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2011 17" MBP gaming benchmarks
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Just to help out, I have been running black ops at 1920 x 1200, all high but no aa or af and get between 30 and 60 fps. Was really surprised!
Going to be testing bc2, moh2010, sc2 and lfd2 later, waiting for them to download
Temps and noise
What are the surface temperatures during heavy load? Doesn't have to be necessarily numeric, but "unconfortably hot", "hot", "warm", "cool", etc. are fine. If you can differentiate between the different zones as marked in the review linked (upper left, upper middle, etc.), I'd really appreciate it.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Apple-MacBook-Pro-15-inch-i7-2010-04-Notebook.30506.0.html
Also, how loud and bothersome are the fans? I have a 2010 MBP 13" where I can sometimes hear the fans, but they make a "whoosh" type of sound, which isn't bothersome at all.
Thanks for all the input!
What are the surface temperatures during heavy load? Doesn't have to be necessarily numeric, but "unconfortably hot", "hot", "warm", "cool", etc. are fine. If you can differentiate between the different zones as marked in the review linked (upper left, upper middle, etc.), I'd really appreciate it.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Apple-MacBook-Pro-15-inch-i7-2010-04-Notebook.30506.0.html
Also, how loud and bothersome are the fans? I have a 2010 MBP 13" where I can sometimes hear the fans, but they make a "whoosh" type of sound, which isn't bothersome at all.
Thanks for all the input!
Surface temps aren't too bad actually. The wristpad area stays completely cool, as does most of the bottom of the machine. The only real hot area is the bottom rear... I wouldn't want my future fertility riding on that temp.
Fans aren't bad at all actually. Even under load it is quite acceptable.
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MSI Afterburner works fine - you only have to follow the instructions.
17'' Antiglare
2.3GHz Quad i7
8GB 1066MHz (the old ones from the MBP 2010 are working just fine)
Intel Postville 160GB SSD
3DMark11:
Windows 7 experience index:
Clocks:
I'm sure more is possible - but I have to work else I wouldn't have the money for my macbook
I played for 1 1/2 hours - seems to be stable but i have to test it for a longer time.
According to GPU-Z the temperatures are fine (80-85°C testing with Furmark) but Furmark only stresses the GPU and as the heatpipe is shared between the CPU and GPU it would be better to stress test both to archive a stable overclock. The palmrest was cool all the time but it was quite hot above the keyboard.
Other things I've noticed about the 2011 MBP compared to the 2010:
- When the screen backlight changes it actually fades like the 13'' ones.
- Bootup (EFI) takes slightly longer
- In Bootcamp, Windows finally uses AHCI mode with NCQ natively. Before, windows had to be modified to take advantage of it.
- No TRIM for intel SSD's yet.
- Fans seems to be slightly lounder and turn on sooner even when only one core (singlethreaded app) is using it. Seems to be Intels Turboboost feature that is maxing out the TDP with one core overclocked in turbo mode.
