Macbook air m1

[j_iannucci]

Wondering if anybody played this on the new macbook air m1 siiicon? I upgrade to 16gigs so I also get all the cores like a macbook pro m1.

Reason I'm asking is there are a variety of answers on the internet. All says it plays - some say playable but stuttering at times on medium. Other says plays well on medium but runs hot (might be the reason for stuttering) A youtuber showed the game running smoothly at medium graphics.

Looking for other opinions before I buy.

Thanks ahead of time.
Also I played wasteland 2 DC - a number of tries but I found the combat almost impossible once I got far along. Heard this is hard but fairer. Thanks again.

[j_iannucci]

bump help guys?

[Klauth]

No offense mate, but you're likely to be the only gamer on a m1 in there.

I'm a big Mac fan, have 3 of them in the household, but seeing the absurd price/power of the m1, there is no way I'm getting one at the apparently starting price of 2.6 kE for the same power as my old 2012 macbook pro !
And even far less chances for a gaming system.

For that price, I can likely buy a new gigantic screen + sound bar + gaming PC.

[j_iannucci]

It’s $999 and M1 ghastly been proven faster that some i9 chips

[The Governor]

So instead of investing that $999.00 on a decent gaming pc + a huge ass screen, you in all of your wisdom bought a mac.... Good day sir, I said good day.. Go do a power point presentation or something.

[Klauth]

Originally posted by j_iannucci:

It’s $999 and M1 ghastly been proven faster that some i9 chips

Yes, i9 at 2.5GHz, maybe. And yes this M1 is totally destroyed, performance wise, by my 2015 i5-4690K running at 4.3 GHz !
You're comparing CPUs that are *very* limited in terms of performance and can't even compete with a 6 years old desktop CPU, properly managed.

And by the way, 1 kUSD is probably for a minimal 13 inches Mac. I'm writing this on a 15 inches laptop, and there is no way I can game on such mini-screen, even less on 13 inches. I'd rather play Candy Crush or similar ♥♥♥♥ on my mobile phone, really.
I have no idea how you manage gaming on a 13 inches screen.

[j_iannucci]

Boy didnt expect all the nastiness. By the way it works fine with high cpu Gupta games like ck iii and city skylines - all games that your computers struggle with based on what I’ve read in the discussions. I asked a simple question and get insulted - its a sign of the times i guess.

[The Governor]

Wtf you talking about “ck iii and city skylines” We play Total war on our big rigs matey. Keep that fluffy fluff. Can run red dead or cyberpunk at ultra 60fps or sometimes even 90 at times? Nooo... Your Insulted? Nah, I was merely stating a fact. Though forget that I mentioned cyberpunk.. Try do that with ya little Mac. Look, you like to throw money away yeh? So just buy the damn game and see if it works on your little toy. Lol. Alright I’ll stop now.. Yes it’s 2021, it’s 2020’s sequel.

[Klauth]

Originally posted by j_iannucci:

Boy didnt expect all the nastiness. By the way it works fine with high cpu Gupta games like ck iii and city skylines - all games that your computers struggle with based on what I’ve read in the discussions. I asked a simple question and get insulted - its a sign of the times i guess.

Like Gov. said, no-one insulted you. You're triggered very easily it seems.
We're just stating the fact gaming on a M1 Mac is **very*** wrong in terms of power/price ratio. And also answering to your question about who else is gaming on an M1.
Answer: only you.

[RestlessSoul]

Try turning off blur in video settings. See if that helps.

[ScartoXI]

Hey bro, I know it might be too late but I'm playing Wasteland 3 in a M1, I typically use PS4 or switch for gaming but the price in the PS4 store for wasteland is absurd IMO...anyway... even thou it plays "good" there are a few glitches and performance issues like graphic and overall slow movement from the camera but is not that bad for the price over steam, try (obviously) to play at 1280 with low medium graphics btw and watch out for the heating system specially in the macbook air which doesn't have the fans ;).

[j_iannucci]

how bad is the overheating i have an air

[mknelson]

Now just imagine if they recompiled* it to natively support the M1!

*that could be very simple or might take some time depending on what other libraries they use.

[ScartoXI]

Well, tbh it gets hot very quick and since I'm playing in an air too I just tend to play for about 20/30 mins just to make sure I don't overheat the system, I know it's not a big deal to play a bit more but I'm just being cautious.

[Resha]

1 year late, but... I have Macbook Pro M1 13".

Try googling for "Steam m1 games", you should be shown a site which not only provides information on the supported M1 games, but also tells if these games have native or Rosetta support and tells the performance.

To all those Mac haters:
I had a PC worth $3k+ (huge ROG monitor, water cooling, etc.) but I've finally sold it as I am now playing games rather rarely and the rest of time those PC would just waste my desk space and gather dust.

Besides, I travel frequently and am using my Mac laptop for job during those travels, while I can also spend an hour or two gaming on a calm evening. It would be rather inconvenient to bring two laptops with me, especially considering Windows-based gaming laptop would be another 2.5kg in my backpack.

And yes, it was rather painful to play even old games on the Intel Macbook, but with M1 chip I now can play modern games in medium settings and 2 year old games in high settings. Which is a very good compromise between performance and a need to maintain standalone gaming PC for me.

The 13" laptop:
We're using those 13" screens for our daily things, we've got used to it. Why would it cause issues while gaming, especially talking turn-based games which don't require any aiming/reaction?

I've got colleagues who don't understand how someone could code not having three big screens. But the reality is that a lot of my colleagues are using 13" screens for years and have learned to operate it as effective as those guys having multiple screens.

[PuppYofDOOM]

So you have thunderbolt? Can't you just external gpu? All ur processing stuff will go fine.

If you wanna game on mac thats the way to go.