Even raising a Resolution Scale to display’s native 3024×1964 does not drastically impact performance. Playing World of Warcraft on my Macbook Pro M1 14 is super fun! On recommended settings, the game works great, it feels smooth, and the framerate rarely drops below 60 FPS. Verdict: Playing World of Warcraft on M1 Pro 10/16 Core Note: The M1 Pro version with 10 CPU and 16 GPU cores has shorter battery life due to its increased CPU and GPU core count. But only at 3% it goes into low power mode, dropping the framerate below 30. ≤10% capacity: 17 min – at 10%, there’s a battery warning to plug the laptop into a power outlet.There is no sign of fps drop even though all the power comes from the battery.

100-10% capacity: 1 hour 21 min – The game runs smoothly.Light productivity tasks like web browsing and text editing can be easily done in a typical 8-hour workday on its 70 Wh lithium-polymer battery.Įven so, playing World of Warcraft on the battery is expectedly short but still better than most laptops with a dedicated GPU:

The battery life of the Apple MacBook Pro M1 14-inch is exceptional. The 14-inch and 16-inch 2021 MacBook Pro models feature a new chassis with improved thermals, and the fans are rarely spinning due to the efficiency of the M1 Pro chip. However, the MacBook Pro won’t throttle at all because the fans will keep the temperatures from reaching the throttle point. Thermal throttling will kick in when the thermals start to climb, and the frame rate will drop. ThermalsĪll laptops somehow suffer a performance drop when heating up too much. Note: It annoyed me a lot that the modifier keys weren’t working with my Razer Naga Pro mouse. I tested the following combinations of Resolution Scale and Graphics Quality presets: I see no reason to lower resolution or quality settings to pump up framerates as it’s all capped at 120 fps. That’s why I set this as the minimum testing starting point. I was very impressed by the smoothness of the gameplay and framerates on recommended settings. The WoW client is capped at 120 fps to match the refresh rate of the 120Hz ProMotion display anyway.

Under the Advanced settings, I unchecked Max Foreground FPS.

🙂 But this minor change does not affect the overall performance and framerate. By default, all the text and icons are just too small for me. When I first ran the game client on my M1 MacBook Pro, I left all the settings on recommended, which is 5 of 10 Graphics Quality and 2217×1440 Resolution Scale. World of Warcraft Graphic Settings and Resolution STORAGE: 1 TB SSD Operating System: macOS Monterey SCREEN: 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR display (3024×1964 pixels) PROCESSOR: Apple M1 Pro (10-core CPU, 16-core GPU)

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