Dec 09, 2020 21:00:00

'Apple Silicon Games' that summarizes how much games can be played on Mac with Apple Silicon

Apple has announced that it will introduce its own SoC /

Apple Silicon for Mac, announced the ' M1 ' chip as the first step, and released the MacBook Air / MacBook Pro / Mac mini equipped with the M1 chip. Macs with M1 chips have received high praise from overseas media such as 'computing revolution' and 'unbelievable feat', but there should be a certain number of users who 'want to use it for games'. Therefore, the site ' Apple Silicon Games ' that summarizes how much a Mac with an M1 chip can be used for game play has appeared.

Apple Silicon Games
https://applesilicongames.com/

In Apple Silicon Games, the game title is in the column, and in the row from the left, 'Title', 'Playable', 'Distribution', 'Environment', 'API', 'Resolution'. (Resolution) 'External Monitor? (Extended Monitor)' 'FPS ( Frame Rate )' 'Settings (Settings)' 'Specs (Mac Specs Used for Verification)' 'Notes' 'Source (Source) ) ”Is lined up. In the 'Source' column, the information source for playing the target game title on a Mac equipped with an M1 chip is listed, and URLs such as YouTube, Twitter, and Reddit are mainly posted.

For example, the popular title

of Epic Games in court battle with Apple, ' Fort Knight, ' is listed for playing on the Epic Games Launcher and on the cloud gaming service GeForce NOW . The reason why the same game titles are lined up on the list is that the configuration of the terminal and the resolution at the time of play are different. It should be noted that, 'In the case of M1 Mac mini 8GB of memory installed, the frame rate is 37 ~ 44fps at 5K resolution' of listed up that report and, 'In the case of M1 MacBook Air of 8GB memory installed, with 2560 × 1440 resolution There are reports that the frame rate is 80 to 120 fps.

There are also reports that 'it was not possible to play'. Riot Games tactical shooter '

VALORANT ' cannot be played.

While games are often played using CrossOver and Rosetta 2 that run Windows software on the Mac, there are reports of titles such as ' World of Warcraft ' that runs natively on macOS.

If you're looking for a Mac with an M1 chip but aren't sure if you can play your favorite games, you can check out Apple Silicon Games before you buy.