Here are our top picks for the best mac games you can buy now. Jan 22, 2015 a gaming perfomance test on the new retina 5k imac. My question is what gpu to select for windows gaming at good resolution 1440p or better via the 5k monitor and to be with playable fps. We round up the 127 best mac games available in may 2020, from realtime strategy and rpgs to racing, shooting. Obviously if i only wanted to game there is much better value elsewhere, but gaming is only a part of what i want it for.
Updated we boot camp a new retina imac into windows and find things surprisingly playable. The 27inch imac with retina 5k display is loaded with up to 8gb of dedicated vram. Highend retina 5k imac benchmarked faster than lowend. Assuming both models were configured with 16gb of memory and 1tb fusion drive, the 4. I have the 2017 5k imac with the radeon pro 570 and i did add some extra ram after purchasing it, most things run fairly smoothly on it. For those interested in maximum performance from the mid2017 imac series, geekbench 4. Oct 21, 2014 primate labs john poole noted that once benchmarks for the highend retina 5k imac with intels 4.
If you liked this video, id really appreciate you giving me a. For the mid2015 retina 5k imac, macworld confirmed the geekbench results that provides above, but also adds that it was 4 percent slower in the cinebench r15 cpu test than the entrylevel late 2014 imac. You are not likely to see a much of a difference between a 27 4k screen and a 5k one. Looking past the chassis design, the thing that really makes the 5k imac sing is the screen. This provides you an optional simple fps counter but comes with distinct limitations. The stunning allinone imac features a beautiful 27inch retina 5k widescreen display, quadcore intel core i5 processors and amd radeon r9 m390 graphics processor with 2gb of gddr5 memory. Official amd pc drivers are not compatible with mac versions of the graphics cards by default, leaving boot camp users stuck with dated and poorly optimized drivers that are not compatible with the latest games. Quartz debug is made to specifically not effect the frame rate. We were actually able to play at 5k resolution with decent. Cameras with 5k resolution are used occasionally for recording films in digital cinematography. I removed the display drivers and then ran steam and removed big picture and then installed driver 18.
Red epic uses the mysterium x sensor which has a resolution of 5120. The 2019 imac has the same 27inch, 5k 5120 x 2880pixels retina panel as the 2017 model, which means you can expect a crisp, colorful and bright picture. It is possible to game on the 27inch 2017 fully loaded imac. Our 2017 imac 5k received a score of 1041 with an average 41. A string of software pearls builds for a strong yes but an absence of. Primate labs john poole noted that once benchmarks for the highend retina 5k imac with intels 4.
Transform the desktop experience by fitting powerful, easytouse technology into an elegant, allinone design. Global offensive is the latest counter strike cs in the series. How to monitor fps frames per second live in mac os x with. Performance, features and verdict apple imac 27inch. A gaming perfomance test on the new retina 5k imac. When the gpu and cpu are doing their job and im gaming at 60 fps, the fan. Yes, the imac 5k display is better, but on the slow side for gaming. Imo, thats not a worthwhile match of screen to gpu.
Jun 23, 2017 an imac and gaming do not really mix together but apple is looking to change that perspective when it officially launches its macos high sierra update that is going to be running on several. The good thing is you can use software to detect clutter and remove it. See frames per second in real time with count it app. Apples 5k imac is an impressive computer, but how well does it play. The schenker machine is equipped with an nvidia geforce gtx 970m. Upgrading to a core i9 and a 256gb ssd takes the price of the midrange 27inch imac to. I basically just want a good 4k 5k media consumption machine for browsing the web, consuming media, and occasionally gaming. Boost game performance on retina macs with a simple trick. By appleinsider staff saturday, january 06, 2018, 11. Since you specifically mentioned gaming at 5k, im going to go ahead and assume you meant gaming on the imacs internal 5k screen, in which case the answer is, with an egpu no, with the internal gpu maybe if you have an imac with the radeon pro 580 gpu. Im sure you can find titan xp and 4k benches somewhere.
Oct 08, 2018 hey guys, i have the same issue with 2017 imac 5k running bootcamp. An imac and gaming do not really mix together but apple is looking to change that perspective when it officially launches its macos high sierra update that. So with a limited egpu setup, the macbook pro can deliver a gaming experience identical to or even better than an imac 5k with radeon 580 pro should match the imac 2019 with vega 48. It seems to be some sort of software or driver issue but i dont know what to do to fix it. I dont have that much time but im really an enthusiast of.
And it comes standard with 8gb memory, a 1tb fusion drive, and advanced, highspeed io, including two thunderbolt ports and four usb 3 ports. All in all, the 5k imac runs just fine for me as a gaming rig even without bootcamp set up. Oct 20, 2014 the use of a discrete amd radeon r9 m290x graphics card means that not only does the imac have the graphics chops for 5k video, it can also handle gaming albeit, nowhere near 5k resolution. Rocket league was also an easy game to run, coming in at over 100 fps at 1080p and over 80 fps at 1440p. So, i just got a whole pc, hoping i could use my imac 4k, 2017, as display for it as i didnt want to burn my mac down with stupid gaming, and now i realise my research prior to this hasnt been very thorough articles saying this is doable were possibly outdated. The retina imac and its 5k display as a gaming machine. This site was created in january 2016 to supply the newest amd graphics drivers to boot camp users who run windows on their mac.
I have the 27 imac with the radeon 580 highest end available gpu. As you may have read in my previous posts on this topic, im an apple user for general computing, but i like gaming a lot. The 2019 i9 imac is shaping up to be an absolute beast of a workstation. Since you specifically mentioned gaming at 5k, im going to go ahead and assume you meant gaming on the imac s internal 5k screen, in which case the answer is, with an egpu no, with the internal gpu maybe if you have an imac with the radeon pro 580 gpu. Should you get an egpu for playing on a mac or rather. People who say it cant run shit are out of their minds. The 2017 imac 5k core i7 with pro 580 gpu runs warhammer 10% faster and xplane 6% faster than the 2017 imac 5k core i5 with pro 575 gpu. Oct 28, 2014 the retina imac and its 5k display as a gaming machine. Red gaming edition v2 does not include fps boosting tweaks but should be more compatible with emulators, benchmarking and nongaming software.
The 2019 5k imac with the brand new vega 48 graphics is a beast for professional app workflow, but can you play highend games on it with decent fps. When i first decided to buy my imac, that was my deciding factor in choosing the 27. Jan 19, 2019 this is like asking which mercedes benz sedan is best for offroad racing. Tbogt, mirrors edge, mafia 2, far cry 3 and crysis 2 specifications. Read our stepbystep guide on how to optimize mac for gaming, from simply. Performance, features and verdict apple imac 27inch, 2019. Late 2014mid2015 retina 5k imac performance comparison. The new imac takes that idea to the next level giving you even more amazing tools to do just about anything. Is there maybe someone that consistently games on his imac as is to say often in a bootcamp partition. The best thing to do is adjust your graphics settings until you. Instead, they concentrate on the whole computing experience, and being productive with word processing, d.
Highend retina 5k imac benchmarked faster than lowend mac. Oct, 2015 the imac ran wow at 36 fps at 5k with graphics set to auto, but dropped to a sluggish 21 fps below our playable threshold of 30 fps with the visuals cranked all the way. Mar 06, 2020 if you need all the speed you can get without switching to the imac pro, the 21inch imac with the upgraded i7 intel core processor is the one for you. The retina imac scored 142, the mac pro 3, and the older 27inch imac, 125. Quartz debug is a software made by apple that allows you to monitor. For one, not everyone uses steam for gaming and two. I am planning to buy the razer core 3 along with an amd gpu in order to be able to run some games not so demanding like pro evolution soccer 2020. I would recommend upping the resolution on these games to. If i insisted on building a 5k system the 5k imac is basically the cheapest out there.
Nearly everything will be much faster, with considerably higher frame rate fps performance, draw rates, and just generally all around smoother. Visit our dedicated fps games for mac guide for more. I have imac 2017 i7 7700k with radeon pro 580 and it runs most stuff you throw at it as long as you stick with 1440p and not native 5k. This is like asking which mercedes benz sedan is best for offroad racing.
If you need all the speed you can get without switching to the imac pro, the 21inch imac with the upgraded i7 intel core processor is the one for you. Havent tried anything on bootcamp, but i can easily run most mac games on medium or high depending on type of game and resolution. The use of a discrete amd radeon r9 m290x graphics card means that not only does the imac have the graphics chops for 5k video, it can also handle gaming albeit, nowhere near. Also as you are a console gamer, you can stick to playing most of the games on console and use mac to play pc centric stuff like sim, rts or 4x. I basically just want a good 4k5k media consumption machine for browsing the web, consuming media, and occasionally gaming.