If Macs have had a blackspot over the years, it’s gaming. A limited choice of games and middling GPU performance have left most gamers looking elsewhere. Nvidia’s GeForce Now Ultimate changes everything. Suddenly, the Mac became a brilliant gaming platform.
GeForce Now is Nvidia’s cloud gaming service, which allows you to play a vast library of Windows games on a Mac. Titles like Cyberpunk 2077, A Plague Tale: Requiem, and the Far Cry series are among the list of impressive games on offer. Even in the past, banned titles like Fortnite, a victim of Apple’s legal war with Epic Games, can be played on Mac.
Forget everything you think you know about cloud gaming: choppy functionality, low-resolution graphics, low latency. The new GeForce Now Ultimate tier is based on RTX 4080 series graphics and the functionality is sensational (assuming your bandwidth is up to par). Games can take full advantage of the Mac’s amazing presentations, with 4K frame rates of up to 120 frames per moment, far beyond what even maximum Mac presentations are capable of.
And since most of the processing is done on Nvidia’s servers, your Mac doesn’t get a lot of paints. This means you can enjoy gaming without the noise of the fan in the background, especially if you’re a newer Mac with an M1 or M2 processor.
Here’s how to turn your Mac into a wonderful gaming machine.
To get the best gaming performance on a Mac, you’ll need the following:
If you want to get the smoothest experience from GeForce Now Ulitmate on your Mac, here are a few tips:
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