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Anyone play Starcraft II/D3 with their rMBP?
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I play D3 on my rMBP. Like any aluminum unibody, metal conducts heat and it will get hot. Just don't let it run for 10-12 hours and it should be okay. Having dual graphics cards will help with the CPU strain. With all that ram in the base model you should be okay.
If your going gaming on the rMBP, the temperatures can get dangerous, so I would recommend a laptop cooling pad.
http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master...F8&qid=1345625551&sr=8-2&keywords=cooling+pad
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Playing sc2 on my base retina macbook I can get the fans to spin at 4.5k. The gpu temp is usually in the upper 50s. The unibody is very warm with the game running for about an hour, but does a great job as an additional heat sink. These numbers are from istat.
I tom the game at 1680 by 1050 at max setting. No stutter or lag. A very fluid game at that level.
I tom the game at 1680 by 1050 at max setting. No stutter or lag. A very fluid game at that level.
I just got my rMBP yesterday. So far, in the short tests I've conducted:
In D3
At 1920x1080 resolution with ALL high settings and no anti-aliasing the GPU and GPU diode sit at approximately 70C, the cpu heat sink is in the 50sC. Frame rate during messy combat is 40-50 average, otherwise at 60 fps which is what I set max foreground fps to. The bottom of the body gets warm to the touch.
Hope this helps. I can post more once I play with it more.
In D3
At 1920x1080 resolution with ALL high settings and no anti-aliasing the GPU and GPU diode sit at approximately 70C, the cpu heat sink is in the 50sC. Frame rate during messy combat is 40-50 average, otherwise at 60 fps which is what I set max foreground fps to. The bottom of the body gets warm to the touch.
Hope this helps. I can post more once I play with it more.
both run maxed out on rMBP (except AA and shadows) and looks amazing. the rMBP is really not a bad machine
Dangerous? I never reached that temp. A poor choice of words ?
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Cooling pads won't be effective. There are no open fans on the bottom, just out the back. Just play it on a desk in a area that has good ventilation.
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Poor choice of words indeed.
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I have a late 2011 15" and D3 plays fine, the computer will get warm and is clearly running harder, but not to the extent that I've had problems with it.
You're fine, those are within normal operating temps and, like I'll tell the guy below, your computer will shut down if it gets too hot and before damaging the internals.
Just...not true. Like I said above, it will shut down before any damage occurs, plus it won't get dangerously hot running games.
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Thanks guys, appreciate the peace of mind you've contributed. Entering day 3 of having this beautiful machine and, aside from having the machine not wanting to shut down the first time round the experience has been flawless.
Both games run well.
Both games run well.
I've been playing like this as well, with only AA turned off and the fans kick in but it never really gets too hot. I was pleasantly surprised.
