July 16, 20224 yr Will X-Plane 11 and soon to be 12 run on a Mac? I have always heard they are over priced and non-upgradeable. But do they work with X-plane and what kind of performance do they have compared to Intel/Windows? Maybe with the Window 11/Vulkan problem I have be having with the old i9-9900K slowing down on long flights, I would be better off changing computer/systems all together. Your thoughts please. Thanks Terry
July 16, 20224 yr A couple days ago a friend who decided to give XP11 a go after many years away from flight simulation brought his MacNook Pro 15 with 2,2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 16 GB RAM 1600 MHz DDR3 Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB running on macIS Big Sur 11.6.7... Well, I was able to see XP11 default running on medium / high settings at 30+ fps. OFC there were stutters here & there, but heck, I would expect it to run much worse... Learning to fly gliders since 1980Stopped using flightsims for good since early August 2026, after 34 yrs using some really great specimens... If I'm asked to name the preferred one, after all these years, MSFS 2024 is my answer without hesitation.(No desktop :-// after the last one crashed for good, so no simming, but I keep polling AVSIM - my main ludic activities spot since around 2006...)
July 17, 20224 yr Quote Maybe with the Window 11/Vulkan problem I have be having with the old i9-9900K slowing down on long flights, I would be better off changing computer/systems all together. Sounds like maybe a full reset would be worthwhile? What video card are you using as the i9-9900K is still extremely capable today. Some relevant threads on X-Plane forum. It sure runs and seems quite smoothly, but you would probably get better performance on PC if you spend that kind of money (especially now the GPU prices are reasonable). Furthermore potentially add-ons may not work on Mac. https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/263195-are-you-running-x-plane-on-a-mac-with-an-m1-max-chip/ https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/263674-performance-mac-studio-m1-ultra-20-core-cpu-64-core-gpu-128gb/& Edited July 17, 20224 yr by level7
July 17, 20224 yr @Cat_Dad So you have no idea whats causing your issue, dont seem to bother with trying to find out, but expect if you just buy a new machine all your problems will go away. My dad is 84, 5 years ago, by watching youtube figured out how to fix his own computer, even replaced a PSU once by himself, and he doesnt have a technical bone in him. Problems can be, Virus scanner running in background, defragger, dont need one if SSD and will wreck you dive. Other programs running in the background and stealing resources. Herdware issues, cpu temp etc, throttling. Just because its affecting XPLANE doesnt mean xplanes the problem. Time you started learning
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