Performance under Mac Silicon

[diamonddriller]

I would guess that Coop has tested the 525 with a Mac, with at least an M3 (and, hopefully, an M4).    As the release of the updated Mac Studio is getting nearer, I would appreciate knowing how the plane performs with the latest available chips.   I am thinking of getting a Studio with the M4 Max, but it's no cheapie, and before investing in one and retiring my 2020 iMac to my grandson (!), I'd like to know that it would be worth the expense   Yes, I know Photoshop, etc., will run much faster........

Some Mac users may give me an idea of how XP12 is working with their existing Mac Silicon.  There are some threads in "another place" that are encouraging, but they are not mentioning the 525 (or they hadn't when I last looked).   My highly specced iMac struggles a bit with TorqueSim's Cirruses in XP11, and does run the 525 in XP12, but the performance is hardly stellar.

[Cameron]

Works fantastically fluid with an M3 Max, and of course M4. You'll do just fine.

[diamonddriller]

That's great Cameron.   I trust you try these things with more than default scenery, though    

Amazingly, after I posted above, Apple just announced the M4 MAX Studio  (and the M3 Ultra one - too expensive for what I need!).  What a coincidence.

[Pils]

1 hour ago, diamonddriller said:

I trust you try these things with more than default scenery, though

With X-Plane as it is, once you add third party scenery, especially orthophoto tiles, then all bets are off, tbh…

[Cameron]

3 hours ago, diamonddriller said:

That's great Cameron.   I trust you try these things with more than default scenery, though    

Performance is even better with auto ortho and X World installed than with default scenery. I run pretty high settings on a Mac XDR Display, so I'm definitely pushing pixels.

It has no real issues running high end aircraft addons and scenery.