Digital Foundry experts protested against several modern games on Macs running macOS Sonoma.
All titles are ported using Apple’s Game Porting Tool. It allows you to run Windows games on Mac, it was introduced on June 5 at WWDC 2023.
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Reviewers noted that any user can handle the utility, it is not necessary to be a developer for this. For tests, we used a MacBook Pro with an M1 Max processor. Test results:
🕹️ Dead space remake (1440p, medium settings, FSR2 in Performance mode): 30 to 60 FPS
🕹️ Dead space remake (1080p, medium settings, FSR2 in Ultra Performance mode): 60 FPS
🕹️ Gotham Knights (1440p, medium settings, FSR2 in performance mode): 30 to 50 FPS in the real world, 60 FPS indoors
🕹️ Hogwarts legacy (1440p, medium settings, FSR2 in Performance mode): 15 to 20-25 FPS
🕹️ Cyberpunk 2077 (1080p, medium settings, FSR2 in Performance mode): 40 to 50 FPS
🕹️ Psychonauts 2 (1080p/1440p, medium settings): 60 FPS
In terms of benchmarks, the MacBook Pro with the M1 Max chip is approximately at the level of the RTX 3060. However, in practice, games ported through the utility work at the level of the GTX 1060.
Test video:
However, this is a recent indicator, as the developers have not officially optimized their projects for Mac. Performance could be better. [Eurogamer]
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