120 hertz gaming on a MacBook.
Now, I bet those are two things you never expected
to be in the same sentence
but with the release of the new M1 Pro
and M1 Mac's MacBooks, it is now a reality.
And in this video, I'm going to be showing you guys
just how good the experience is.
Now, before we get into the video, guys,
yes, I know, it's a Mac.
It's not going to be very good at gaming.
Also, don't forget, this is a brand new operating system.
We've just updated to macOS Monterey
about four hours ago.
And this is, as you can tell,
a brand new MacBook design as well
with a brand new chip.
This is obviously the base model.
16-inch M1 Pro MacBook but regardless,
we're still going to test this bad boy out,
starting with CS:GO.
And we're going to see just how good the experience can be.
Now, just to show you that this is in fact compatible
with ProMotion, we'll come down here to Displays,
and as you can see there, the refresh rate,
we have ProMotion as an option.
Now, a quick note as well, guys,
unfortunately, this over head camera can't do 60 FPS
but it shouldn't be a massive deal
because we're going to be looking
at about 100 to 120 FPS
and even if I could record the video in 60 FPS,
it still wouldn't be a high enough refresh rate
for your to tell the difference.
So let's continue on
and let's start with a fan favorite,
which is CS:GO or Counter-Strike: GO.
So first things first,
let's jump into the settings of CS:GO
and we'll take a look at what I've set up.
So as you can see here,
I have the aspect ratio on 16 by 10.
I've got the resolution at 1920 by 1200.
Now, that is obviously a lower resolution.
This Mac can push more pixels than that.
But I wanted to use 1080p essentially
before this test,
so that's why I've selected that.
Now, everything else is turned down to very low or off
and the reason for that is, guys,
CS:GO isn't really a resource-intensive game.
It's very easy to play at high FPS
but because this is obviously a brand new operating system,
Monterey was only released about four hours ago,
it's a brand new Mac
and not only that, it's a completely brand new chip
or processor inside this.
And on top of all that,
it's macOS, which is generally not very good for games,
especially CS:GO.
So all of that being said,
that's why I've cranked all these settings down
to the lowest just to try and ensure we hit
as many frames per second as we possibly can.
I will also have the FPS counter up in the corner here.
I'll make sure to magnify that
so you can see it at all times.
So without further ado,
let's jump back and let's start up the game
with some bots, and everyone's favorite map, Dust.
Okay, so let's select a side.
Let me try and get the AK,
so I'm going to go on the terrorist team.
So as you guys will see right off the bat,
we're hitting around 80 FPS.
If I go round the side here away
from those bots, that's probably going to increase
to around 100.
There we go, we've just hit about 110.
And you guys probably can't see this
again be it's not in 120 hertz frame rate
but it is super, super smooth.
It is 100% playing at a 100 hertz refresh rate.
It's very, very smooth.
If we get into some action here,
try and get some head shots.
And you guys will notice, there's no screen tearing
Or anything like that either.
It's actually super, super enjoyable to play,
which is something I never would have expected
for a MacBook, gaming on a MacBook in 120 hertz.
It truly is the 21st century, isn't it, guys?
Okay, try and get that head shot, there we go.
So again, still no screen tearing.
Very, very smooth.
If you guys have ever played on a 144
or 165 hertz gaming monitor,
which is what I typically play on,
I can't really notice the difference.
It is that good.
Okay, so now we're getting a very, very impressive 148 FPS
in this little inside area.
Now, I'm not sure if you guys can see this in the video.
Maybe I'll try and zoom in so you can see it,
but even though we're not playing
at the native solution of this Mac,
we're playing at 1080p,
the quality's actually super, super good.
I can't really see any
blurred pixels or blurriness or anything like that.
But let me see if I can just rush this (banging sound).
So let me just see if I can rush this spawn.
All right, now this time around,
let's see if we can get the AWP
and we'll see if we can do a little bit
of sniping here
because typically, with games like this,
when you zoom in,
you sort of get a little bit of a dip in terms of FPS.
Moving on to the best game ever made.
Yes, even better than Minesweeper,
we have some Fortnite gameplay.
And before we get into the actual gameplay,
let's just come over here
and check out the settings.
So just like CS:GO,
I'm trying to set everything to as low as possible.
I have run into some issues
with the resolution in Fortnite specifically
on this 16-inch MacBook.
This is the max resolution I can get.
1728 by 1117.
It's very weird.
You'll see if I go window to full screen,
it's kind of blocked out.
Full screen mode is also blocked out as well.
This is the most stable I can get it.
You can see, I also have the frame rate to 120 FPS.
And then everything else down here I've got basically set
to off or low.
You can see the 3D resolution is at 100% as well.
So as we can see here,
we are in the battle bus,
and we are getting a pretty consistent 60 to 70 FPS.
Now, if you guys have ever played Fortnite before,
I am ashamed to admit I have played it
for about two or three hours in total.
Typically, when you jump out of the battle bus,
you don't really get awesome FPS
but as you guys can see there,
we are hitting a very, very solid 120 FPS.
Moving around, it definitely feels like it.
It actually feels even better than CS:GO
because we're consistently maxing out that 120 FPS max.
As you can see here, we're getting again a very, very solid
and consistent 120 FPS.
Now, again, guys, all the settings here
are at the lowest they could possibly be.
I don't care about graphical quality.
All I want to see is if this is going to run
at 120 hertz, and if it's going to be enjoyable,
and at the moment,
it definitely is.
It is very enjoyable to play.
Okay, so let's go over here
and see if we can get some PvP.
See if we can get our selves a kill.
There we go, there's one.
Got a guy behind me.
And he got me.
Okay, that sucks.
Okay, guys, so safe to say,
that was a very, very impressive first taste
of 120 hertz gaming on the new M1 Pro
and M1 Mac's MacBooks.
Again, guys, this is a 16-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro.
Just the base model with a 16-core GPU.
And as you guys have seen,
even though this game is completely not optimized at all,
and is probably still running on Rosetta 2,
I'm able to squeeze 120 FPS out of it,
and not only that,
but get the screen to refresh at 120 hertz per second,
which is insane.
So it really goes to show
just how much potential there is
for these MacBooks in the future.
Anyway, guys, thanks for watching this one,
and I'll catch you in the next one.