Poor gaming performance in Boot Camp

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Poor gaming performance in Boot Camp

I recently purchased the base model iMac Pro which includes Radeon Vega 56 GPU. I am running Windows 10 in Boot Camp with the latest updates and have installed the latest drivers from Apple, but the performance when trying to play games in Boot Camp is pretty poor. For example, when playing Overwatch, I can't even maintain 30 FPS regardless of the settings I choose. Reading other non-Apple forums, it seems others are running into similar issues. It seems the drivers just haven't been optimized yet. Anyone else experiencing the same?

iMac Pro, macOS High Sierra (10.13.2)

Posted on Jan 20, 2018 6:47 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 23, 2018 10:58 PM in response to rehctelf

The Problem is, apple delivers not optimised vega drivers for bootcamp and the performance in games is slow and choppy. Even my five year older iMac performes better in games. I asked the AMD-Support and they wrote, itś on apple to rewrite the drivers. I´m curious how long this takes. I´m very disappointed yet because of the bad performance. The Graphic-Engine in Sierra is bad too atm. Even Heartstone stutters in Mac OS and i got a vega 64. apple should have done their homework before advertising the new imac for gaming. It doesn´t nearly meet the expectations. Beware: The modified drivers from bootcamp.com speed up the gaming performance but they cause other problems atm. They are not stable and not recommended. At least, they show that the graphics could run ok with matching drivers.

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MFASM

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Jan 20, 2018 6:59 AM in response to CountryGirl56

I think some games are and some are not and maybe your game isn't yet....are you running the game at 4k?

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MFASM

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Jan 20, 2018 7:20 AM in response to bwilliam79

I believe you would need to contact the game developer because they write the software

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bwilliam79 Author

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Jan 20, 2018 7:05 AM in response to MFASM

It doesn't seem to matter what resolution I select. It just runs like a dog once you get into a match. I'll open a support case with Apple to let them know at least one person wants to use their iMac Pro for gaming on occasion. 🙂

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Jan 24, 2018 2:56 AM in response to mike1111mike

mike1111mike wrote:

apple should have done their homework before advertising the new imac for gaming. It doesn´t nearly meet the expectations.

I don't remember Apple advertising the iMac Pro for gaming running Windows games in Boot Camp. I believe they advertised it as a gaming and VR platform for developers to write for. Not the same thing.

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Jan 20, 2018 6:54 AM in response to bwilliam79

I don't game and I don't run Windows 10 on my Macs but the non-optimized drivers theory seems sound.

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rehctelf

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Jan 23, 2018 7:43 PM in response to bwilliam79

Yes, Apple's bootcamp Vega drivers are awful ... go to https://www.bootcampdrivers.com/ and download the new iMac Pro beta drivers. There are at lest 50% faster ;-)

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