Logic board replaced 2x on early 2011 15" MBP, still has graphics issues?

[204353]

The rMBP has significantly better ventilation and thermal design compared to the cMBP, and the 750M is way more power efficient.

This is certainly true, provided Apple doesn't put too much thermal paste in them... After changing out my Mac's paste to an appropriate amount of Arctic MX-4, I had an impressive drop in temperatures and it now runs at very similar temperatures to Retina display models (both in terms of CPU and chassis temperatures).

But yes, the thermal design of the Retina models is great and involves an extremely efficient usage of the limited space inside!

 

[yjchua95]

This is certainly true, provided Apple doesn't put too much thermal paste in them... After changing out my Mac's paste to an appropriate amount of Arctic MX-4, I had an impressive drop in temperatures and it now runs at very similar temperatures to Retina display models (both in terms of CPU and chassis temperatures).

But yes, the thermal design of the Retina models is great and involves an extremely efficient usage of the limited space inside!

Radeongate happened because of sloppily-applied thermal paste.

After it hit, I had my GPU reballed with leaded solder and applied just the right amount of AS-5.

Now it idles at only around 45-49ºC.

 

[Starry]

I got my computer yesterday and I absolutely love it! I don't think I'll be transferring my time machine anytime soon since I love the new computer speed. It's so thin and fast! I haven't noticed anything really new on the Retina screen, though.