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This came as a total surprise... I'm impressed they managed to get the game running well on the Switch! Will I actually buy it again, just to have it on the Sw

This came as a total surprise... I'm impressed they managed to get the game running well on the Switch! Will I actually buy it again, just to have it on the Switch? ...yes. Yes, I will.

kergonath 4y ago
I would absolutely love an iPad version. Much more than the Switch version (which I am going to get anyway).
- Sakos 4y ago
  It would certainly blow the Switch version out of the water performance-wise.
  - mcphage 4y ago
    It would... on the other hand, iPads also cost a lot more.
    - kergonath 4y ago
      It’s more a case of playing it on an iPad I already have. Otherwise yes, getting an iPad specifically for Factorio is some serious commitment.
- MBCook 4y ago
  That sounds great to me. And the iPad has a better screen and still supports PS/Xbox/Switch controllers. But there would have to be a touch only interface and that may be the killer.
- hatware 4y ago
  Might be the only thing that can utilize all the power of an M1 Pro!
  - krallja 4y ago
    The devs have talked about performance bottlenecks a lot - the real benefit of Factorio on the M1 would be the RAM interconnect, as most of the performance issues are related to RAM latency. Upgrading your PC from (e.g.) DDR3 to DDR4 gives you a whole lot more FPS per $ than upgrading your graphics card or CPU.
    - kergonath 4y ago
      Sounds like the M1 is Taylor-made for this, then! The memory bandwidth is insane and latency is great.
    - wtallis 4y ago
      Does Factorio benefit more from RAM latency or bandwidth? Apple's processors have unprecedented GPU-like memory bandwidth available to the CPU, but I don't recall hearing about the latency being anything special. (For latency, AMD's 3D-stacked cache might be the best solution out there.)
      - selectodude 4y ago
        Seems like ram latency is huge for factorio. I know the UPS skyrocketed on the 5800X3D with its 96mb of L3. https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/f2nab9/ram_speed_and_factorio/ https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/f2nab9/ram_speed_...
- ls612 4y ago
  Well if they port it to Apple Silicon macs making an iOS build shouldn’t be crazy difficult right? (Famous last words)
  - duskwuff 4y ago
    Still waiting on the Apple Silicon port. The Mac build of the game is still x86-only.

This came as a total surprise... I'm impressed they managed to get the game running well on the Switch! Will I actually buy it again, just to have it on the Switch? ...yes. Yes, I will.

kergonath 4y ago

I would absolutely love an iPad version. Much more than the Switch version (which I am going to get anyway).

Sakos 4y ago
It would certainly blow the Switch version out of the water performance-wise.
- mcphage 4y ago
  It would... on the other hand, iPads also cost a lot more.
  - kergonath 4y ago
    It’s more a case of playing it on an iPad I already have. Otherwise yes, getting an iPad specifically for Factorio is some serious commitment.
MBCook 4y ago
That sounds great to me. And the iPad has a better screen and still supports PS/Xbox/Switch controllers. But there would have to be a touch only interface and that may be the killer.
hatware 4y ago
Might be the only thing that can utilize all the power of an M1 Pro!
- krallja 4y ago
  The devs have talked about performance bottlenecks a lot - the real benefit of Factorio on the M1 would be the RAM interconnect, as most of the performance issues are related to RAM latency. Upgrading your PC from (e.g.) DDR3 to DDR4 gives you a whole lot more FPS per $ than upgrading your graphics card or CPU.
  - kergonath 4y ago
    Sounds like the M1 is Taylor-made for this, then! The memory bandwidth is insane and latency is great.
  - wtallis 4y ago
    Does Factorio benefit more from RAM latency or bandwidth? Apple's processors have unprecedented GPU-like memory bandwidth available to the CPU, but I don't recall hearing about the latency being anything special. (For latency, AMD's 3D-stacked cache might be the best solution out there.)
    - selectodude 4y ago
      Seems like ram latency is huge for factorio. I know the UPS skyrocketed on the 5800X3D with its 96mb of L3. https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/f2nab9/ram_speed_and_factorio/ https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/f2nab9/ram_speed_...
ls612 4y ago
Well if they port it to Apple Silicon macs making an iOS build shouldn’t be crazy difficult right? (Famous last words)
- duskwuff 4y ago
  Still waiting on the Apple Silicon port. The Mac build of the game is still x86-only.