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the rmbp is a powerhouse, wow
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Honestly, it worked well for several months and now it's having issues. I got my rMBP (2.6ghz, 512gb, 8g ram) in July and it could run WoW at Ultra settings at about 22-24 fps. Now it still can, but about half the time it will struggle and literally be at 4fps. I have to put it on Fair settings to get to the mid-20s frame rate when this occurs.
Strange. My MBP can run WoW at almost all high, and some maxed settings, and get a solid 90-96+ fps.
As the above user said, reset the SMC. I would add that you may need to reset it several times from what I've read (just hold the buttons down and let it restart a few times). It makes the difference between your GPU running at 270 and 900 MHz. The difference is night and day.
Do you by any chance O/Clocking the rMBP? If you are, you can expect reduction in performance over a period of time.
It's Apple's problem:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1452267/
I think someone needs to run an article about this issue so that Apple would take notice.
If push comes to shove, I can storm into their HQ as well (they're about 1-hour from where I live), but I'm hoping to avoid that.
yes im glad im in the club.
expensive but so worth it, i just love it. all though i only had it for 2 days. its the best computer i ever owned.
tried battlefield 3 today also with same clocks. 1680x1050 almost solid 60fps all the time, with everything on high preset. its so amazing, and it looks so good on the colorful screen.
expensive but so worth it, i just love it. all though i only had it for 2 days. its the best computer i ever owned.
tried battlefield 3 today also with same clocks. 1680x1050 almost solid 60fps all the time, with everything on high preset. its so amazing, and it looks so good on the colorful screen.