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Graphics update - June 2012 Laptops

I have just got this from blank screen saver

took a good minute to come back to normal, this is after the update too
 

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zakee00 said:
Safari seems noticeably snappier (the text disappearing glitch may be fixed, I typed a bunch into Facebook comment fields to test, which is where I was really seeing it before, but no sign of it yet), however scrolling in Finder, Chrome, and Mail does not.
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That goes for me too.. No more glitch while running Safari..
 
Intel HD 4000 down to 384mb after update?

Here's something strange: after this graphic update, the Intel HD 4000 of my mid 2012 cMBP 15-inch 8gb of ram went down from 512mb of vram to 384mb.

Is it happening to someone else?
 
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R-Reg said:
Here's something strange: after this graphic update, the Intel HD 4000 of my mid 2012 cMBP 15-inch 8gb of ram went down from 512mb of vram to 384mb.

Is it happening to someone else?
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My rPro still quotes 512mb.
 
R-Reg said:
Here's something strange: after this graphic update, the Intel HD 4000 of my mid 2012 cMBP 15-inch 8gb of ram went down from 512mb of vram to 384mb.

Is it happening to someone else?
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yes. same here. 16gb installed. previously had 8gb as well. 8 and 16 allotments. hmmm.
 
R-Reg said:
Here's something strange: after this graphic update, the Intel HD 4000 of my mid 2012 cMBP 15-inch 8gb of ram went down from 512mb of vram to 384mb.

Is it happening to someone else?
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Not for me; my Mid-2012 cMBP 13" model still quotes 512MB RAM (although I have 16GM RAM, not 8GB...)
 
For me, Safari is a lot smoother and sites that would glitch previously are fine now.

But I just had an issue i've never had before:
I opened up my rmbp this morning and the screen turned on and off repeatedly only showing a cursor and nothing else..
It wouldn't come out of this loop and had to do a hard reboot by holding the power button for a few seconds...

Why does :apple: seem to be dropping the ball so much for the past 2(?) years..
I had a white unibody macbook that always 'just worked', that's why I love :apple: stuff and bought their most expensive macbook, only to be haunted by glitches..
I mean, I love my rmbp, it's the most beautiful notebook ever, but these bugs are getting old :(
 
All the same here. I wish Chrome would fix its lagging problems. Safari is much snappier while scrolling than Chrome, but Chrome's extensions makes a huge difference.
 
Well.. seems I have cheered too soon..

Yesterday evening everything seemed smooth as butter, but now it's glitching again :mad:
Seemed to start when it switched from the intel graphics to the nvidia and back for some reason when visiting ebay. (I use gfxCardStatus to monitor)

I see screen tearing when visiting my synology and letters sometimes disappear when typing in forms on webpages (had it on ebay and now typing this)..

this.. is getting.. annoying...:(
 
BreeeZe said:
Well.. seems I have cheered too soon..

Yesterday evening everything seemed smooth as butter, but now it's glitching again :mad:
Seemed to start when it switched from the intel graphics to the nvidia and back for some reason when visiting ebay. (I use gfxCardStatus to monitor)

I see screen tearing when visiting my synology and letters sometimes disappear when typing in forms on webpages (had it on ebay and now typing this)..

this.. is getting.. annoying...:(
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Try reseting your SMC and PRAM.
 
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Above I said I was having trouble seeing what difference the update makes. However, after playing with my rMBP a bit more after update 2.0, I've noticed a very substantial gain in performance whilst using iTunes. It's definitely a lot less laggy and choppy whilst running on HD4000 with battery.

That's true for scrolling through movies, album covers, and whilst browsing the catalogue of the Itunes store. Before it would take me 4 to 5 swipes to get to the bottom of a big catalogue page (such as the catalogue of thriler movies). Now it only takes 2 swipes (a big one followed by a smaller one). The choppy/crackling audio issue seems to have disappeared as well. Previously if I hovered over thumbnails in The Verge, the audio would quickly "skip a beat" whilst running on integrated graphics. I've spent the whole morning trying to reproduce that on various sites, without any luck. Overall I'd give the improvement in Itunes a B+ grade. Still needs a little bit more work, but we're getting there slowly.
 
AppleMacFinder said:
Not really. You could benchmark GPU with this great 2-in-1 application.
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Do you know what CPU bound means? It means that a 9400m would score the same on the GPU test as a GTX 680 because it is solely determined by the speed of the accompanying CPU. Raise the CPU and the GPU score raises as well. Change the GPU and the GPU score stays the same. That is why it is useless.
Or do you think it correct that GPU's miles apart should score within 5% of one another?
 
derbothaus said:
Do you know what CPU bound means? It means that a 9400m would score the same on the GPU test as a GTX 680 because it is solely determined by the speed of the accompanying CPU. Raise the CPU and the GPU score raises as well. Change the GPU and the GPU score stays the same. That is why it is useless.
Or do you think it correct that GPU's miles apart should score within 5% of one another?
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Regardless of the point of view, this program is excellent for the purpose discussed in this thread:
GPU benchmarks with the same hardware but with different graphic drivers.

By the way, ANY program for GPU benchmarking is dependent on CPU; the only question is: "in what degree?"
 
Moshe1010 said:
All the same here. I wish Chrome would fix its lagging problems. Safari is much snappier while scrolling than Chrome, but Chrome's extensions makes a huge difference.
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chrome is smooth as butter for me... make sure to turn on the graphic accelerator. (adressbar: chrome://flags )
 
I'm now getting lots of glitching. Before the update I was rock solid.... rMBP.
 
AppleMacFinder said:
Regardless of the point of view, this program is excellent for the purpose discussed in this thread:
GPU benchmarks with the same hardware but with different graphic drivers.

By the way, ANY program for GPU benchmarking is dependent on CPU; the only question is: "in what degree?"
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Awesome.:rolleyes:
I see you are totally getting this.
Never mind. I'll move myself along. You all keep measuring your placebo.
 
jaziCo said:
so Last night I so happened to GeekBench my machine (comparing it to my colleagues new Alienware)

Before - 12000

After - 11960

I was freaking out a little....

So I reset SMC + PRAM

Results = 12006


interesting...
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all those scores are probably within the margin of error lol
 
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