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mjharrell

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I have used Boot Camp to run Windows on my Mac to play Fortnite, and have also used NVIDIA GeForce NOW on my Mac to play Fortnite. Neither is satisfactory (GeForce because of the horrendous waiting line and Boot Camp because of the lag).

Are there any other options to play on Mac? Preferably free but hey, anything's helpful
 
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As my dual-boot hackintosh died and I got a Mac Studio I'm begrudgingly using a paid (the cheapest one) GeForce Now account to play.

There's zero wait time and with an ethernet connection, my good internet connection and the power of the new computer I impressed with how well it all works. The free version is a terrible advertisement for what you get with paid.
 
BrianBaughn said:
As my dual-boot Hackintosh died and I got a Mac Studio I'm begrudgingly using a paid (the cheapest one) GeForce Now account to play.

There's zero wait time and with an ethernet connection, my good internet connection, and the power of the new computer I was impressed with how well it all works. The free version is a terrible advertisement for what you get with paid.
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TBH I love GeForce even for free. After the wait is over the only thing I really hate is the 1-hour limit. Just trying to get around the stupid queue.
 
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I recently (last night) purchased the upgraded tier for Geforce Now for my daughter to play Fortnight. She complained about the queue as well.

She said that the game performance improved a lot. Not only does she not have to wait anymore, she said that the game graphics, and input lag has improved a lot.


If you want to stay with an older Mac, maybe the paid tier of Geforce Now would be worth it to play the game.
 
Juicy Box said:
I recently (last night) purchased the upgraded tier for Geforce Now for my daughter to play Fortnight. She complained about the queue as well.

She said that the game performance improved a lot. Not only does she not have to wait anymore, she said that the game graphics, and input lag has improved a lot.


If you want to stay with an older Mac, maybe the paid tier of Geforce Now would be worth it to play the game.
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Must be nice to have parents who buy you things 🤣

I would for sure consider getting paid GeForce Now. No doubt that would be a great investment. I'm a little short on extra money right now so I'm kind of stuck on free.

I actually discovered today that Xbox Cloud Gaming works on Mac if you have a controller (Which I do). Xbox has a bit more lag than GeForce but has little to no wait time. Plus you get all the Xbox console benefits, like parties and friends. Will definitely be using this in the future.
 
mjharrell said:
I have used Boot Camp to run Windows on my Mac to play Fortnite, and have also used NVIDIA GeForce NOW on my Mac to play Fortnite. Neither is satisfactory (GeForce because of the horrendous waiting line and Boot Camp because of the lag).

Are there any other options to play on Mac? Preferably free but hey, anything's helpful
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I’m confused. This is the first I’m hearing about a lag issue from Boot Camping Windows 10 on a Mac. Maybe it’s something about your Mac that is old or below the minimum requirements of Fortnite.

What are your Mac’s specs?
 
Irishman said:
I’m confused. This is the first I’m hearing about a lag issue from Boot Camping Windows 10 on a Mac. Maybe it’s something about your Mac that is old or below the minimum requirements of Fortnite.

What are your Mac’s specs?
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Windows itself runs just fine. The actual issue is with playing Fortnite.

It's a 2014 Mac mini running Monterey. 2.6GHz i5. 16GB RAM. Iris 1536MB Graphics.
 
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An update for my experience…I let my Geforce Now subscription lapse and have found that the free, one-hour limit version works a lot better than it used to and that the wait time seems better, also.
 
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BrianBaughn said:
An update for my experience…I let my Geforce Now subscription lapse and have found that the free, one-hour limit version works a lot better than it used to and that the wait time seems better, also.
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Imagine how awesome it is on the Ultimate (paid) tier!!
 
Irishman said:
I DO imagine that it would be much more awesome if someone else would pay for me! :)
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