light gaming on Macbook Air 2018

[my_head_is_in_the_clouds]

hey hey,

how do you guys think will the new MBA perform in terms of light gaming. I ordered the 16gb / 512gb version for university and as I don‘t have any other computer etc. for gaming I want to do some gaming on it. I don‘t want to play the newest games but what about older titles like lets say battlefield 4 (2013). Lot of people here on MacRumors talk bad about the new processor in the MBA but still it‘s faster than a nTB Macbook Pro from 2016 and just uses 7 watts. I know full reviews are yet to come but i hope you can give me at least some thoughts on what you think.

Cheers.

 

[stratokaster]

Lot of people here on MacRumors talk bad about the new processor in the MBA but still it‘s faster than a nTB Macbook Pro from 2016 and just uses 7 watts

Yes, but the GPU is still much slower than the GPU in nTB MBPs.

Honestly, this laptop just isn't suitable for gaming unless you're willing to buy an eGPU.

 

[Pelea]

you can forget about all gaming in 3D on a 7W chip. especially on macOS, this chip won't be able to play anything.

 

[symmi]

But with eGPU?

 

[fokmik]

with the new eGPU Vega 56...you can game on the mac, light games and also big games, but not on 4k high settings