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Here is a video of non-raid content. Just great on setting 10 as you can see. Anyone try raiding with this?
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2020-11-30, 05:52 PM #1Over 9000!
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How is the M1 MacBook Air for WoW raiding?
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2020-11-30, 05:55 PM #2Bloodsail Admiral
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No, I dont play on a laptop or apple because im not an ape
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2020-11-30, 06:04 PM #3Stood in the Fire
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very mature response. Originally Posted by LedZeppelin
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My guess is that it would play just fine, however looking at some videos online it seems like it might have to run at low settings to get constant framerates. I have no idea as i dont own one yet and im kinda waiting a bit before pulling the trigger just to see how the whole ARM transition plays out.
That being said the video is kinda bad, he should have used BFA zones to display the capabilities as they are more intensive to run. That being said there is an issue with Vsync where it cant be disabled so we dont really know what performance he's getting without pushing the settings.Last edited by Zeanix; 2020-11-30 at 06:08 PM.
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2020-11-30, 06:05 PM #4Dreadlord
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I would imagine raiding would be fine on that system. Maybe use lower settings when raiding. However, on a fanless ultrabook I'd be more concerned about heat. I didn't watch the whole video through so did he address heating on long gaming sessions?
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2020-11-30, 06:13 PM #5Over 9000!
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It is said the M1 chipset is deisgned so that it really doesn't overheat at all, and at one point he mentioned his macbook was never getting hot. Originally Posted by Viikkis
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Also, realize this is a MacBook Air with graphics settings on 10, not even getting hot running around the world and in town at 60 fps.
If you do to 2:30 in the video, he fights a world boss in Icecrown and fps drops to 30-40, but again this is at graphics 10 on an $899 laptop. Originally Posted by Kokolums
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2020-11-30, 06:21 PM #6Warchief
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Shadows/Liquids/Sunshaft at LOW, drawdistance pulled back, WoW runs on many other low powered notebooks aswell.
30fps with just players around you means it will drop in a real raid encounter to sub 15 or even single digit fps.
Thats much worse as I thought for a fully native game for the CPU.
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With graphics at 5 and with impactfull sliders pulled way back from 5. Originally Posted by Kokolums
Thats a full native compiled game for this CPU.
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2020-11-30, 06:30 PM #7Weeb Queen
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At 5 and max resolution i was getting 60 in doors on the pro, but i only played a few minutes because i didnt wanna set up my ui.
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2020-11-30, 08:44 PM #8Bloodsail Admiral
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Yes. Yes it is. Originally Posted by Zeanix
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2020-11-30, 11:18 PM #9Grunt
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still, good enough for the hearthstone =)
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