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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Gaming - Macbook Air 11' mid-2013 vs Macbook Pro 13' Retina late-2013
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<blockquote data-quote="kuanyu24" data-source="post: 1564383" data-attributes="member: 319814"><p>@cwa107</p><p>Thank you for your prompt reply.</p><p></p><p>I understand gaming is better on a desktop, I used to have one (About 6 months ago), I was running GTX470 3-way SLI for the GPU so you can imagine the massive downgrade in terms of GPU performance when I picked up the MBA. However the reason why I swapped (Sold my desktop) is because I was spending too much time on it gaming, I used to spend all weekend or free time on the computer which isn't good for what I want to achieve. That said, jumping off gaming like a flip of a switch is not easy either which is why, 6 month into it I'm getting this urge to want to play a few games of CS GO or StarCraft. It was more of an addiction in the past, so now I want to be able to play 1 - 2 hours or so a week.</p><p></p><p>This is also largely why I am not thinking of getting the 15 inch MBP which has dedicated GPUs as that might be a bit of an overkill but thats based on current prices. If I can find a MBP with dedicated GPU for a decent price, I will definitely go with that.</p><p></p><p>Your suggestion/opinion is still valuable to me as it further re-enforces my belief that I still cannot trust onboard GPUs <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>I will still be searching around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kuanyu24, post: 1564383, member: 319814"] @cwa107 Thank you for your prompt reply. I understand gaming is better on a desktop, I used to have one (About 6 months ago), I was running GTX470 3-way SLI for the GPU so you can imagine the massive downgrade in terms of GPU performance when I picked up the MBA. However the reason why I swapped (Sold my desktop) is because I was spending too much time on it gaming, I used to spend all weekend or free time on the computer which isn't good for what I want to achieve. That said, jumping off gaming like a flip of a switch is not easy either which is why, 6 month into it I'm getting this urge to want to play a few games of CS GO or StarCraft. It was more of an addiction in the past, so now I want to be able to play 1 - 2 hours or so a week. This is also largely why I am not thinking of getting the 15 inch MBP which has dedicated GPUs as that might be a bit of an overkill but thats based on current prices. If I can find a MBP with dedicated GPU for a decent price, I will definitely go with that. Your suggestion/opinion is still valuable to me as it further re-enforces my belief that I still cannot trust onboard GPUs :) I will still be searching around. [/QUOTE]
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