Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer in consumer computing

Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by wing-_-nuts on Friday November 01, 2024 @12:37PM (#42018743)

Yeah. It's been the case for a while now that if someone just wants a general computer, they buy a laptop (even commonly a mac).

That's why the default advice if you're looking for 'value' is to buy a gaming console to complement your laptop. Both will excel at their separate roles for a decade without requiring much in the way of upgrades.

The desktop pc market these days is a luxury 'prosumer' market that doesn't really care about value as much. It feels like we're going back to the late 90's, early 2000's.

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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by 0x457 on Friday November 01, 2024 @08:09PM (#42022892)

Unless you play games where you stare at the map while balancing exel spreadsheets.

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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by philistine on Friday November 01, 2024 @08:37PM (#42023048)

That's okay, Factorio has awesome Apple Silicon support.

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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by 0x457 on Friday November 01, 2024 @08:56PM (#42023148)

What about Paradox games? genuinely curious about that.

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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by rpmisms on Saturday November 02, 2024 @12:30AM (#42024085)

Stellaris is great on my M2

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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by philistine on Saturday November 02, 2024 @09:03PM (#42030453)

I played a bunch of EU4 and HOI4 without any issues. But I think those use emulation under the hood.

That's the thing with macs, all the strategy games tend to release there because the market for mac users and strategy gamers is a circle.

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