I have to reset the SMC everytime I play about 3 hours of Starcraft to get it back to the normal FPS which is about 45 FPS from 15 FPS...
Is this normal?
I have a 15 retina base model.
Is this normal?
I have a 15 retina base model.
I have to reset the SMC everytime I play about 3 hours of Starcraft to get it back to the normal FPS which is about 45 FPS from 15 FPS...
Is this normal?
I have a 15 retina base model.
do you think they will allow for an exchange?
Do a search, it's pretty common. It sounds like a software problem that you will have to wait for Apple to fix, nothing wrong w your computer.
I play battlefield 3 quite a bit bootcamping on windows and haven't had to reset it. Maybe it has something to do with the game????
Actually it's not the game. The unit throttles the GPU memory-clock to about 350 MHz, but it should go up to 900-1254 MHz. This limits fps in most games and is well noticeable.
You can try it with GPU-Z. Open it up and leave the sensor bar open while gaming. When you play a game it should max out the clocks. When it still stays at a low clock rate a SMC-reset will revert it... sadly just temporarily.
So why haven't I had fps drop when playing bf3 which is a very demanding game. It's odd some people have to reset all the time but others don't have to.