eSports refers to electronic sports and involves gamers playing against one
another. Today, due to the massive popularity of eSports these games and
tournaments often taken place in arenas with massive crowds. These events
have grown year on year, to the extent that prizes are now in the several
millions with numerous established companies like
Luminosity Gaming creating professional teams for high profile competitions.
However, there is still a large number of gamers who participate in eSports
in their own homes and choose to do so on a Mac instead of a games console
like an Xbox or PlayStation. Playing games on Mac just wasn't really
feasible in previous years, but we are pleased to say this is changing and
many big games are available on Mac and in some ways this has decreased the
sales of PCs. But which Macs are the best for eSports though?
To get the best gaming performance on a Mac you need to be aware of the
models with the most powerful processor performance and graphics, to enable
the best gaming experiences. Fast internal storage and state of the art
display are also important to ensure that the Mac is able to keep up with
everything that is going on within the game. These important features have
been kept in mind whilst analyzing which Macs are the best for eSports.
Apple has gradually been moving over their whole Mac range to Retina displays, with some even able to support 5K displays, which is great news for
gamers, who participate in eSports. The top of the range MacBook Pro, the
27in iMac and the iMac Pro all have graphic cards that are powerful enough
to drive the high-quality retina displays and as a result can excel at 3D
gaming. All of the 27in iMacs can handle all types of gaming comfortably
and are a lot less pricey than the fantastic iMac Pro, which will cost you
a minimum of £4,899, whereas you can pick up a 27in iMac for less than
£2,000.
If you are on a budget though, but still want to be able to enjoy eSports
on your Mac, then you could look at picking up a 13in MacBook Pro or 21.5in
iMac. But, if you need a decent GPU though you will need to consider a high end MacBook Pro or iMac. The 2018 introduction of the new MacBook Pro laptop models by
Apple saw many expected upgrades, such as more RAM, faster processors and
extra storage; all features that make them more suitable for gaming than
before.
Another option too for fans of Mac, is to purchase a Blackmagic eGPU, which is a slick piece of hardware that allows you to add a graphics processing unit to your new Mac. Inside this piece of equipment is a Radeon Pro 580 graphics processor, with 8GB of RAM. It also has two thunderbolt ports, four USB ports and
one HDMI 2.0 port. This all means that the eGPU can act as a hub for a
MacBook Pro.
For many people, they are fans of Macs because of their sleek design, high
end features and smooth performance. Gamers who are Mac devotees will
therefore want to experience excellent gaming on their Mac too rather than
look to another console or device. This is now entirely possible, but it is
important to get the right Mac for your own personal requirements.
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