Safe to Game on a MacBook Air?

Hi.


I have a MacBook Air Early 2014 and I was wondering if it is safe to use it for gaming. I've installed Windows on it with Boot Camp Assistant and the specs I see for the Mac are:


  • A 1.4 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 processor
  • 4GB 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM
  • Intel HD Graphics 5000 1536MB



The recommended specs for the game are:


  • Pentium 4 3.0GHz+ processor
  • 2GB+ of RAM
  • Graphics: ATI Radeon HD or higher or Geforce 7 Series or higher
  • Sound Card: Any DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card



Obviously there is enough RAM, but I worry about the processor being too slow — I'm not sure what the 1.4GHz means, it doesn't seem enough. I'm also not sure about the graphics card. Should I buy a cooler to deal with overheating? I expect the Mac to overheat since simply browsing while running Windows turns on the cooler sometimes.


Thanks!

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 10, 2020 9:23 AM

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