Probably something like that would not happen with an Iris Xe, but still, way to go before reaching what a dedicated card would do. The mac was new and still got defeated by that game which just featured some effects, it was not even 3D in concept.

It could not even run Dominions properly (It might have been II or III). I remember playing Dominions in a 13.3' MacBook with dual boot with Windows. Thanks a lot for very informative contributions! I guess that the takeaway is that an Iris Xe might be better than older integrated graphics, but still way worse than even old dedicated graphic cards. I have yet to try Iron Harvest or things like FrostPunk, but I expect they'll be a bit too much for it to handle, to be honest.Īlso, according to some gameplay footage I've seen, it's possible to play The Witcher 3 and Red Dead Redemption 2 on it at Low 720p, but I'm not sure if that's really worth it.

In terms of strategy games, just to count some I have tried and can confirm work well: Supreme Commander 1 & 2, SpellForce 2, Majesty 2, Anno 1701, Anno 1404 (though not maxed out), Sins of a Solar Empire - Rebellion. I found that almost everything released in 2009 and before that performs admirably I'm currently playing DA: Origins for example, all maxed out and it handles it no problem. You have to go further back in time with everything else, or drop to 720p. Carradice: What I wonder is, these integrated graphics are enough to play modern strategy games reasonably well, as well as third person RPGs The only modern things they can be used to play reasonably well are competitive shooters and maybe MOBAs.

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