Had the base 2.4ghz 15". Couldn't scroll most social media sites without lag and Mission Control chugged. Hoping the 60 fps claim is true. Think I'll need a comp before they are refreshed.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
10.9 and rMBP Lag
- Thread starter fusionjones
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Had the base 2.4ghz 15". Couldn't scroll most social media sites without lag and Mission Control chugged. Hoping the 60 fps claim is true. Think I'll need a comp before they are refreshed.
I'm running base Retina on Mavericks - see signature for specs.
Mission control lag still here but it is DP1.. I would expect this to be gone in DP2 when they likely include iBooks and have it match the one we saw at the keynote more closely.
Scrolling in safari is immensely better. 50+ FPS on TheVerge - the site that use to lag like an absolute cow. But unfortunately Chrome isn't yet benefiting from these improvements.
Battery life is a lot worse but again this is attributed to being pre-beta
Mission control lag still here but it is DP1.. I would expect this to be gone in DP2 when they likely include iBooks and have it match the one we saw at the keynote more closely.
Scrolling in safari is immensely better. 50+ FPS on TheVerge - the site that use to lag like an absolute cow. But unfortunately Chrome isn't yet benefiting from these improvements.
Battery life is a lot worse but again this is attributed to being pre-beta
its true that the lag of the GUI on the rmbp is a bit ****. For example, if I have 4 safari windows open and i activate mission control, i will get 2fps. And that does piss me off specially when I see my brothers 2008 MacBook perform much much smoother than my gorgeous retina display MacBook Pro.
However I have noticed that if i set my screen res to 1440x900 (best for retina, which unfortunately is too low for me), the GUI is nearly perfect, with barely any lag present.
Maybe thats something you should check as well?
On another note i have been playing around with 10.9 on the rmbp. and it is a lot smoother. and battery is much better as well. my laptop wakes up from sleep in no time (before i finish opening the screen!) and also did see some speed improvements overall. very excited about 10.9!
However I have noticed that if i set my screen res to 1440x900 (best for retina, which unfortunately is too low for me), the GUI is nearly perfect, with barely any lag present.
Maybe thats something you should check as well?
On another note i have been playing around with 10.9 on the rmbp. and it is a lot smoother. and battery is much better as well. my laptop wakes up from sleep in no time (before i finish opening the screen!) and also did see some speed improvements overall. very excited about 10.9!
around september I'm guessing.
I just installed the second preview of 10.9, and I have to say, its becoming very smooth. the scrolling is just great! Finally! really a joy now.
My rmbp seems also to be snappier. As I said before waking from sleep is blazing fast. I wish they had fixed the slow shutdown times tho...
Funny thing about mission control lag, I can't emulate it using any other programme but safari (including google chrome and firefox). I can have 10 pages open for each app, and all will launch mission control without lag except safari. Is anyone else noticing this problem?
Thanks
Note that I was using the integrated graphics card at all times.
I just installed the second preview of 10.9, and I have to say, its becoming very smooth. the scrolling is just great! Finally! really a joy now.
My rmbp seems also to be snappier. As I said before waking from sleep is blazing fast. I wish they had fixed the slow shutdown times tho...
Funny thing about mission control lag, I can't emulate it using any other programme but safari (including google chrome and firefox). I can have 10 pages open for each app, and all will launch mission control without lag except safari. Is anyone else noticing this problem?
Thanks
Note that I was using the integrated graphics card at all times.
Last edited:
DP 2 is running more buttery for me too without a doubt, i had 15 instances of the verge and boingboing going on safari with very very little mission control ui lag compared to a fair bit with DP1, also have noticed that screen sharing is considerably better when the shared screen is running video. my mac mini runs a plex client and occasionally I have to screen share into, and that was just awful mouse lag with plex open on ML (lag would go away when plex was minimized) but that is just fine in DP2 with the rMBP.
Sym0
macrumors 6502
Yeah my rMBP is instant. Never knew there was lag, still can't find it or see it. My brains frame rate must be just slow all the time.