I’m tired of waiting for Apple to release decent minimum specs, 256/8 just won’t cut it and for the asked price at least 16 GB RAM is a must. RAM and SSDs are very cheap since 2022-23 so there is absolutely no reason the M2 line and even lesser the M3 doesn’t get the jump. Just by principle I don’t buy one, it’s disgusting.
@@redcrazeso says Apple. But then the user needs something from work (VM or multitasking with video calls, Remote Desktop and office) or school or even to play some games with the great GPU…only to discover that they have to reduce their use due to low RAM size. You may say “but the AIR / 8 GB RAM is not for that” but…then you need nothing more than a M1. To have a powerful and capable M3 to be limited on what you do…then stay with the cheaper variant. I also don’t buy a 500 bhp car to go shopping on a 50 km/h street.
@@bobmorane2082 yeah, but it should not be "200$ more" for an 8 gb upgrade. its daylight robbery to be honest. They simply put 8gb ram since they know they can squeeze more money from their consumers who want 16 gb. They should only sell it as a 50$ upgrade tops. 8gb ram sticks only cost 10-15$ in my country. And my country is even notorious for having overpriced pc and pc parts.
an iPad with a m series chip is now powerful enough to run gta v. If all companies decide to port their old games (specially pre 2014), iPad would be an absolute unit of a gaming device.
even a nintendo switch has the power to run gta 5. the problem is rewriting an entire old game that can run on 7 consoles in arm, it’s just not convenient
@@NiasyyI would get 512GB anyway. And if gaming is the main thing you want to do i'd advise against an apple computer. If you get only 256 and plan to play games occasionally on your Macbook Air, you'll run out of space extremely fast considering the file size of games today. I think there are even games that you straight up cannot install on your internal storage if you have 256 and NOTINGH else on your Mac. Just keep that in mind.
My biggest wish is for GTA V to arrive on ARM at some point. The very single threaded game would run like a charm if it were ported like the older titles
I was surprised to see it stutter as badly as it did in the video. Your best bet would probably be to hope for a Switch release, which wouldn't surprise me anymore at this point. The current Switch is probably not powerful enough to run GTA V, but the Switch 2 might be.
M1 Mac Still Rocks It's SSD beats above Mac model from my point of 8gb Ram in apple eco system is something 3gb extra through memory compression utilisation
Omg I literally commented the same! I mean they can certainly do it because they already sell 24gb variant, just halve the chips. 8GB is not enough anymore, it is enough for people who use their macs essentially as chromebooks but any second they want to actually do something they need more. Starting from 12gb would be ideal because most people don’t need 16 but 8 is also too less
Apple wants people to spend the 200$ or be locked with a computer that will feel very old very fast. These machines used to last 10 years, even more with upgrades, but Apple wants you to buy a new one in five...
Sweet. I just ordered a 13” Air 24/1. If anything I might play BG3. You should retest with 16GB which will also come with a 10 core GPU, for a ~20% boost.
thanks for the review! It's important to me to know that games work on the MacBook Air. This also shows what kind of performance the MacBook has, which is important in other applications. I also think it's great that you tested the 8GB RAM version because you can see what you get for the smallest amount of money spent and since my budget is small it was very important to me that the tests were done with the 8GB RAM version.
If you are a gamer or know anything about computers with shared memory architectures you should know that if you want to play games then 16gb ram min is a requirement. This isn’t a criticism of Apple choosing the base ram to be 8gb, as quite a lot of users that don’t push their machine won’t need more. If you know you need it, you know you need it.
actually crazy this thing can do that. I have zero intent on using this for gaming but nice to know if I really REALLY wanted to I could. No need for that though as I have a beastly PC and a steam deck. Bought the base model m3 air for super basic use.
I'm new to Mac...I just bought a MacBook Air M3 16g and I tried Resident Evil 4 on it....surprised by the quality however I feel the computer heating up a bit. I want to know if it can be damaging in the long-term. Can someone tell me?
Unfortunately, I think because he used GTAV as the example for thermals...a game that doesn't push the unified RAM much, the heat is manageable. If he used BG3, which is memory intensive, it'd be a different story.
I wish with M4 apple would start from 12GB of ram, its 50% more than 8GB and they certainly can do it(they sell 24GB variant, just halve it) Not everybody needs 16GB and 8GB is too less, so 12GB would be a nice middle ground. Only people who use their macbooks as chromebooks can live with 8GB but if you really want to use it then you need more RAM
Definetly if u are cosidering gaming and EMULATING on m1,m2 or m3. Without a doubt u have to buy 16gb ram minimum! I have a macbook air m2 with 8 ram, and im suffering it :c
it will be interesting to see a comparison runing the same games on a Steam Deck or similar Handheld PC, to compare battery life, gaming FPS on similar settings... also adding some 30 fps or 60 fps vsync (instead of variable freesync) to see how it affects baterry life and efficiency...
As a Steam deck or a Legion Go can play practically all games, there alone they win. But if Apple had 16 GB as base, at least more game producers would have more room to port their games to macOS. As there are so many 8 GB limited devices, they forget about it, too much work to have the game playable there and very few buyers.
For GTA its best to use DXVK, set 4k resolution, request 60 fps from the game and disabe FXAA filtering. For online, this gives me stable 30 fps with 0 input delay (as opposed to asking 30 fps to the game which weirdly gives worst performance and has unbearable input delay). To derease frame dropping when rotating the camera, I enabled a little motion blur (I don´t like the effect taht much so I set it to its minimum non-zero value), which gives back the fluidity of 30 fps. I prefer 4k with 30 fps than 1080p with almost 60 fps because 1080 looks really pixelated and not having any hardware antialising properly emulated makes things worse. Better skip the 1080p tests and target 4k.
Thanks for the video. Regarding air models don’t have a fan, is it going to be harmful for the device in long term to play games ( even on low graphics)? I know it’s gonna heat up a bit as it’s experiencing a heavy task.
I would say yes. I have no experience with the M series at all, but I used to play some relatively heavy games on my old Intel iMac (which did have fans). After a couple of years, I had pretty much melted the graphics board into oblivion. Won't be making that mistake again!
Mac ports , apple arcade ports , emulation and cloud gaming is what this machine is capable of and is a lot being honest That is why is better evade/skip windows gaming (crossover, parallels) on this machine because windows games via Rosetta 2 requires at least double the ram
Give it 5-6 years and macbooks could genuinely compete with midrange gaming pcs once developers start optimizing their games. I just hope it's not like Xbox vs Nintendo switch in terms of graphics and performance but if a macbook air can play medium to high native 1080p 60-120fps RDR2 equivalent I think it is a win, Pretty much looking like that already with the m3 Max but that's 4k
How long did you run each game roughly? Do you have any experience or thoughts on LoL or Dota 2? Have you tried any games on an external monitor with higher resolution? Thanks!
if apple want to invite more gamers it might be a good idea to make storage more affordable.. its kind of annoying to plug in a drive just to play games
Not to excuse Apple 256GB for a 1100$ Laptop is a joke but is that really that big of a problem? Any windows device with similar gaming peroformance is probably heavier than a drive + mba and needs to be plugged into a power socket all the time.
Did you have issues with storage space with the App Store games? My computer choked on the upgrade for RE as it's so slow to download and so big, and I've got the 512GB upgrade.
While they carry on with over the top pricing for memory they will never be affordable for people who like to game on their macs. Yes a PC is better value or even a console. Game devs are never going to jump on board with such expensive hardware and so little marketshare.
Each year Apple sells 25 million Macs. By 2026, there will be 100 million Macs able to play most games. The devs will absolutely come to the Mac with that large of a market.
@@user-ej9nl1ng9d no, Apple is still selling 25 millons Macs every year and 90% of them are able to play 90% of the games. The addressable market is growing every year. Apple already has 1.5 billion devices that can play games in the world and soon there will be another 100 million devices (Macs) joining them. Gaming on Apple devices is already a multi-billion dollar industry. Any game developer would have rocks in their head not to make a Mac port in 2026. I'm quite sure game developers are already starting to understand Apple's strategy and are beginning to include Apple ports in their development plans. Apple Silicon with built in graphics is changing everything.
@@user-ej9nl1ng9d and yet Apple gaming is already a multi-billion dollar market Your points just aren't relevant. There are 1.5 billion Apple devices out there with people buying games and now Apple Silicon Macs are joining them.
@@AndreAngelantoni outside of the Sims, no casual Mac user plays video games. Sure there's a dedicated community that buys crossover and tries running stuff through compatibility layers, but for game studios it's just never going to grow to the level that rivals the Windows gaming userbase - even Linux has a far better showing and they aren't having to bribe developers to port their games to a subscription "arcade" platform.
Hi, I was just wondering what app you use to show the cpu temperature as I currently use two separate apps for temperature and battery charging speed and both have fairly outdated UI’s? Thanks
Hey Andrew can u do one with book 4 pro 16 inch. I am stuck up on this decision for a long time. If u could test 9 games on the intel core ultra 7 with arc graphics on the book 4 pro it would be great help. I think it starts with 16 gigs ram and 512 gigs of storage
If I am doing Speech and Debate andcould have 5+ huge word documents all open at the same time all of which could be 50+ pages will it run fine with 8GB of Memory or should I definitely upgrade to 16Gb?
If I am doing Speech and Debate could have 5+ huge word documents all open at the same time all of which could be 50+ pages will it run fine with 8GB of Memory or should I definitely upgrade to 16Gb?
you're better using a 14-inch M1 Pro MacBook with 16 or 32 gigs of memory if you want a compact MacBook that has good battery and doesn't look dated or just trying to get a good laptop since most consumer-based windows laptops are disposable pieces of trash that were designed to make you buy a new one every 2 years (I'm using a 14-inch M1 Pro MacBook right now as I'm writing this comment)
Hey gyus, do you have also problem with Rockstar games on parallels? I can't start it, so and gta. And tryied everything that Rockstar support told me to. Its about the Log in token or something like that...
I recommend Asus laptops which that they don't have premium quality but for $800 and 900 you can buy decent Asus laptop with powerful graphic card rtx 4060 and processor which allows you to play or work on everything
Guys I have a genuine question. I hear so may people saying that it is unacceptable for apple to release a new computer with 8gb ram in this day and age. Should they just not have this option then? If they just didn't even have an 8gb option, would the world be better for it and would this stop being a problem? So more choices are a problem now? I don't really get it.
7:06 gta v settings make a lot of difference, could you please post somewhere the setting of the output file of benchmark? using just recommended settings on my last tested pc was eating 75% of the max FPS attainable with the cpu, by tweking them a little you can get 200% FPS. TEst if you want 2GB vram settings like following: === SETTINGS === Display: 3840x2160 (FullScreen) @ 60Hz VSync OFF Tessellation: 2 LodScale: 1.000000 PedLodBias: 0.200000 VehicleLodBias: 0.000000 ShadowQuality: 1 ReflectionQuality: 0 ReflectionMSAA: 0 SSAO: 0 AnisotropicFiltering: 16 MSAA: 0 MSAAFragments: 0 MSAAQuality: 0 SamplingMode: 0 TextureQuality: 0 ParticleQuality: 0 WaterQuality: 0 GrassQuality: 0 ShaderQuality: 1 Shadow_SoftShadows: 0 UltraShadows_Enabled: false Shadow_ParticleShadows: true Shadow_Distance: 1.000000 Shadow_LongShadows: false Shadow_SplitZStart: 0.930000 Shadow_SplitZEnd: 0.890000 Shadow_aircraftExpWeight: 0.990000 Shadow_DisableScreenSizeCheck: false Reflection_MipBlur: true FXAA_Enabled: false TXAA_Enabled: false Lighting_FogVolumes: true Shader_SSA: true DX_Version: 2 CityDensity: 1.000000 PedVarietyMultiplier: 1.000000 VehicleVarietyMultiplier: 1.000000 PostFX: 0 DoF: false HdStreamingInFlight: false MaxLodScale: 1.000000 MotionBlurStrength: 0.000000
@@CeeDeeLmao no, happy with a Mac. Thanks..gaming laptops only do that 1 thing and for the rest it's crap..you even struggle to get away with 10 hours without charging. And that's when it's brand new. I've heard people owning an ROG saying the same and I have experience with my Alienware. Besides, Windows 11 is bad macos clone. Micro$$oft are not even original anymore, just like Hollywood in general
It's not gonna help that much. Unless the specific game you're playing is bogged down by the RAM it's not going to do much. And the SSD is just going to be for space not performance comparatively
It would be really interesting to compare these results with a 16gb model.
I’m tired of waiting for Apple to release decent minimum specs, 256/8 just won’t cut it and for the asked price at least 16 GB RAM is a must. RAM and SSDs are very cheap since 2022-23 so there is absolutely no reason the M2 line and even lesser the M3 doesn’t get the jump. Just by principle I don’t buy one, it’s disgusting.
@@ricarmigbecause the 8gb is aimed at students and casual if you gonna game or edit you upgrade to 16gb
@@ricarmiga majority of users are fine with 8gb
@@redcrazeso says Apple. But then the user needs something from work (VM or multitasking with video calls, Remote Desktop and office) or school or even to play some games with the great GPU…only to discover that they have to reduce their use due to low RAM size. You may say “but the AIR / 8 GB RAM is not for that” but…then you need nothing more than a M1. To have a powerful and capable M3 to be limited on what you do…then stay with the cheaper variant. I also don’t buy a 500 bhp car to go shopping on a 50 km/h street.
@@bobmorane2082 yeah, but it should not be "200$ more" for an 8 gb upgrade. its daylight robbery to be honest. They simply put 8gb ram since they know they can squeeze more money from their consumers who want 16 gb. They should only sell it as a 50$ upgrade tops. 8gb ram sticks only cost 10-15$ in my country. And my country is even notorious for having overpriced pc and pc parts.
an iPad with a m series chip is now powerful enough to run gta v. If all companies decide to port their old games (specially pre 2014), iPad would be an absolute unit of a gaming device.
This is the timeline i have been silently hoping for. 🥹
even a nintendo switch has the power to run gta 5. the problem is rewriting an entire old game that can run on 7 consoles in arm, it’s just not convenient
@@micheledelmoro5898I mean, the Xbox 360 could run GTA V. They could easily get it working on the switch.
I think 16GB shared memory could've helped tremendously.
Is 16 GB of Ram enough, or add 512 GB of SSD?
@@NiasyyI would get 512GB anyway. And if gaming is the main thing you want to do i'd advise against an apple computer.
If you get only 256 and plan to play games occasionally on your Macbook Air, you'll run out of space extremely fast considering the file size of games today. I think there are even games that you straight up cannot install on your internal storage if you have 256 and NOTINGH else on your Mac. Just keep that in mind.
@@Niasyysome Programms or games require it though, (baldurs gate 3 etc) and storage can always be put externally
@@Niasyy Yes, it is enough. You can always add an external drive so prioritize ram.
@@Niasyy Always more ram. Use an external nvme drive for games
My biggest wish is for GTA V to arrive on ARM at some point. The very single threaded game would run like a charm if it were ported like the older titles
Don't hold your breath waiting for this to happen.
I was surprised to see it stutter as badly as it did in the video. Your best bet would probably be to hope for a Switch release, which wouldn't surprise me anymore at this point. The current Switch is probably not powerful enough to run GTA V, but the Switch 2 might be.
RE 7 Biohazard too ❤
M1 Mac Still Rocks It's SSD beats above Mac model from my point of 8gb Ram in apple eco system is something 3gb extra through memory compression utilisation
While I doubt that will happen, we’re now seeing Xbox 360 emulation on mobile and I’ve seen GTA 5 running on a phone already.
i’d love to see more thermal tests on all the macbooks you test games on
The thermal rating of the M3 air is not good this time. After all, this is a gaming processor, Apple should have put at least 1 fan for it.
@@shyrose2790 I still remember when intel macs instantly heated up to 99 degrees upon opening youtube in a browser and that's with fans revving up lol
@@shyrose2790it’s cool now that gaming can be an option on mac but for me personally the fact that it gets so hot with or without the fan bother me.
I legit ordered this MacBook it comes this week let’s go
How is it?? Have you tried Minecraft?
Can’t wait for the Mac mini with an m3. Will definitely buy one
If Apple wanted to be cheap they should at least give us 12GB
Omg I literally commented the same! I mean they can certainly do it because they already sell 24gb variant, just halve the chips. 8GB is not enough anymore, it is enough for people who use their macs essentially as chromebooks but any second they want to actually do something they need more. Starting from 12gb would be ideal because most people don’t need 16 but 8 is also too less
Apple wants people to buy the 16GB version, if they want to game.
Apple wants people to spend the 200$ or be locked with a computer that will feel very old very fast. These machines used to last 10 years, even more with upgrades, but Apple wants you to buy a new one in five...
Just upgrade to 24 GB. Don't let a company determine what you need.
@@dbchick8561 my wallet determines what I need big bro 😭 24GB in a Mac ain’t cheap
Sweet. I just ordered a 13” Air 24/1. If anything I might play BG3. You should retest with 16GB which will also come with a 10 core GPU, for a ~20% boost.
Should’ve just waited for the m4
@@jackg3535Should’ve just waited for the M5
@@armandocuragonzalez1905 should've waited for Mx
thanks for the review! It's important to me to know that games work on the MacBook Air. This also shows what kind of performance the MacBook has, which is important in other applications. I also think it's great that you tested the 8GB RAM version because you can see what you get for the smallest amount of money spent and since my budget is small it was very important to me that the tests were done with the 8GB RAM version.
If you are a gamer or know anything about computers with shared memory architectures you should know that if you want to play games then 16gb ram min is a requirement. This isn’t a criticism of Apple choosing the base ram to be 8gb, as quite a lot of users that don’t push their machine won’t need more. If you know you need it, you know you need it.
100% accurate!
actually crazy this thing can do that. I have zero intent on using this for gaming but nice to know if I really REALLY wanted to I could. No need for that though as I have a beastly PC and a steam deck. Bought the base model m3 air for super basic use.
I'm new to Mac...I just bought a MacBook Air M3 16g and I tried Resident Evil 4 on it....surprised by the quality however I feel the computer heating up a bit. I want to know if it can be damaging in the long-term. Can someone tell me?
Apple should give a shot at a gaming laptop
You could play Baldur's Gate 3 in 720p. I don't think that is a big deal on a 13" and it would allow you to crank up the graphic settings higher
the thermals are a huge surprise, insane
I was thinking the same thing.
Unfortunately, I think because he used GTAV as the example for thermals...a game that doesn't push the unified RAM much, the heat is manageable. If he used BG3, which is memory intensive, it'd be a different story.
I wish with M4 apple would start from 12GB of ram, its 50% more than 8GB and they certainly can do it(they sell 24GB variant, just halve it) Not everybody needs 16GB and 8GB is too less, so 12GB would be a nice middle ground. Only people who use their macbooks as chromebooks can live with 8GB but if you really want to use it then you need more RAM
Definetly if u are cosidering gaming and EMULATING on m1,m2 or m3. Without a doubt u have to buy 16gb ram minimum!
I have a macbook air m2 with 8 ram, and im suffering it :c
Could you add to the tests snowrunner? It would be great)
it will be interesting to see a comparison runing the same games on a Steam Deck or similar Handheld PC, to compare battery life, gaming FPS on similar settings... also adding some 30 fps or 60 fps vsync (instead of variable freesync) to see how it affects baterry life and efficiency...
As a Steam deck or a Legion Go can play practically all games, there alone they win. But if Apple had 16 GB as base, at least more game producers would have more room to port their games to macOS. As there are so many 8 GB limited devices, they forget about it, too much work to have the game playable there and very few buyers.
Apple sucks. Theres no comparison.
the machine gets really hot while playing, the keyboard is almost hot. not for you?
I wonder how GTA5 would work on an M2 Pro with 16GB.
Ngl 8 gb ram in 2024 is absolutely insane, I get iOS and macOS have great ram management but still there’s a point where more ram is just needed
Did anyone notice the graphics glitch in Death Stranding after getting out of settings and showing the screen record? Stuttering EVERYWHERE.....
You should add Factorio to your list of games to benchmark. Download a huge factory and it will really tax the CPU.
For GTA its best to use DXVK, set 4k resolution, request 60 fps from the game and disabe FXAA filtering. For online, this gives me stable 30 fps with 0 input delay (as opposed to asking 30 fps to the game which weirdly gives worst performance and has unbearable input delay).
To derease frame dropping when rotating the camera, I enabled a little motion blur (I don´t like the effect taht much so I set it to its minimum non-zero value), which gives back the fluidity of 30 fps. I prefer 4k with 30 fps than 1080p with almost 60 fps because 1080 looks really pixelated and not having any hardware antialising properly emulated makes things worse. Better skip the 1080p tests and target 4k.
Thanks for the video. Regarding air models don’t have a fan, is it going to be harmful for the device in long term to play games ( even on low graphics)? I know it’s gonna heat up a bit as it’s experiencing a heavy task.
I would say yes. I have no experience with the M series at all, but I used to play some relatively heavy games on my old Intel iMac (which did have fans). After a couple of years, I had pretty much melted the graphics board into oblivion. Won't be making that mistake again!
Mac ports , apple arcade ports , emulation and cloud gaming is what this machine is capable of and is a lot being honest
That is why is better evade/skip windows gaming (crossover, parallels) on this machine because windows games via Rosetta 2 requires at least double the ram
i guess i’m gonna try playing re4
How do you get the display of performance in the screen corner? Sorry if this is a dumb question, I’m new to Mac.
i just got a 2 minute unskippable ad, im gonna end it.
Give it 5-6 years and macbooks could genuinely compete with midrange gaming pcs once developers start optimizing their games. I just hope it's not like Xbox vs Nintendo switch in terms of graphics and performance but if a macbook air can play medium to high native 1080p 60-120fps RDR2 equivalent I think it is a win, Pretty much looking like that already with the m3 Max but that's 4k
on m1 Mac ff7 remake if u play it long uses more than 7-8 gb of ram and fps drops to 10-15
does GPU core count matter in these laptops? How does for example M1 Max compare to M3 Pro ?
How long did you run each game roughly? Do you have any experience or thoughts on LoL or Dota 2?
Have you tried any games on an external monitor with higher resolution?
Thanks!
I m thinking about the same, how long did you run each game roughly? Can you play 5 hours?
8gb ram in 2024 computers at 1000+ EUR is terribly ridiculous 😂 (and mbp 14” 8gb 2000+ is SUPER terribly ridiculous…!!) 👎🏻
I personally don’t care for performance tests on 8GB models, show us 16 or 24 pls
if these laptops had just 16gb base models, most students would consider this a no-brainer purchase!
256gb 8gb is 8 core videochip
512gb 8gb is 10 core videochip
2 cores boost about 25% of performance!
Would be cool to sekė now the sakė tame difference with 16gb and 10 GPU cores
if apple want to invite more gamers it might be a good idea to make storage more affordable.. its kind of annoying to plug in a drive just to play games
Not to excuse Apple 256GB for a 1100$ Laptop is a joke but is that really that big of a problem? Any windows device with similar gaming peroformance is probably heavier than a drive + mba and needs to be plugged into a power socket all the time.
Can you play the latest FIFA on it?
If you have the ability, could you do 8GB vs 16GB.
Anyone know when sales might happen? People said it would come but nothing yet. M2 macbooks still 1,200-1,700 price range
can you xbox remote play on it ?
Can you test Diablo 4? It seems like it's no longer working on mac with the new D4 patch
launching a laptop with 8GB ram in 2024 is a crime.
You can get finance for 36 months!? wow! in the US is only 12 months.
Did you have issues with storage space with the App Store games? My computer choked on the upgrade for RE as it's so slow to download and so big, and I've got the 512GB upgrade.
Could you compare it vs MBA M2 16gb ram?
Please
While they carry on with over the top pricing for memory they will never be affordable for people who like to game on their macs. Yes a PC is better value or even a console. Game devs are never going to jump on board with such expensive hardware and so little marketshare.
Each year Apple sells 25 million Macs. By 2026, there will be 100 million Macs able to play most games.
The devs will absolutely come to the Mac with that large of a market.
@@user-ej9nl1ng9d no, Apple is still selling 25 millons Macs every year and 90% of them are able to play 90% of the games.
The addressable market is growing every year.
Apple already has 1.5 billion devices that can play games in the world and soon there will be another 100 million devices (Macs) joining them.
Gaming on Apple devices is already a multi-billion dollar industry.
Any game developer would have rocks in their head not to make a Mac port in 2026.
I'm quite sure game developers are already starting to understand Apple's strategy and are beginning to include Apple ports in their development plans.
Apple Silicon with built in graphics is changing everything.
@@user-ej9nl1ng9d and yet Apple gaming is already a multi-billion dollar market
Your points just aren't relevant. There are 1.5 billion Apple devices out there with people buying games and now Apple Silicon Macs are joining them.
@@AndreAngelantoni outside of the Sims, no casual Mac user plays video games. Sure there's a dedicated community that buys crossover and tries running stuff through compatibility layers, but for game studios it's just never going to grow to the level that rivals the Windows gaming userbase - even Linux has a far better showing and they aren't having to bribe developers to port their games to a subscription "arcade" platform.
@@amirpourghoureiyan1637 100 million Macs by 2026 that can play games decently changed the whole equation.
Or just go for windows for gaming
Or indeed, 24Gb of RAM, since the top 15inch M3 Air comes with 16Gb as standard, upgradable to 24Gb. This review pelase!
Hi, I was just wondering what app you use to show the cpu temperature as I currently use two separate apps for temperature and battery charging speed and both have fairly outdated UI’s? Thanks
You should have tested GTA online cuz even RTX 3060 cannot run that shit properly...
my 2012 pc runs games better than that lmao
Hey Andrew can u do one with book 4 pro 16 inch. I am stuck up on this decision for a long time. If u could test 9 games on the intel core ultra 7 with arc graphics on the book 4 pro it would be great help. I think it starts with 16 gigs ram and 512 gigs of storage
Apple may say whatever it wants, but áGB RAM is insane in 2024. These machines are designed for office work, but it's not enough anyway.
how would games like warthunder/ ETS2 and minecraft run on a base m3 air?
Any ideas why the Mac version of NMS has had a low res texture issue since the omega update?
bro nba on the mac looks like an upscaled xbox 360 game 💀
Good evening, I would like to know if it is possible to install Cypcad on the MacBook???
Can you try Diablo 4 next time?
What’s crossover? Is it free?
It’s a translation layer. App made by WINE developers. Not free unfortunately.
Is it possible to run fc 24 on a Mac?
But but but Apple says that 8GB of RAM on a Mac is the same as 16GB on a windows laptop 😵💫
It's true 😊
@@sam95bjk3no…
If I am doing Speech and Debate andcould have 5+ huge word documents all open at the same time all of which could be 50+ pages will it run fine with 8GB of Memory or should I definitely upgrade to 16Gb?
Is the vrchat game still not working through crossover?
If I am doing Speech and Debate could have 5+ huge word documents all open at the same time all of which could be 50+ pages will it run fine with 8GB of Memory or should I definitely upgrade to 16Gb?
How did u install GTAV??? I have M3 macbook Pro
If you have a house or an apartment... just buy pc with geforce 4070 for gaming for this price value...
you're better using a 14-inch M1 Pro MacBook with 16 or 32 gigs of memory if you want a compact MacBook that has good battery and doesn't look dated or just trying to get a good laptop since most consumer-based windows laptops are disposable pieces of trash that were designed to make you buy a new one every 2 years (I'm using a 14-inch M1 Pro MacBook right now as I'm writing this comment)
how to start "The Division" ??
Hey gyus, do you have also problem with Rockstar games on parallels? I can't start it, so and gta. And tryied everything that Rockstar support told me to. Its about the Log in token or something like that...
Can you try dota 2 please and review? Thank you!
Is it possible to play Dragon Ball Super Card Game Fusion World?
Can you play mw3/warzone or not!?
No one review that!
Can you play something like CS2 or CK3? I don't play any of these games haha
Maybe a Total War as well?
I recommend Asus laptops which that they don't have premium quality but for $800 and 900 you can buy decent Asus laptop with powerful graphic card rtx 4060 and processor which allows you to play or work on everything
Guys I have a genuine question. I hear so may people saying that it is unacceptable for apple to release a new computer with 8gb ram in this day and age. Should they just not have this option then? If they just didn't even have an 8gb option, would the world be better for it and would this stop being a problem? So more choices are a problem now? I don't really get it.
8GB is fine for 90% of people, just not for gaming or higher end work.
@@AndytizerI wish they did atleast 12gb, not everybody needs 16gb but also 8gb is starting to be a problem.
how about emulation on m3 macbook air?
Is the crossover app free and what about the games that can be run through crossover? Are they free or can be pirated?
Is it the 13inch m3 or 15inch m3?
My 6 year old 1000$ windows laptop gives more fps than macbook air in all these games. Macs arent for gaming
True but I bet battery life is 22 minutes and not 22 hours and screen is shitty. Still you got an advantage
Can u do the same with air 15 inch m3?
Those 8gbs are holding it back
oof I forgot how awful FSR 1 looked.
World of Warcraft native and popular but not tested lol🤦🏻♂️😅
I think it's fair to say it can run WoW lol. It's not demanding at all.
my m1 can run WoW no problem
7:06 gta v settings make a lot of difference, could you please post somewhere the setting of the output file of benchmark? using just recommended settings on my last tested pc was eating 75% of the max FPS attainable with the cpu, by tweking them a little you can get 200% FPS. TEst if you want 2GB vram settings like following:
=== SETTINGS ===
Display: 3840x2160 (FullScreen) @ 60Hz VSync OFF
Tessellation: 2
LodScale: 1.000000
PedLodBias: 0.200000
VehicleLodBias: 0.000000
ShadowQuality: 1
ReflectionQuality: 0
ReflectionMSAA: 0
SSAO: 0
AnisotropicFiltering: 16
MSAA: 0
MSAAFragments: 0
MSAAQuality: 0
SamplingMode: 0
TextureQuality: 0
ParticleQuality: 0
WaterQuality: 0
GrassQuality: 0
ShaderQuality: 1
Shadow_SoftShadows: 0
UltraShadows_Enabled: false
Shadow_ParticleShadows: true
Shadow_Distance: 1.000000
Shadow_LongShadows: false
Shadow_SplitZStart: 0.930000
Shadow_SplitZEnd: 0.890000
Shadow_aircraftExpWeight: 0.990000
Shadow_DisableScreenSizeCheck: false
Reflection_MipBlur: true
FXAA_Enabled: false
TXAA_Enabled: false
Lighting_FogVolumes: true
Shader_SSA: true
DX_Version: 2
CityDensity: 1.000000
PedVarietyMultiplier: 1.000000
VehicleVarietyMultiplier: 1.000000
PostFX: 0
DoF: false
HdStreamingInFlight: false
MaxLodScale: 1.000000
MotionBlurStrength: 0.000000
This video just confirmed that they did not build this laptop for gaming
Nah really? I don't think many people at all buy any Mac for gaming. Not as the main reason for getting it.
theres no minecraft?
yea cuz m3 macbook air cant handle fcking minecraft
The air was created for people students using the web and writing reports, not for gaming. So the fact it can run any game is a miricle. lol
It's much more capable than that, apple is just not using its potential
Can someone guide me on how I can get the steam games on the Mac ? Is there a way to do this without running VMs with Windows ?
Get a gaming laptop
@@CeeDeeLmao no, happy with a Mac. Thanks..gaming laptops only do that 1 thing and for the rest it's crap..you even struggle to get away with 10 hours without charging. And that's when it's brand new. I've heard people owning an ROG saying the same and I have experience with my Alienware. Besides, Windows 11 is bad macos clone. Micro$$oft are not even original anymore, just like Hollywood in general
Swap no 8gb ?
Air? You need more air flow.
8GB even being an option is so stupid...
Hi there! Sooooo... If I get it right, having like 24gb of ram and 1tb of SSD would make the games way smoother? If yes how much? 👀
It's not gonna help that much. Unless the specific game you're playing is bogged down by the RAM it's not going to do much. And the SSD is just going to be for space not performance comparatively
Holy... playing game on this will drive the temperature up to 73-76 degrees celsius?!?
It's not really that much considering it's a laptop with a passive cooling
F
It’s probably burn in on the gpu
Native games in 1080p on low settings 40fps? LOL 😂