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3 months ago

Lagging and stuttering game performance on Macs with M4 chips

This thread is specifically for players using a Mac with M4 chip who have noticed a significant drop in game performance since patching in September 2025 as there has been a small increase in users r...

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Bluebellflora

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3 months ago

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I've set up this master thread to capture more info on hardware and OS. Please see the opening post and provide all the info asked for 🙂

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