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A comment on Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors. Parent comment

Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by ksec on Monday October 18, 2021 @03:57PM (#28910769)
In terms of Hardware M1 Max is great. On paper you wont find anything match its performance under load. As even Gaming / Content Creation Laptop throttle after a short while.

The problem is gaming isn't exactly a Mac thing. From Game selection to general support on the platform. So really performance should be the least of your concern if you are buying a Mac for games.

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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by mlindner on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:34PM (#28911326)
I'm not aware of a single even semi-major game (including popular indie titles) that run native on M1 yet. Everything is running under Rosetta and game companies so far seem completely uninterested in native support.
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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by modulusshift on Monday October 18, 2021 @05:09PM (#28911784)
Disco Elysium, EVE Online, Minecraft*, Timberborn, Total War: Rome Remastered, World of Warcraft.

Minecraft is kinda cheating, because Java, and even considering that it takes a bit of hacking. Alternatively you can sideload the iOS version.

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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by bombcar on Monday October 18, 2021 @09:43PM (#28913966)
Graalvm makes Minecraft kinda native heh.
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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by boardwaalk on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:54PM (#28911591)
World of Warcraft & Eve Online are both native.
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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by cruano on Monday October 18, 2021 @07:13PM (#28913011)
Neither of which are exactly AAA recent games, WoW is from 2004 right ? The other ones I can think of are the old GTA titles which run "Natively" since they have an iOS port

While at the same time you have (running on Rossetta):

* Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

* Dying Light

* Rise of the Tomb Raider/Shadow of the Tomb Raider

* Dirt Rally

* Metro: 2033, Last Light, Exodus

* Mafia III

* Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

* Mad Max

* Sleeping Dogs

* Batman Arkham City

* Bioshock 1 & 2

* Borderlands 2

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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by zamadatix on Monday October 18, 2021 @05:25PM (#28911965)
If you're looking for some to test try EVE, WOW, or Baldur's Gate 3. That's about it as far as major games AFAIK.
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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by sam0x17 on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:13PM (#28911008)
He typically just dual-boots windows anyway so selection isn't much of an issue, though I also don't know if that is working yet on the M1 platform
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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors by ksec on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:23PM (#28911171)
>though I also don't know if that is working yet on the M1 platform

Dual booting isn't working and likely not any time soon as Microsoft does not intend to support Apple M1 [1]. And I doubt Apple have intention to port their GPU Metal Drivers to Windows. ( Compared to using AMD Drivers on Windows in the old days )

He will likely need to use some sort of VM solution like Parallel. [2]

[1] https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/09/13/microsoft-says-wi...

[2] https://www.engadget.com/parallels-desktop-17-m-1-mac-perfor...

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