• Mac mini M4 (24GB / 512GB)

  • 28" Samsung ViewFinity 60Hz 4K Monitor

  • 23.8" Acer Nitro XV240Y 200Hz 1080p Monitor

  • Parallels (8GB memory, 4 processors) w/ Windows 11

  • iPhone 16 Plus

macOS Game Reports

MacGamer has submitted 402 game reports for 237 games.

MacGamer

Good 1440p < 1 Hour Played 50 FPS

  • Hardware

    Mac mini M4

    Tahoe, 24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU

  • Method

    Parallels (Windows)

    v26.1.1

  • Launcher Steam
  • Graphics Preset Medium

Additional Information

The game has high FPS but frequent frame drops under 30.

MacGamer

Perfect 1440p < 1 Hour Played 60 FPS

  • Hardware

    Mac mini M4

    Tahoe, 24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU

  • Method

    CrossOver

    v26.0.0 Preview

  • Launcher Steam
  • Graphics Preset Medium

MacGamer

Good 1440p 2-4 Hours Played 40 FPS

  • Hardware

    Mac mini M4

    Tahoe, 24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU

  • Method

    CrossOver

    v26.0.0 Preview

  • Launcher Steam
  • Graphics Preset Custom

Additional Information

Important: If you upgrade CrossOver the game will have a black screen for a few minutes after launching it while it processes shaders again.

  • DLSS best quality

  • Frame gen off

  • Low settings except textures and materials on high and effects on medium

  • Motion blur off

The frame rate at Hogwarts has both been low (~30 FPS) and high (60 FPS) but sometimes it feels well below 30 FPS when it shows as being higher.

Hogsmeade had worse frame rate but it was still playable (over 30 FPS most of the time).

Frame Gen

I tried frame gen but didn't like how it felt even though the frame rate showed as being much higher. I could also see rendering problems because of it so I turned it off.

Resolution

The game only provides windowed and borderless windowed and with borderless windowed the ability to lower screen resolution is disabled so I had to play at 1440p. The upscaling resolution was slightly lower than 1080p.

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MacGamer

Perfect 1440p < 1 Hour Played 48 FPS

  • Hardware

    Mac mini M4

    Tahoe, 24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU

  • Method

    CrossOver

    v26.0.0 Preview

  • Launcher Epic Games
  • Graphics Preset Custom

Additional Information

I left the graphic settings as default, which was a mix of high and ultra and DLSS.

  • Hardware

    Mac mini M4

    Tahoe, 24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU

  • Method

    CrossOver

    v26.0.0 Preview

  • Launcher Steam

Additional Information

The game still cannot be played using CrossOver. The game freezes on a "press any key" screen after launching it.

MacGamer

Perfect 1440p < 1 Hour Played 40 FPS

  • Hardware

    Mac mini M4

    Tahoe, 24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU

  • Method

    Native

  • Launcher Epic Games
  • Graphics Preset Low

MacGamer

Perfect 1440p < 1 Hour Played 60 FPS

  • Hardware

    Mac mini M4

    Tahoe, 24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU

  • Method

    CrossOver

    v26.0.0 Preview

  • Launcher Epic Games
  • Graphics Preset High
  • Hardware

    Mac mini M4

    Tahoe, 24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU

  • Method

    CrossOver

    v26.0.0 Preview

  • Launcher Steam

Additional Information

It uses Easy Anti-Cheat. The game loads to the menu but when you try to play it says it can't find Easy Anti-Cheat and crashes.

MacGamer

Excellent 1440p < 1 Hour Played 40 FPS

  • Hardware

    Mac mini M4

    Tahoe, 24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU

  • Method

    CrossOver

    v26.0.0 Preview

  • Launcher GOG
  • Graphics Preset Medium
  • Hardware

    Mac mini M4

    Tahoe, 24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU

  • Method

    CrossOver

    v26.0.0 Preview

  • Launcher Steam

Additional Information

When you try to launch it it errors which says: Wine, Proton, and Steam Deck are not supported.