Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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Is the new M2 MacBook Air impressively big for gaming? Let’s test 35 games on Apple M2 to find out!
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How I measure FPS:
- trdrop - github.com/cirquit/trdrop
- Metal Performance HUD: developer.apple.com/videos/play/tech-talks/110339
Note, the framerate displayed is for demonstration purposes only, and should NOT be used as 100% accurate data.

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MacBook Air 15” games shown:
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0:00 - Introduction
0:16 - ELEX 2 (Native)
1:52 - No Man's Sky (Native)
3:30 - Resident Evil Village (Native)
4:38 - Layers of Fear (Native)
6:16 - Disney Dreamlight Valley (Native)
7:09 - Arma 3 (Native)
8:29 - Baldur's Gate 3 (Native)
9:48 - Metro Exodus (Rosetta 2)
10:49 - Total War: WARHAMMER III (Rosetta 2)
11:44 - Shadow of The Tomb Raider (Rosetta 2)
12:29 - X-Plane 12 (Native)
13:43 - The Forgotten City (Native)
14:57 - Psychonauts 2 (Rosetta 2)
15:39 - War Mongrels (Native)
16:38 - Firmament (Native)
18:04 - Dying Light (Rosetta 2)
18:51 - WORLD OF WARCRAFT (Native)
19:32 - Life is Strange 2 (Rosetta 2)
19:59 - Minecraft (Native)
20:47 - Borderlands 3 (Rosetta 2)
21:46 - The Sims 4 (Native)
22:27 - Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Rosetta 2)
23:13 - Disco Elysium (Native)
23:47 - CS:GO (Rosetta 2)
24:48 - Civilization VI (Rosetta 2)
25:30 - HUMANKIND (Native)
26:01 - League of Legends (Rosetta 2)
26:36 - NBA 2K23 Arcade Edition (Native)
27:14 - Sky: Children of the Light (Native)
28:23 - Gloomhaven (Rosetta 2)
29:02 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Rosetta 2)
30:13 - The Pathless (Native)
31:01 - Bioshock 2 Remastered (Rosetta 2)
31:36 - Subnautica: Below Zero (Rosetta 2)
32:12 - Farming Simulator 22 (Native)

32:50 - Final thoughts?

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