Games that run well?

[Mercotroll]

Hi friends. So, I have a MacBook Pro 2019 (16GB Ram), but most games still run poorly. (Please don't give me the "get a PC" speech. It's not within my means right now). Have you found any games that actually run well without terrible over heating on mac? I hate mac, but it's what I have. Any tips?

[Night]

Originally posted by Mercotroll:

Hi friends. So, I have a MacBook Pro 2019 (16GB Ram), but most games still run poorly. (Please don't give me the "get a PC" speech. It's not within my means right now). Have you found any games that actually run well without terrible over heating on mac? I hate mac, but it's what I have. Any tips? :lunar2019piginablanket:

The RAM isn't the only factor of performance...

It also depends on Graphics and Processor, I'd assume a Mac with 16 GB RAM wouldn't have weak components...

[Mercotroll]

Yeah, but even thought it's supposed to be a powerful laptop, whenever i try to play games I can tell my 10 year old HP would have outperformed this mac. I have 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5, Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 1536 MB.
Any games proven to run smoothly?

[fulltimekebabenjoyer]

If u want u can download CS:GO it will heat up ur mac but on medium settings it runs really good (my friend is playing on a mac so i know this)

[Cathulhu]

Originally posted by Mercotroll:

Yeah, but even thought it's supposed to be a powerful laptop, whenever i try to play games I can tell my 10 year old HP would have outperformed this mac. I have 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5, Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 1536 MB.
Any games proven to run smoothly?

How can you describe a laptop without a dedicated videocard as powerful?
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-2600-vs-Intel-Core-i5-8279U/620vsm807756
CPU is not bad, a bit faster than an older i7-2600 (non-k).
But the lack of a dedicated videocard is the really, really big issue.

[Mercotroll]

I found an amazing game called Star Traders: Frontiers. It's a long-haul game. It's probably not for everyone, but I love it, and my laptop doesn't even seem to notice when I'm playing. Awesome. Thanks everyone, if you find more games like this, please add for future reference.

[Hallux]

The i5 is OK, but in the Mac lineup it's near the bottom for a MacBook Pro when you consider there are configurations with i7 and i9 CPUs.

That said - Apple's graphics APIs are likely the real issue. Even my 16" WITH a dGPU gets hot when playing games.

[Cathulhu]

Well, it's very light on the requirements, that game runs even on a toaster without it getting hot.

A game with similar low requirements would be this for example:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/262060/Darkest_Dungeon/