Gaming is excellent on the Retina.

[saturnotaku]

If you want dual 660M+ (even a 680M) get an Alienware M18X which is around a 12 pound computer while the rMBP is 4.5. Games won't run as well, but is a great card (even factory overclocked so it is comprable to a 660M) for the computer.

There is a big 'ol gray area between rMBP and M18x. The perfect middle ground is the Lenovo Y500. It's about as heavy as a cMBP, offers a 1920x1080 screen, and dual GeForce 650M/750M GPUs.

 

[locoboi187]

Unless you want to play Crysis 3 at 2880x1800 at high setting, the 950M is actually a very good card for the ultraportable rMBP class it is in. If you want dual 660M+ (even a 680M) get an Alienware M18X which is around a 12 pound computer while the rMBP is 4.5. Games won't run as well, but is a great card (even factory overclocked so it is comprable to a 660M) for the computer.

I didn't buy the rMBP for gaming, but I am just saying it is poor overall if someone wanted to game. Battlefield runs at most alright on lower resolutions. If I wanted to game, I would have bought a machine that could game well or just play on my gaming desktop. 650/660m are low-mid range cards. It's a great card but not necessarily for gaming.

 

[tomtakesphotos]

The HD 4000 is no powerhouse, but is more than adequate to run those two games. 1280x800 at high settings is more than doable, and you can run both those games in OS X. No need to install Windows.

Thanks, I'll give them a try - didn't want to sit through hours of WoW installation and updates to not be able to play it

 

[Persian-apple]

Hi guys I have just installed crysis3. And at first graphic was smooth but now. It drops to 20-28 FPS. I updated SMC 1.1 reset the SMC pram it is still like that! Is there anybody who can play it on low setting! I can't please help! Fans. Spin normally. ,please help any suggestion will be helpful!

 

[Persian-apple]

After SMC update gpu temp goes ip fast after 5 min in bootcamp while surfing the web. It goes up to 58c then fans spin up at 2700rpm it has a lot of noise. Under gaming it is 65c and fans 5900rpm and right fan 5500rpm it is normal because i am playing game bit 3600rpm when you do nothing is really noisy. My fans are healthy my mbpr is mid 2012 please help!