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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by kitsunesoba on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:59PM (#30609125)

I don’t think the performance is that bad. On a whim I tried running WoW on a 16” M1 Pro MBP and it consistently got FPS higher than the refresh rate (120hz) with the game rendering at 1x scale and most effects maxed out. Granted, that’s not as good as what you’d get with a mobile RTX 3080 or something, but it’s nothing to sneeze at for a laptop that doesn’t get scorching hot and doesn’t sound like a leaf blower when being pushed.

I could definitely see the Max and Ultra with a beefier cooling system (like the Studio’s) having pretty respectable performance.

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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by kllrnohj on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @08:34PM (#30609986)

https://www.anandtech.com/show/17024/apple-m1-max-performanc...

M1 Max struggles to keep up with an RTX 3060 mobile.

Now that's with the overhead of Rosetta 2 and all that, so it's of course "not fair" for the M1. But that's also the current reality of the market, so ya know.

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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by ohgodplsno on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @02:13AM (#30611745)

WoW isn't exactly the pinnacle of demanding performance. It's like saying you can run counter strike at 200FPS: congrats, so can everyone else, without paying $2000

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