

[Tech Enthusiast]

Originally posted by Yohmi:

Do you feel like you are actually helping anyone here ?

Dude, i entered the specs YOU LISTED and compared them to minimum.

You said it will be fine.
Benchmarks say it won't be fine.
Nothing more, nothing less.

So yes, those are relevant informations if you like them or not.
Sure you can pray that Lord Apple has some magic build in that makes the benchmarks meaningless, but that is on you then.

[Yohmi]

So here's a list of models getting better results than the core i3-6100 in the "Effective Speed" test of userbenchmark.com. I've also checked which GPU those models ship with, and compared to the lowest targeted chip and the recommended one.

If you own an earlier model or same gen with lower specs, some can almost match the i3-6100 (ranking a few percents below) but I'm not taking the risk to include them in the list for now. 13" MBP and some 21" iMac can score very low, so if your model isn't on the list, I recommend you to check first before buying the game !
To check which gen you own, go to the menu bar, top left, click on the Apple icon, About this Mac > System Report > Hardware.

This list is about processors and discrete / integrated GPU.
All the computers listed below match the minimum RAM requirements.


MacBook Pro 13" :

• MacBook Pro14,2 (Touch Bar, 2017) 3.3 GHz (i5-7287U "Kaby Lake")*
  
• MacBook Pro14,2 (Touch Bar, 2017) 3.5 GHz (i7-7567U "Kaby Lake")
  + Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 (better than Intel Iris Plus 640)
  
  
• MacBookPro15,2 (Touch Bar, 2018) 2.3 GHz (i5-8259U "Coffee Lake")
  
• MacBookPro15,2 (Touch Bar, 2018) 2.7 GHz (i7-8559U "Coffee Lake")
  + Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 (better than Intel Iris Plus 640)

MacBook Pro 15" :

• MacBookPro10,1 (Retina, Early 2013) 2.7 GHz (i7-3840QM "Ivy Bridge")
  [!] Graphic card might be an issue (GeForce GT 650M)
  
  
• MacBookPro11,3 (Retina, Late 2013) 2.6 GHz (i7-4960HQ "Haswell")
  + GeForce GT 750M (better than Intel Iris Plus 640)
  
  
• MacBookPro11,3 (Retina, Mid 2014) 2.5 GHz (i7-4870HQ "Haswell")
  
• MacBookPro11,3 (Retina, Mid 2014) 2.8 GHz (i7-4980HQ "Haswell")
  + GeForce GT 750M (better than Intel Iris Plus 640)
  
  
• MacBookPro11,5 (Retina, Mid 2015) 2.5 GHz (i7-4870HQ "Haswell")
  
• MacBookPro11,5 (Retina, Mid 2015) 2.8 GHz (i7-4980HQ "Haswell")
  + Radeon R9 M370X (better than Intel Iris Plus 640)
  
  
• MacBookPro13,3 (Retina, 2016) 2.6 GHz (i7-6700HQ "Skylake")
  
• MacBookPro13,3 (Retina, 2016) 2.7 GHz (i7-6820HQ "Skylake")
  
• MacBookPro13,3 (Retina, 2016) 2.9 GHz (i7-6920HQ "Skylake")
  + Radeon Pro 450 / 455 / 460 (better than Radeon HD 6850)
  
  
  
• MacBookPro14,3 (Touch Bar, 2017) 2.8 GHz (i7-7700HQ "Kaby Lake")
  
• MacBookPro14,3 (Touch Bar, 2017) 2.9 GHz (i7-7820HQ "Kaby Lake")
  
• MacBookPro14,3 (Touch Bar, 2017) 3.1 GHz (i7-7920HQ "Kaby Lake")
  + Radeon Pro 555 / 560 (better than Radeon HD 6850)
  
  
• MacBookPro15,1 (Touch Bar, 2018) 2.2 GHz (i7-8750H "Coffee Lake")
  
• MacBookPro15,1 (Touch Bar, 2018) 2.6 GHz (i7-8850H "Coffee Lake")
  
• MacBookPro15,1 (Touch Bar, 2018) 2.9 GHz (i7-8950HK "Coffee Lake")
  + Radeon Pro 555X / 560X (better than Radeon HD 6850)

iMac 21" :

• iMac13,1 (Late 2012) 2.9 GHz (i5-3470S "Ivy Bridge")
  
• iMac13,1 (Late 2012) 3.1 GHz (i7-3770S "Ivy Bridge")
  [!] Graphic card might be an issue (GeForce GT 640M / 650M)
  
  
• iMac14,1 (Late 2013) 2.7 GHz (i5-4570R "Haswell")
  
• iMac14,3 (Late 2013) 2.9 GHz (i5-4570S "Haswell")
  
• iMac14,3 (Late 2013) 3.1 GHz (i7-4770S "Haswell")
  + GeForce GT 750M (better than Intel Iris Plus 640)
  
  
• iMac 16,2 (Late 2015) 2.8 GHz (i5-5575R "Broadwell")
  + Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 (better than Intel Iris Plus 640)
  
  
• iMac16,2 (Retina 4K, Late 2015) 3.1 GHz (i5-5675R "Broadwell")
  
• iMac16,2 (Retina 4K, Late 2015) 3.3 GHz (i7-5775R "Broadwell")
  + Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 (better than Intel Iris Plus 640)
  
  
  
• iMac18,2 (Retina 4K, 2017) 3.0 GHz (i5-7400 "Kaby Lake")
  
• iMac18,2 (Retina 4K, 2017) 3.4 GHz (i5-7500 "Kaby Lake")
  
• iMac18,2 (Retina 4K, 2017) 3.6 GHz (i7-7700 "Kaby Lake")
  + Radeon Pro 555 / 560 (better than Radeon HD 6850)

iMac 27" :

• iMac12,2 (Mid 2011) 3.4 GHz (i7-2600 "Sandy Bridge")
  + Radeon HD 6970M (better than Intel Iris Plus 640)
  
  
• iMac13,2 (Late 2012) 2.9 GHz (i5-3470s "Ivy Bridge")
  
• iMac13,2 (Late 2012) 3.2 GHz (i7-3470 "Ivy Bridge")
  
• iMac13,2 (Late 2012) 3.4 GHz (i7-3770 "Ivy Bridge")
  + GeForce GTX 660M (better than Iris) / 675MX / 680MX (better than HD 6850)

Following this one, every single 27" iMac will top the core i3-6100, and will all include a discrete GPU which tops the Intel Iris Plus 640. The 5K versions and Pro both include discrete GPUs scoring (much) better than the Radeon HD 6850.

This list is nothing official. I've compiled datas from userbenchmark and I have no idea how reliable it is. It's also based on Windows specs, we must keep in mind that optimisation can vary between the Windows and macOS versions of the game. The Iris Plus 640 is a target, we don't know how it's supposed to run with it (and I assume it'll be pretty bad).

[Prowler25]

The store page is now updated with the mac requirements.

MINIMUM:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Mac OS 10.13
Processor: i5 8259U 2.3 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 775M, 2 GB , AMD Radeon 555, 2 GB, Intel Iris Plus 655
Storage: 5 GB available space

RECOMMENDED:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Mac OS 10.13
Processor: i5 3.4 Ghz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Radeon Pro 570
Storage: 5 GB available space