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2015 Macbook Pro's Intel Iris 6100 is so choppy in Yosemite
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Intel has released their second update to the iris 6100 drivers on windows, what are the chances these drivers will be coming in a future update for OS X?
Try to install the app spoken in the previous posts and you will feel a huge difference (at least in my case), even if it's still not perfect. Obviously a software/drive issue, so you can return your mac and wait an update, or keep it and also wait
Could you please tell me what did you do exactly to achieve this? For me it seems not working, maybe I try it wrong way.
All Apple laptops come with the "GPU curse" ie. an (increasingly) limited amount of time after purchase that the GPU becomes a disappointing bottleneck.
If you have the curse on day one then I'd really advise you to return it.
Remember, you bought a MacBook Pro, PRO, and you're unhappy with the performance doing day to day tasks. That's not ok.
If you have the curse on day one then I'd really advise you to return it.
Remember, you bought a MacBook Pro, PRO, and you're unhappy with the performance doing day to day tasks. That's not ok.
A hard line approach...that I'm sure would send a message to Apple, but the blame should really lie on Intel who is responsible for creating and improving the graphics driver. This is just my humble opinion
It seems like OSX 10.10.4 Beta 2 fixed most of the issues. Mission Control and Window Animations are now smooth and fluid as on my old Macbook Pro non-retina. Only the application folder Grid animation remains super laggy but that got replaced by the new application menu anyway.
I don't think you can judge if it is fixed after a few hours. Let's see this again in a few days.
Apple have got to start making allowances for better graphics hardware, especially in retina machines. We've been shortchanged on the Pro moniker and price for 5+ years now, and it's getting worse rather than better. It used to be that gaming/3D performance was substandard, now it's impacting navigating the OS?! Completely unacceptable.
If you need to make your laptop a few mm thicker to put a worthy GPU inside then so be it. For people who value thinness over performance there are two other lines of MacBook.
Wrong...... The OS is made by Apple, not Intel. Intel should definitely make a decent driver, but the best driver in the world will not fix an OS that does not take advantage of it properly
Same here: very slight improvements at best. Reducing transparency and increasing contrast makes the new Retina MacBook feel like a completely different machine.
And that's just pathetic. There is *no* excuse for this on a 1600 professional machine.
And that's just pathetic. There is *no* excuse for this on a 1600 professional machine.
Why do the rMBPs in the Apple Store not behave this way?
I specifically tested both the 13" and 15" at the weekend and also changed their scaling away from default to check.
Smooth as anything
I specifically tested both the 13" and 15" at the weekend and also changed their scaling away from default to check.
Smooth as anything
I'm considering going from my 2013 11" MBA to a 13" rMBP but these experience are making my a little concerned since the higher res screen is one of the main reasons for switching.
I know what you mean, but I'm also conscious of the fact that my 2009 MBP is happy running Yosemite since it came out.
OK, I realise it's not retina, but it is an old C2D processor and an old integrated 9400M GPU as well.
I've hardly ever switched on the 9600M GT GPU
So it's half the resolution or even less if you use scaling on the Retina MacBook.
Is the 2015 rMPBP not considered to be roughly twice as fast/capable as the 6 year old model?
If not, I'll keep what I have
I experienced the lagging on the 2015 13" in the Apple store... same as the machine I purchased.
The 15" was smooth. That's how I noticed it. Open all the applications on the dock on the 15", use mission control. Now go do the same on the 13". The 13" has never been as fluid as the 15" -- at least that I've observed.
After a recommendation from someone previously in this thread, I downloaded Display Menu (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/display-menu/id549083868?mt=12) on my 2015 13" rMBP and it certainly seemed to help. I didn't change any transparency or contrast settings... just installed this application and used it to set my resolution and it made a huge difference.
Is the 2015 rMPBP not considered to be roughly twice as fast/capable as the 6 year old model?
If not, I'll keep what I have
It sure is, but certainly not if you value a smooth day to day user experience in Yosemite. It plainly sucks on Retina MacBooks without a discrete graphics chip. You might be happier with a MacBook Air.
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This works. But only because it lowers your resolution. Using it you will have a worse PPI then on a MacBook Air. But the quality will be nowhere near Retina. The fact that it works only shows: the standard is too demanding for the Intel chip.
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So you are setting a non-retina resolution? Then I finally understand. It is faster that way of course.
I believe this lag only affects Retina. It seems the driver/hardware appears to have an issue driving the resolution from the retina. If you do not have retina, you will probably not have the issue (most users with MBAs don't have the issue either).