Your ideal gaming Mac

[backstreetboy]

Lol unless they spend a few billion this is never going to happen.

 

[Romeo_RX]

Lol unless they spend a few billion this is never going to happen.

I think they have a few billion. What would they need to spend it on, more specifically?

 

[backstreetboy]

I think they have a few billion. What would they need to spend it on, more specifically?

A few game publishers.

 

[Romeo_RX]

A few game publishers.

Initially they’ll pay for MacOS versions of games as they are doing at the moment, and if that eventually yields profits for publishers they’ll bring games over themselves.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

wake me up when it runs DirectX natively with full support for all DirectX games

that's the reason why gaming on Linux hasn't taken off, that's the reason gaming on Mac won't take off either

 

[Moosedrool]

 

[shadow_man]

Just use GeForce now, game on a Mac, Linux PC or a potato and play AAA titles. EZ.

 

[Mirai]

M3 has h/w raytracing support. That Max may be able to game at more than 30fps natively.

 

[$m@Rt@$$]

M3 has h/w raytracing support. That Max may be able to game at more than 30fps natively.

I play World of Warcraft on the odd occasion on my M1 at native resolution at more than 30fps...

 

[Smiggles]

Mac gaming is finally getting the overpowered upgrade it deserves

Game Porting Toolkit 4 beta is the clearest sign that gaming is becoming a priority for Apple.

www.macworld.com

For years, Game Porting Toolkit has occupied a strange place in Apple’s software lineup. Officially, it’s a developer tool designed to help studios evaluate how their Windows games might perform on macOS. In practice, it has also become the easiest way for enthusiasts to run Windows games that don’t have native Mac versions.

I’ve been using each major version since Apple introduced the toolkit in 2023. While every update brought incremental improvements, the latest beta announced at WWDC 2026 is the first one that has genuinely surprised me.

The difference isn’t subtle. After spending several days testing Game Porting Toolkit 4 beta on my M4 Pro MacBook Pro, I found performance improvements that fundamentally change the experience of playing demanding Windows games.

 

[Mirai]

Not worth to game on a Mac for AAA titles. The thing overheats and that wears down your components. It sounds like a gaming laptop except a proper gaming laptop stays cool and with Nvidia graphics will give you much better performance with ray tracing or path tracing. Macs are not for gaming unless for those indie titles or visual novels. Heck even on 'silent mode' a gaming laptop performance with like an RTX 5070 will beat out any Mac and will be more quiet.

 

[FiestaST]

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