Testing 27 Windows games on M3 MacBook Air 16GB with CrossOver GPTK2

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Timestamps:
00:00 These Windows games work great on the M3 MacBook Air 16GB!
01:47 Dark Souls Remastered
02:20 Ryse
03:06 Cyberpunk 2077
04:01 Witcher 3
04:40 Monster Hunter World
05:32 Tetris Effect: Connected
06:13 Hitman 3
07:00 Spyro Reignited Trilogy
07:35 Spider-Man Remastered
08:15 Chained Together
09:02 Elden Ring
09:39 Sekiro
10:15 Sonic Frontiers
10:49 Little Kitty Big City
11:24 Age of Wonders 4
12:09 Zenless Zone Zero
13:09 Horizon Zero Dawn
13:49 Palworld
14:29 Fallout 4
15:05 Diablo IV
15:39 Diablo II Resurrected
16:08 Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2
16:46 NieR: Automata
17:16 Tales of Arise
17:42 Biomutant
18:12 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
18:54 Control
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[@Andytizer]

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[@Voidsmoothie]

Apple is still cooking well. The fact that this runs at all on an ARM chip on a fanless laptop designed for the most casual use is a monumental achievement. Thanks for the video, you're doing great work!

[@Weaselszone]

I mean, it's an achievement but realistically it means nothing. If you wanted to game, either cloud gaming, an iPad or a Windows (ARM) machine would be best. And for those who argue that it's for them who wants to do a bit of gaming, a bit of gaming for the average person doesn't mean installing a paid software product that you must go out of your way to get.

[@xeienar]

@@Weaselszone Gaming on a Windows ARM machine is a joke. Those Snapdragon Elite chips have lackluster GPUs. We can say all we want about Apple Silicon chips, but even the most basic one (M1 7core) is on par with a GTX 1050ti.

[@MIN_Tech]

The best Mac Game test Video ever! Thanks a lot !! Andrew!

[@pojan5476]

do I ever requested this to you? CUZ THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO SEE!!! THANK YOUUU

[@Elujin]

Thanks, Andrew it always lets me know what to expect before dropping money on summer sale

[@MarcusAntonius415]

Day 39 of asking for a Red Dead Redemption 2 test

[@daniilslavkov7703]

And persona 5 royal

[@yeasirarafatshahed8794]

RDR2 doesn't work yet.

[@Andytizer]

Persona 5 Royal works, see my previous videos.

[@Andytizer]

Once it works I'll make a video on it :).

[@MarcusAntonius415]

@@Andytizer alright, thanks for clarifying it. I thought it worked, just people were lazy to test it out. I might stop asking for the test from now on :)

[@alandworsky8926]

Wow this is exactly what I was hoping to see

[@fehmanahsrafi7143]

sameeeee

[@MrCoords]

Thanks Andrew!!

[@VeryFatMrCat]

Great video, you have done a lot of work. I would notice the main problem with gaming on MacBook Air is heating. That's why I did thermal pad mod with my mba (24gb) and I'm also using svalt with fan (lowest speed, zero noise), it allows me to play Remnant 2 with 1080p, medium quality, balanced performance and the game looks great. Without all of this after 20 minutes in the game I could play only with potato quality and ultra performance upscaler...

[@coyley72]

Great video, Andrew. Can you please do a video on getting PC Game Pass working on either VMware or Parallels _(or whatever works best)_ and the games that will install, play and unlock achievements? This would be of major benefit. Lots of people want to play PC Game Pass and get achievements, but only have a Macbook.

[@mhossein6413]

Thank You!

[@twitchizle]

Finally some good hardware everyone can have

[@Skywalker5150]

thanks for the content Andrew , im assuming that when the M4 Mac mini comes out we should see a big graphics boost...cant wait...still on my m1 Mac mini overdue for an upgrade

[@-Burb]

Wow I had no idea how much of a difference there was between the M3 and the M3 Pro chips. My M3 Pro MBP runs games like Elden Ring perfectly fine at 50-60fps at 1080p Medium. Crazy you have to turn it down to 540p lowest to get less framerate on the M3. Edit - Also just for anyone reading this, Zenless Zone Zero runs perfectly at max settings at full native resolution through Playcover since it's running natively rather than through translation layers. Of course this video is testing GPTK2 though, so its still cool to see the Windows version running on Crossover.

[@mariussm7797]

The main problem is the fact that MBA is fanless.

[@crestofhonor2349]

I would love to see some ray tracing tests with the M3 Pro and M3 Max chips since that's not supported with the new GPTK

[@casperes0912]

Based on the MetalHUD, it looks like the majority of these are CPU limited actually. CPU will also take a much bigger hit from all the translation layers than the GPU so it does make some sense

[@nicolasfumasoni2606]

There is a new thing called metal shader converter and a new beta of gptk published in the apple developer page

[@hungsiu2859]

Thanks for testing all these games. Please also try Street Fighter and NBA2K series 😊🙏🏼

[@KrisTC]

Have you done any treats with the air using a laptop cooler? I was excited about the air but having any fans for longevity and battery for normal stuff. But to avoid temp based throttling while playing Minecraft I use a laptop cooler which helps a lot.

[@DeterminedTorres]

Now that I know Sonic Frontiers works, I’ve yet to see Judgment, Lost Judgment, or Like a Dragon/Yakuza games (I recommend 0, Gaiden, Infinite Wealth, etc.) run on the MacBook.

[@CleanDesign_]

All said this is pretty good. About what you would get on an AMD desktop APU. It's pretty incredible when you think about it.

[@MatiasIseas]

Amazing video, thank you for reviewing all these games. Love seeing a growning gaming community in Mac. I use Crossover + M2 Max 32GB and I can play most of these games in Medium quality and "acceptable" resolution. In one hand, is outstanding all the work made to achive windows apps to run so good in a different architecture. In the another, when playing the same game natively, I can play it in Ultra quality!. I wish Apple would consider investing more in bringing more native games. Of course, spending more than $2500 for just playing AAA games, it is not good investment 😅

[@Longuro]

Let’s hope ARM on windows becomes the new standard in a few years so there is 1 less translation layer.

[@xplax24]

I think if that happens, Wine project will have a lot of work to do. GPTK, Crossover, Whisky and all the similar solutions use Wine as backend, which provides translations from Windows API calls to POSIX (Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, etcs) API calls, and due to the low-level nature of the project, existing Wine will not just run as-is for Windows ARM applications. That being said, it seems like the Wine team is working on ARM version of Wine. It might take some time but I hope it will eventually get there.

[@xplax24]

My first Macbook was 2013 Macbook Air 11" and it couldn't run any game considered "contemporary" or "new" at the time. Only exception was I think Portal 2 (2011) and that was about it? Even older titles like Mirror's Edge (2008) had a hard time running on Macbook Air (through Wine, but still) Now my Macbook Pro 2021 with M1 Max runs newest AAA titles made for x86 Windows with relatively high graphics settings, even though it has an entirely different ISA and has to translate multiple layers. (Albeit with some glitches but GPTK2 seems to fix a lot of them too) AND Big game studios are actually making Apple ports once again. Mac gaming has really come far. + I bought Control with the intention of waiting until Mac port drops on Steam, but I just got through the whole game through Crossover. It runs flawlessly and it's a great game!

[@Porpafvor]

I am having an issue where I enabled ray reconstruction in the settings on cyberpunk, now the menu will no longer work. Does anyone know how I can change my settings without opening the game?

[@tomkemp9465]

I tried to install the beta on an external SSD on my MacBook Air M2. Tried several times, but each time it started installing but after the reboot it could no longer find the external drive and so wanted to continue the install on the main drive which would not have been helpful. This was using beta 2.

[@ryshask]

You should apply a thermal pad and external fan... I'm using this combo and can play drg survivor with no frame drops...

[@spandanmusser]

You can play Tetris, but it can’t quite reach 60 fps lol!

[@renaudg]

Do you know what it would take to run PC VR games on a Mac connected to say, a Meta Quest 3

[@apTimON]

Thanks for benchmark. What temperature in your room during tests?

[@dsralves]

Andrew, what program do you use to benchmark the games? I want to try it on my MacBook Air.

[@pegazuss5]

Here you can see witch game are well coded initially ;p

[@NotMrToast]

He did Sonic Frontiers!!!! 😊

[@philamavikane9423]

Are these all from Steam? How do the games perform from outside Steam like Epic Games and what-not?

[@Ifalvarado]

Wow if this works on a regular M3 air, i can imagine how it will be on the M3 Pro. I wanted to get the M3 max just for the extra graphics and cores, but it is off my budget. Was gonna focus on a M2 max just for the graphics, but M3 is more future proof

[@mariussm7797]

Andrew is it possible to test the 8GB ram version as well, to see how it works compared to the first gen M1 MBA you just tested? If you want of course. Thank you. I've requested this because maybe is not that big of a different between an 8gb version and a 16gb version.

[@thuyazaw4394]

hello! does gptk 2 works on mac sonoma by simply replacing the files? I don't need AVX, js the gptk 2 but i dont wanna upgrade to sequioa, can it work? thanks in advance!

[@SonGoku-lb4dy]

Sonic frontiers have black screen/close after the Sega intro have you fix guide?

[@curiouspeople6441]

Can’t wait to see what the M4 MacBook Air can do 😊

[@themonkeyman2790]

the gpu doesnt seem to be getting a major upgrade, but the gains from increase cpu performance will be interesting to see cuz the games are mostly bottlenecked by the gpu.

[@curiouspeople6441]

@@themonkeyman2790 , we most likely gonna have to wait for M5 MacBook Air 💻 for GPU boost , M4 I believe the GPU did got a 15-20% boost

[@IdiotRace]

Still waiting for an updated version of the Studio I really wanna replace my 2018 Mini as it's starting to show it's age and it loves to get really hot. I have to run the fan at 100% most of the time so it doesn't run at 100c

[@strumbi217]

I tried it on m2 pro deep rock galactic and it just doesnt run good even on everything low

[@netnomad47]

Can you test these games on the New Surface Laptop 7 with the X Elite chip.

[@pombobrasil]

What about the thermals ? Can you play these games with the MacBook on your lap ? I’m planning to buy one tomorrow but I’m not sure if it’s comfortable to play this way

[@mikesmith123]

No issues with the thermals. You can put the Mac on your lap.

[@orlandolizardi7226]

Does Starfield work on Gptk2?

[@ABowlofWeetabix]

Frame timing seems to be the biggest issue still...

[@dominicss100]

@Andrew Tsai, could you help to testing 'Steel Division 2' ?

[@KingjayProductions52]

when do you think the apple update is going to come out

[@dinnerbon111]

Can you test out gta 4 on base m1 air through a vm please?

[@user-pu9bj2qi3w]

we need tests gptk1 vs gptk2 performance

[@dextro5383]

I have stable 60 fps with base crossover in elden ring on my macbook pro m3pro

[@fallcamara7791]

Hi! Please can you try Nightingale next time !?

[@incognito7843]

how about CS, battlefield 5 and other fps games?

[@aq6825]

I have been able to get most windows games running on whiskey. What’s the advantage of crossover vs using whiskey?

[@aq6825]

@@carbongo that would make sense. Even if that is the case, I do enjoy Andrew’s videos.

[@-Burb]

@@aq6825 Crossover is generally ahead of Whiskey since they're the ones actually making most of this possible (Theyre the #1 contributors to the WINE project which a lot of this is based on). Whiskey stays a few WINE versions behind Crossover out of respect, so its essentially a slightly older version of it, while Crossover has all the latest stuff.

[@junechevalier]

Will you test out Company of Heroes 3?

[@mdatiqurrahman893]

How about Age of Empires 4? Is it working now?

[@kvb7772]

🔥

[@matt-dw]

I have CrossOver 24.0.4 (latest version) so does that mean I have GPTK 2 or is there something else I need to update to get it? Thanks

[@Andytizer]

Follow the link in the description for my GPTK2 and CrossOver tutorial.

[@DanCarreras]

Pssst, Andrew - your thumbnail for this video is a MacBook Pro, not MacBook Air!

[@joeru8699]

how's about the "Doom" series? stil not runnin' 'cause of opengl or waht ever?

[@Andytizer]

Yes it's because Doom runs on Vulkan, whereas Mac can only use DirectX11/12 via D3DMetal/DXVK or use OpenGL.

[@EvertJunior]

The problem with gaming on MacBook Air is thermal throttle, it looses like half the performance after a few minutes on demanding games. Anyone looking to play games should pick a machine with a fan

[@burnermanny1502]

It's weird that Tony Hawk didn't play well for you. I play Tony Hawk 1+2 on my m3 Air 24GB 10 core GPU and it runs really well on GPTK 1 and 2. Every now and then it will stutter, but it's totally playable, so I'm guessing the extra RAM makes all the difference here.

[@chablecal2550]

Hey Andrew, I was wondering, how do you see the stats of the game?

[@Andytizer]

Metal HUD: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5Oxen1uZ5WDptU

[@RobertMayfair]

Why aren’t more games made with a Mac native version?

[@abdulghaneeylawal1198]

can all this game run on a macbook pro m1 pro using gptk1

[@Andytizer]

Yep, the M1 Pro is better than the M3 base.

[@NotMrToast]

Have you tried the Mythic App? Also l have 3 Game Request For The Next Video: Indigo Park: Chapter One F1 24 GTA V FiveM servers

[@mindlessdeveloper5708]

its kind of sad that a $650 steam deck can out perform most macbooks, at this point i don't see a reason to upgrade from m1 air as I still have a windows gaming pc and playstation for home gaming but will consider getting the steam deck if I want to game away from from home. thank you for these videos, i watch every single 1 hoping there will be a new m1 air that can finally be able to game AAA

[@roykent2316]

🙌🙌

[@yasinerhan5212]

M1 pro vs m3 videosu gelmeli

[@synen]

Anyone running Last Epoch using a Mac?

[@user-nx4rn1id5t]

Could you test devil may cry 4? If it’s possible of course)

[@il6485]

Make M1 pro please P.S. thank you for the content)

[@OVERLORDTB0NE]

Black Ops 3 please, you have no idea how much it would change everything for zombies players if it works

[@Ivan_1986]

Has anyone tried running Counter Strike 2? Does it work at all, not playable, good enough or perhaps works well?

[@Andytizer]

Yes see my last video on Windows games running on M1 Mac.

[@Ivan_1986]

@@Andytizer thank you for the head up. Basically so far it runs really bad even on M3 Max. Do not have high hopes about final release of macOS Sequoia improving the situation to a playable level. Not even mentioning running it on M1 Pro chip.

[@mexid2569]

Pls play Crusader Kings 3

[@Sohamxd]

I get same fps with 8gb ram m3🧐

[@rpeter2942]

Please Andrew test flight simulator 2020

[@andou1871]

can you test minecraft on the m3 air

[@wetbred6677]

Can you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE try Once Human. PLEASE I BEG OF YOU

[@miacodesswift]

Is a forza horizon 5 port possible?

[@kxinon]

do you have 4k camera? why still 1080 in KZbin?

[@Andytizer]

Most people watch on their phones.

[@kxinon]

@@Andytizer okay. Up to you =)

[@nawshiz951]

Have you figured out how to run cheat engine in the same bottle as a game?

[@icweener1636]

I want a macbook air so badly 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@PieStudios]

2:48 50% of 1080p is actually 540p, so even worse than 720 lol

[@-Burb]

Half the pixels of 1080p is slightly better than 720p. Im curious if the in game settings are just cutting the horizontal and vertical in half bringing it down to 540p which is 25% the pixels of 1080p, or if they're bringing it down to actually half the pixels of 1080p.

[@PieStudios]

@@-Burb depends on how the game calculates the resolution. AFAIK most games calculate by the axis’s and not the amount of pixels in it of itself. It should be 540p if at 50% res scale

[@Jason-mk3nn]

So, I will continue to ask for more non-fps games. There are a few here, but again, no simulators (MSFS, F1, etc) or games like Starfield. Is that because they cannot run, or just a lack of desire to test them?

[@Andytizer]

It's because MSFS, F1 and Starfield don't work on GPTK2 or on Mac at all, sorry! That might change in the future.

[@Jason-mk3nn]

@@Andytizer But, that knowledge is what many of us have been begging to hear. It seems to be this hyperfocus on just FPS titles.

[@Jason-mk3nn]

@@Andytizer What keeps them from being able to work like other intensive games like you review? It would be really nice to have a video that explains these different types of games, the engines and how some games can work under GPTK and others will not.

[@daniilslavkov7703]

Switch emulator please ❤

[@catchingthelight]

Test request: Detroit: Become Human The Last of Us Part 1 & 2

[@Andytizer]

Both those games not working right now.

[@crestofhonor2349]

TLOU2 never came to windows

[@itmandar]

Sekiro has way better performances on dxvk

[@samparhizkar5221]

what about The last of us?

[@ZakirHussain-nd4fw]

far cry 6?

[@MaschinenKopf1998]

just get a used Xbox Series S for 150$ and have a hugely superior experience lmao

[@SkodaSimpleFacingClever]

M3 Macbook Air for $1500 give picture nintendo64 =( PS5 for $500 in Elden Ring best than M3 Pro.

[@richi2870]

Crap performance most games run only on 720p low settings, 780m would do much better 😳

[@crestofhonor2349]

Steam Deck is better in many areas too. But people want to play these games on their Macs

[@yenbaby7961]

How about Valorant

[@joshuabrazile]

Please test BeamNG 😢

[@thomasferner7006]

Again no GTA 5 testing:/

[@bot444gaming5]

First pin me pls 😅

[@rayanstar6353]

Fortnite 🤕

[@PSNRainOverThin]

This. 🥺

[@stevebrady2833]

30 to 40 fps "playable" lmao the fucking cope.