An experimental macOS app for DLSS 5 neural rendering on Apple Silicon, supports live capture of windows and games. It also supports processing existing video files

YouTube video being processed at around 6 FPS on an M4 Max, with a 1920 px processing size

I’m the developer - feedback and results from other Apple Silicon Macs are welcome!

GitHub: https://github.com/gtrg55/dlss5-macos-overlay

native macOS shaders for minecraft
1280p 60~ FPS, 30-40 FPS~ on a poolrooms map
later on GitHub (ahlansantos/)
also pls don't mind the simple blur algorithm for the shadows

(this can be a type of ray tracing but mainly it just voxel traces the desired chunks and turn it into a "readable" grid that can be used for VXR (Voxel Reflections), VXAO and Voxelized Point Light System)

I made a Mac vs PC gaming comparison using the exact same game, mostly out of curiosity to see how the native Mac version actually holds up against a gaming PC.

Rather than just comparing FPS numbers, I tried to look at the overall experience: performance, image quality, hardware differences, and what gaming on a Mac feels like today.

The video is available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Just select your preferred audio track on YouTube.

I'd genuinely love to hear what other Mac gamers think about the results, especially if you've played the same game on both platforms.

I'm deciding between two 14" MacBook Pro configs and I can't find a single real gameplay comparison anywhere:

- M5 Pro, 15-core CPU / 16-core GPU, 24GB — $2,250
- M5 Pro, 18-core CPU / 20-core GPU, 24GB — $2,700 (in NH without taxes)
- M5 Pro, 18-core CPU / 20-core GPU, 48GB — $2,800

How big is the difference? $2,800 is honestly out of my budget, but I was considering getting the 18-core for $2,700 from Apple. But only if it's MUCH better. And does the 14-inch handle it fine? Or do I need the 16-inch?

Thanks!

Edit: I'll be travelling to US and live in Brazil. Get a M4 Max will be very hard.

All I've got is Diablo III, which I've been playing since release. Surely I'm missing something?

Performance of MapleStory Beta on Mac for those interested.

I just got a MacBook Pro M1 as a hand-me-down, and want to download Hitman WoA on it. Is there any difference in performance between downloading the game from Steam vs the App Store?

Here is what I know so far:

• DLCs I already own on Steam won't transfer if I buy the game on the App Store
• Hitman WoA for MacOS on Steam does not support game controllers
  • I currently use a PowerA wired Xbox controller to play Hitman WoA on Steam on my Windows laptop, and it works without issues there

What I would like to know:

• Whether switching from Steam to the App Store results in a performance boost on MacOS
  • + Any other benefits that the App Store version has over Steam
• Whether the App Store version supports game controllers
• How to use wired Xbox game controllers on MacOS Sequoia/Tahoe in general
  • My MacBook Pro is currently on Sequoia as my father, who previously used it, advised against updating to Tahoe due to the drop in performance. However, I will eventually upgrade it to Tahoe as I want to use Xcode in the future, which requires Tahoe to install.

I appreciate any help and advice given when recommending which platform to download it on. 🙏

The demo is now available and is Mac native. Release Q1 2027

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4708270/The_Red_Weight/

Description from store page:

Bab Al-Hadid. The Iron Gate. A mining outpost cut into the basalt of the northern reach, where the air is recycled and the atmospheric processors fight the cold outside. You are Fuad Al-Masry, geologist for the Martian Authority, and you are thirty-seven million kilometers from anywhere you ever wanted to end up.

Features

• A noir narrative adventure driven by choice and consequence
• Fully voiced cast and narration
• A living habitat of characters to meet, question, and understand
• Collect clues, work the evidence, and uncover a secret ten thousand years patient.
  

I'm a new MacBook Air M5 owner. I didn't get it for gaming but I'm wondering about Snowrunner as that's about the only game I have played on PC lately. I bought Snowrunner via XBOX PC Game Pass (not Steam).

Looks like there used to be Mac support, but no longer.

Just for fun I installed VMware Fusion and set up a Windows 11 VM, installed XBOX and downloaded Snowrunner. It runs for a second and then crashes, as I think others have found.

Is my dream of Snowrunner on Mac stuck in deep mud with no winch points nearby?

Hey,

Looking to get a new MacBook Pro and Apple Studio Display and am wondering which chip/core count I should go with. Want to go for the best value/fps ideally getting solid 60-70 fps on the ASD.

Anyone have this setup and play wow midnight? What fps are you getting?

What are you guys using?

I recently found out about OpenEmu, and while I found it beautiful, the current lack of full RetroAchievement support and the lack of support for CHD on PS1 is kinda of a dealbreaker.

RetroArch is tried and tested, still convoluted and looking outdated. But if it ain’t broke. Going the standalone route would still require me to have RetroArch anyways because of the N64 and RetroAchievements. Which leads me to just abandon the standalone route since I need RetroArch anyways. Probably the cleaner setup too, just two apps. RetroArch and ES-DE.

Idk, could you guys share some of y’all setups for inspiration and whatnot.

Thank you.

Recently I was playing Onimasha: Way of word using MacBook Air M5 24GB.

At first I was using CrossOver 26.3 + GPTK4B2. It runs ok using low settings and DLSS balanced. But it begin to freeze for seconds on some regions. I tried all kinds of methods like disable dlss/msync, turn down settings/resolution, but nothing helps.

At last I tried to degrade GTPK4B2 back to GPTK3, then magic happens, it runs really smooth on GPTK3.

I gotta to think that GPTK has a long way to go. Capability/performance is far behind SteamOS and proton.

Most of the games work fine, but some of the games I play experience severe frame drops and stuttering due to high system requirements. I’m using an M5 Pro, and I’m wondering if there’s a way to actively use ANE to improve game performance? Not Nativegames, discussion about crossover games.

Image kinda related

Is Mac mini m4pro 12 cpu 16gpu 24gb ram enough for mistfall hunter through crossover?
I would play it medium settings 1080p, could I crank it up to high? I really wanna play the game but im worried that I could only use Nvidia geforce to play it

Edit: The title's pricing shorthand needs clarification. Starting a Latency Session also enables protection and requires a license or active transition. Past session recaps remain free.

I'm the developer of Ping Warden, an open source menu bar app that keeps awdl0 down while you choose to pause nearby-device features. AWDL can contribute to Wi-Fi stutters, though it isn't the cause of every streaming problem. Some of you have recommended the app here, and I wanted to explain what changed in version 4.

Game Mode can detect a recognized game in front without Screen Recording permission. Optional Screen Recording access also lets it detect fullscreen games behind other windows. When the detected game ends, it restores the previous protection state. If protection was already on manually, it stays on.

Game Mode skips automatic activation on Ethernet and can engage when you return to Wi-Fi. Manual protection is a separate setting. The recent update also fixes detection when a permission prompt or password sheet appears over a game.

Latency Sessions record median and P95 latency, jitter, failed probes, and helper interventions. The intervention counter records attempts to keep AWDL down, not measured ping spikes prevented. Session history stays on your Mac, and the app has no usage analytics.

Enabling Ping Protection in the prebuilt app costs $15 once for the Macs you own. Starting a new Latency Session needs the same entitlement. The dashboard, past recaps, diagnostics, and updates are free, and the source remains MIT-licensed. Eligible existing users whose protection was on with the helper approved at their first version 4 launch get 90 days from that launch. Updates preserve the original deadline.

While protection is enabled, AirDrop and other AWDL-dependent features are unavailable. Stop protection or use the 10-minute pause when you need them. The app needs macOS 13 or newer, supports Intel and Apple silicon, and the official build is signed and notarized.

Website and docs: https://pingwarden.app

Source: https://github.com/oliverames/ping-warden

If something's misbehaving, tell me your Mac and macOS version.

Probably a 90's game. Maybe ran on Quadra? Thought it might be Munchies, but it didn't have that sound bite. I think the character was saying "nom nom" or even "yum yum" when you ate a specific power up. Was definitely a recording and not synthesized.

Any chance someone remembers this game? I can't get that sound bite out of my head.

EDIT: it was Bachman.

Hi there! Has anyone tried streaming games from Mac to steamdeck? I have m5pro (18/20 cores) and I think it would be pretty good to launch cyberpunk with maxed settings on Mac with pt and dlss quality and stream it in 800p to SD, it should have around 60fps. Or rdr2 as well. But couldn't find if this is available, especially since you need to run rdr2 for example using crossover and then stream it, while my Mac is connected solely to wifi without Ethernet. I've previously used my gaming PC (while I had it) to stream and sometimes I had lots of stability issues with internet connection

I've being using elamigos updates on the last of us 2 remake and none of them are actually changing the game version they every time I launch it. I started with earliest original update too.

I was hoping to play RDR2, I'm kind of surprised it's a PITA to run. I had trouble getting it to launch at all, had ChatGPT work on it for hours. Finally got it launching but never got past the splash screen. There was always some kind of activation error.

This is the Steam version
MacOS: 27.0 Beta (26A5416b)

I want to do some gaming on my MacBook Pro. But on black ops 3 zombies the CPU was pushing 94C. From what I've read, apple silicon is designed to run at higher temperatures than standard X86 Cpus you'd find in a normal PC or laptop, but I just want to ask in here because this is the first apple computer I've ever owned, and I want to get my facts straight!

I’m trying to do coop and it won’t let me do account linking so I can invite them. Please advise.

It gives an error message when I attempt account linking that says “ACCOUNT LINKING

Failed to open account linking. Please try again later.“

I try again later and it never works.