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Anyone else playing on Apple silicon?
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I play this primarily on my M1 Max mbp, even though I also sometimes play on my desktop. I have the same issue with a ps4 controller, so I connect it.
What’s interesting to note is that I have fewer hitches on the mbp than on my desktop with a 3080 10gb, and I’m not sure what’s the reason for that. My theory is either vram limits or the mbp memory bus hides a lot of that with its speed.
Definitely not a VRAM thing - I play with a 3090 (24gb) and get tons of hitching. Haven’t had the chance to try on apple silicon but I suspect the performance is due to the really strong CPU cores. NMS is a very cpu intensive game.
Ok surely it's not VRAM. But my cpu is a 12700k, and while it's not the fastest anymore, you would think it's enough for this game. It's using some fairly standard DDR4 ram, though. Not the fastest nor the slowest. I do wonder if memory bandwidth speed has anything to do with it, but it's all speculation.