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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight M2 Max 38 Core GPU Performance…

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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight M2 Max 38 Core GPU Performance…

SpitUK

macrumors 6502a

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Mar 5, 2010 East Yorkshire, UK
I know some people are interested and this is a very first test but I’m so impressed with the performance over my M1 Max. Everything is maximum detail with ultra shadows at the native resolution of the laptop, I can’t get it to drop below 60fps in the few areas tested so far. The GPU is a very impressive leap forward and I will do some more videos as I get the Mac setup over the next few days.
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russell_314

macrumors 603
Feb 10, 2019 5,158 7,267 USA
I know some people are interested and this is a very first test but I’m so impressed with the performance over my M1 Max. Everything is maximum detail with ultra shadows at the native resolution of the laptop, I can’t get it to drop below 60fps in the few areas tested so far. The GPU is a very impressive leap forward and I will do some more videos as I get the Mac setup over the next few days.

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Pretty cool! I’m guessing that’s the 16”? Have you tried turning the framerate cap off?

SpitUK

macrumors 6502a

Original poster

Mar 5, 2010 East Yorkshire, UK
Pretty cool! I’m guessing that’s the 16”? Have you tried turning the framerate cap off?
Yes it is the 16”. I did and it was fluctuating between 80-110fps so plenty of headroom. So impressed so far.

SpitUK

macrumors 6502a

Original poster

Mar 5, 2010 East Yorkshire, UK
A busy evening in Valdrakken and it doesn’t skip a beat.
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ninjaiphone

macrumors newbie
Feb 5, 2013
Can you run gamecube, switch wii emulator?

David1986H

macrumors regular
May 12, 2020 Cheshire, UK
Does it say 2022 or 2023 in the about this Mac? Curious as these were meant to be released in oct/nov

SpitUK

macrumors 6502a

Original poster

Mar 5, 2010 East Yorkshire, UK
Does it say 2022 or 2023 in the about this Mac? Curious as these were meant to be released in oct/nov
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SpitUK

macrumors 6502a

Original poster

Mar 5, 2010 East Yorkshire, UK
Can you run gamecube, switch wii emulator?
Yes but I’ve not tried it. Check out Andrew Tsai on YouTube he does lots of videos on M1/M2 emulation.

noonyez

macrumors newbie
Jan 25, 2023
Hello,

Thanks for all the info regarding the new M2 Max performance. Do you happen to see any issues with the RAM? ie Is it ever getting close to hitting near 32gb when running the game in mythics/raiding etc?

Just wondering cause I wasn't sure if I should get the 64GB version. And the 1TB seems to be no issues as well?

SpitUK

macrumors 6502a

Original poster

Mar 5, 2010 East Yorkshire, UK
Hello,

Thanks for all the info regarding the new M2 Max performance. Do you happen to see any issues with the RAM? ie Is it ever getting close to hitting near 32gb when running the game in mythics/raiding etc?

Just wondering cause I wasn't sure if I should get the 64GB version. And the 1TB seems to be no issues as well?
I had the M1 Max 32Gb before this and never had an issue, same with this one so far. The SSD is crazy fast so no issues either.

Here is the memory with lots of things open including WoW....
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vulture7776969

macrumors newbie
Jun 24, 2006
I know some people are interested and this is a very first test but I’m so impressed with the performance over my M1 Max. Everything is maximum detail with ultra shadows at the native resolution of the laptop, I can’t get it to drop below 60fps in the few areas tested so far. The GPU is a very impressive leap forward and I will do some more videos as I get the Mac setup over the next few days.

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What setting u running everything on.

VladVanHells

macrumors newbie
Oct 8, 2020
I know some people are interested and this is a very first test but I’m so impressed with the performance over my M1 Max. Everything is maximum detail with ultra shadows at the native resolution of the laptop, I can’t get it to drop below 60fps in the few areas tested so far. The GPU is a very impressive leap forward and I will do some more videos as I get the Mac setup over the next few days.

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Thank you for testing WoW. I'm planning to move on M2 from Intel and you just hit the spot with this tests!
PS: WoW has more comfortable ingame FPS counter. Just press "Control + R" to switch it ON/OFF.
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depeschiezero

macrumors newbie
Dec 30, 2018 Germany
Thank you very much for testing WoW and share the results with us. If possible, can you also test StarCraft 2?

Thanks and have a very nice day

knlax

macrumors newbie
Jan 30, 2023
how are the fans/temps in Wow after 30-1hour?
how are the fans/temps in Wow after 30-1hour?
I usually just do Epic Battlegrounds (40v40 fights) that are super heavy. The M2 Max doesn't skip a beat. I don't get so much as a hiccup or stutter in World of Warcraft. The fans kick in during the massive first clashes in the BG's (no noticeable performance dip), and then fans settle down for the remainder of the match. Thermal management seems to be quite good.

Been playing for about 4 hours tonight at max settings and the fans are inaudible right now. I have not checked temperatures though.

Absolutely a beast of a machine for WoW.

mrthreechilli

macrumors newbie
Jan 30, 2023
I usually just do Epic Battlegrounds (40v40 fights) that are super heavy. The M2 Max doesn't skip a beat. I don't get so much as a hiccup or stutter in World of Warcraft. The fans kick in during the massive first clashes in the BG's (no noticeable performance dip), and then fans settle down for the remainder of the match. Thermal management seems to be quite good.

Been playing for about 4 hours tonight at max settings and the fans are inaudible right now. I have not checked temperatures though.

Absolutely a beast of a machine for WoW.
That’s good to hear. I have a MBP M2 Max 12/38 64GB on the way and the only think I wanna play on it is WoW, so it’s nice to be reassured🙏.

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