There have been no good games on Mac for a long time. Although it is possible to play Windows games through virtual systems, it not only requires an extra cost of virtual software, but also its support and smoothness are not perfect. Therefore, for those who love to play games For those who are still, the PC system is the first choice so far, but with the WWDC 2023 event, after Apple launched the “Game Porting Toolkit (Game Porting Toolkit)”, future gamers may also consider Mac. Reddit shared actual gameplay screens of various games.
M1/M2 Macs can now play AAA games like Cyberpunk 2077, Diablo 4, Elden’s Circle
Although the “Game Porting Toolkit” is not the main focus of this WWDC 2023, it can be said to be a big step forward in the game area. This can simulate Windows games, and game developers and gamers can use it to This supports DirectX12/DirectX11, CrossOver’s Wine’s open source code to run favorite games. However, it should be noted that the translation of Wine DX12/Vulkan is not all problematic, there are still some bugs and areas that need to be optimized.
Apple added #DX12 support to macOS and Apple Silicon via its Game Porting Toolkit. It’s basically a 20k patch to Wine that will make it easy to play AAA Windows games on macOS without using a VM.
— Christina Warren @ RenderATL (@film_girl) June 6, 2023
According to the sharing of players on Reddit and Twitter, they have successfully run a variety of games on Apple M1 and M2 series processors, such as the “Cyberpunk 2077” game below. This isaac uses a 16GB M1 MacBook Pro to play with Ultra settings. Actual picture:
Apple’s new game porting toolkit is fantastic. Here’s Cyperbunk 2077 running at Ultra on an M1 MacBook Pro 16 GB! pic.twitter.com/hylzMU6U46
— Isaac (@isaacmarovitz) June 6, 2023
The actual picture of “Diablo 4”, which has just started serving, played on the M2 Max processor:
Diablo IV on M2 Max using macOS Sonoma and game porting toolkit
by u/just_reload_it in macgaming
The same is M2 Max, “Hogwarts Inheritance” game screen:
“Spider-Man” is also no problem, the average FPS is around 30:
AppleGamingWiki Discord Users Posting their DX12 Testes – Credit djinn – Spiderman M2 Max ~30FPS –
by u/BlendlogicTECH in macgaming
The game screen of “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City” on MacBook Pro 14:
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition (DX12) running through the Game Porting Toolkit on my 14″ MBP
by u/sweetcoincidence in macgaming
For those who want to see more M1, M2 series playing DX 11 and DX 12 games, you can click me to macgaming View the page, and he will share new game screens from time to time.
Of course, compared with PC, the smoothness of playing these 3A games on Mac is still not as strong as that of PC, but now Apple has taken a big step, and after continuous optimization in the future, it is really quite exciting.
Several other games have already been confirmed to support natively in the future, including SnowRunner, Stray, The Medium, Elex II, Disney’s Dreamlight Valley, Layers of Fear, and Fort Solis.
Data reference source:VideoCardz、Wccftech
