But what does "excellent" mean? Can you play any game with modern graphics at native resolution with at least 60 fps? That's barely happening on gaming laptops so I am kind of wondering if maybe the reason this sort of vague praise never mentions any particular games, settings, frames per second, etc. You know, the useful information.
I am writing this on a light Linux laptop with a Ryzen 6800H APU. It is somewhat capable for a laptop this small and light but it is no match for my gaming PC. Kind of doubt my m2 max is going to offer better gaming experience.
What vague praise? I mentioned I mostly play older games. Your M2 Max won't get anywhere near gaming PC performance, but now that DX12 is mostly working some recent games should work with lower graphics settings. The Youtube channel I linked tests a lot of different games on various machines, and it doesn't take much time to just test it out yourself.
These games should be playable on an M2 Max: Cyberpunk 2077, Diablo IV, Control, Dead Space, Elden Ring, Hogwarts Legacy, Spider-Man Remastered, FF7 Remake, Shadow Warrior 3
Recently I've been playing AOE2 DE, it's upscaled to native resolution and runs at 120fps with highest graphics.
It did take me a while to fiddle with everything to get it right. I play most of the games through Steam on Porting Kit, which for the most part "just works" if you're playing a supported game.
If you're doing it through Whiskey there can be a bit of trial and error getting the right DLLs loaded.
This guy has done a lot of testing on the latest CrossOver builds with GPTK on M1/M2/M3 devices: https://www.youtube.com/@Andytizer/videos