MacBook Pro M1 chip’s drained 50% in an hour while gaming!

Hi Apple, I received my MacBook Pro with M1 chip13 inches with 16GB ram. I tried to use it to play Tomb Raider game today. I set the resolution to máximum : 2880 x 1880, and in some moments of the game half of the the screen just failed to show image and it was so awful...

then I restarted the game and things got back to normal, but an incident like that happened to a completely new MacBook Pro with M1 chip? what’s going on??

Another problem is even worse. I left the computer on for an hour with the game loaded then after an hour the battery dropped from 100% to 47%!! I was Siiu shocked and disappointed! I saw many comments about this model everywhere including your official info saying that it has 18 hours battery life, I know it won’t last for so long for intensive gaming, but 50% after 1 hour ??? I think it’s completely disappointing! Should I get a refund? Should I replace it? I feel so bad. From the photo you can see my battery dropes dramatically in an hour!

Posted on Dec 12, 2020 3:54 PM

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Dec 16, 2020 1:26 PM in response to Scientisum

Hello Scientisum.


Welcome to Apple Support Communities. We understand that battery life isn’t as expected on your Mac. We’re happy to help.


If you haven’t done so already, please update your Mac to macOS 11.1 using the steps here: How to update the software on your Mac - Apple Support


Once you’ve updated your Mac, please follow the steps here for your battery: Get help with your Mac notebook battery - Apple Support We also recommend the tips in the section titled “Tips for MacBook Air and MacBook Pro .” here: Batteries - Maximizing Performance - Apple


Let us know if you have further questions.


Take care.

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