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Geforce 650m (512mb) Vs Battlefield 2: Bad Company?

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bibs213

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Jun 30, 2012
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Hi

I'm currently running a 2012 MBP in bootcamp and I'm trying to play Battlefield 2: Bad Company, however I'm getting a very spiked performance..I was under the impression I had a good enough machine for this game? Could someone please clarify if I should be able to play this game smooth and on what setting?

My Specs:
i7 2.3GHz 3615QM
8GB Ram
Geforce 650m GT (512mb Vram)

I'm happy to play native 1440x900 or 1280x800.

p.s I've also attached a MSI screenshot if that helps..

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It should perform quite ok (I guess around 50 fps, maybe even more) at 1680x1050. It should be also playable at 1920x1200, albeit with around 30 fps. But what kind of performance problems are you experiencing?
 
rapicell said:
the mid-2012 had either 512mb or 1gb depending on the model
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Ah - my bad. I implied the OP had the rMBP, but it seems it's the cMBP, which fits the 512MiB bill. My apologies for any confusion caused!
 
Freyqq said:
Sounds like thermal throttling. Get a cooling pad.
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What exactly is getting throttled? the CPU or GPU?

how can i test to confirm this and what would you say is within reasonable temperature range for playing games such as BF2?
 
bibs213 said:
What exactly is getting throttled? the CPU or GPU?

how can i test to confirm this and what would you say is within reasonable temperature range for playing games such as BF2?
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The behavior you describe sounds like throttling, and it has been reported on these forums with your model. I guess you can see if the GPU downclocks while gaming, or see if a cooling pad helps remove the slowdown.
 
I was able to play on my old 2012 cMBP 650M 512Mb Battlefield 3 at near max settings at 1440x900. Battlefield Bad Company 2 should be a breeze.

Random drops is usually is a heat issue due to throttling. I never experienced this with my old cMBP though, only on my old Sony VAIO.
 
bibs213 said:
nope, not heard of 'throttlestop' before your mention
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Use throttlestop and limit your processor to non turbo boost frequencies. It should prevent fps drops. Theres quite a bit of info posted on these forums about throttling on the 2012 & 2013 MBPs - its power throttling as compared to heat throttling, so running both your proc/gpu at high loads is whats causing it.
 
yangchewren said:
Use throttlestop and limit your processor to non turbo boost frequencies. It should prevent fps drops. Theres quite a bit of info posted on these forums about throttling on the 2012 & 2013 MBPs - its power throttling as compared to heat throttling, so running both your proc/gpu at high loads is whats causing it.
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I'm not quite sure how to use throttlestop and I'm not too familiar with non tubro boost frequencies but I'll give it a go.

Thanks for your input
 
I've tried to use throttlestop (set to non turbo) but I'm still getting the same results..

Any other ideas?

I've noticed that the problem isn't limited to Bad Company 2 (also on COD: Black Ops 2----which was running flawlessly)

I've tried tomb raider on the mac side and that seems to be running fine..currently using OSX 10.9.4
 
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