Crimson Desert Mac Review: 7 Macs Tested (MacBook Neo to M5 Max!)

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Testing out Crimson Desert’s Mac port on a bunch of Apple Silicon Macs!

If you do try to run this on MacBook Neo A18 Pro.. I don’t advise it but you need to first set a 540p resolution using SwitchResX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNKw4eZMxP0

Timestamps:
00:00 Crimson Desert on Mac is AMAZING!
00:38 Steam vs App Store
02:53 M1
03:33 M1 Max
04:39 Neo (A18 Pro)
06:01 M4
07:10 M5 Pro
08:07 M3 Max
08:45 M5 Max

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► Mac gaming setup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R3FbFggc_4
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PlayStation controller: https://geni.us/dualsense-controller

► Links:
AppleGamingWiki: https://applegamingwiki.com
AppleGamingWiki Discord: https://discord.gg/28CAAr6SpB

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28 Comments

  1. I brought a m4 pro MacBook pro for univetsity and I have been happily playing games like crimson desert, cyberpunk 2077,death island 2,god of war via crossover and many other games via crossover and I can get around 100 to 110 fps in 4k with upscaling ultra or high settings in all of the games

  2. i have the MacBook Pro M4 and set it to medium graphics, plus this tracing thing (forgive me, not a PC expert lol) and it actually runs pretty well! very smooth and graphic wise not bad at all, im pretty satisfied with everything

  3. if you want to play heavy games on macbooks air – you'll need external cooling, otherwise it throttles~

  4. Soooo… You need the latest and greatest and still can't get to 4k like I do on a 5 years old 3060 laptop. Pretty illuminating.

  5. Is the gaming performance between the M5 max 32 core GPU and 40 core GPU significant/noticeable?

  6. M4 Pro MBP 24GB. Frame generation unlimited , 2560×1600, upscale performance, HDR on, Ray Tracing on, most settings set to high, except shadow, lighting, reflection and fog set to medium, and advanced water effect off. Getting a pretty solid 60-65 fps in most places. This game looks and plays GREAT!

  7. Andrew you're the best, thanks for doing this video comparing all of the macs!!!! Appreciate you as always

  8. This only proves that mobile phone chips are just crazy powerful and are overkill. I am not complaining about that.

  9. I might get this for my M4 MacBook Air but I’ll wait for the price to drop, the bugs to get patched, and the controls to be improved.