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 throwaway106382 on Saturday November 02, 2024 @10:52AM (#42026731)

I haven’t dug too much into gaming since I have a Linux PC that supports all my steam games but what’s the experience of running Crossover on Apple Silicon like? Can you run x86 Windows games using Rosetta (or is it some other method)?

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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by TylerE on Saturday November 02, 2024 @01:14PM (#42027685)

Yea, it’s running via Rosetta. Just install windows steam and launch game. That is with the paid version of crossover though.

Don’t expect to play dark souls on it, but for indies and the like it’s fine.

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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by throwaway106382 on Saturday November 02, 2024 @03:15PM (#42028498)

Cool. Just saw it has a 14 day trial, will give it a shot on my M1 Max Studio and see how it goes.

(Dark Souls is my favourite game/series…how did you know)

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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by TylerE on Saturday November 02, 2024 @05:30PM (#42029348)

I mean, you actually probably COULD play Dark Souls on it, but you'd be turning settings down a bit I bet (I don't actually know how optimized that game is). I'm pushing a 1440p display which certainly doesn't make things easier on the Mac.

The biggest annoyance I've hit actually is that game controller support is pretty bad. Don't expect generic USB HID game controllers to work, support for that isn't baked into MacOS the way it is Windows (Via DirectInput, etc).

The happy path is pretty much specifically a bluetooth xbox controlle.

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