Can anyone recommend a good cooling fan for 15" rMBP (2012) with a dGPU?
I have searched for threads on here and they mostly turn into debates over whether rMBPs need a fan or not. Mine does, so I'll address that briefly. I have used an elevated Rain laptop stand since day one with the rMBP, recently I had the logic board (for GPU) and monitor replaced at the Apple Store, and I use Macs Fan Control to keep the fans at max speed in Windows 7 and Yosemite for games. Furthermore, my old 2007 Mac Pro (which can't upgrade past Lion) runs Skyrim MUCH better in Windows than my 2012 decked out rMBP.
The Macbook overheats, the performance in games stutters, I know that it overheats because the GPU and CPU temps are around 100 degrees when it stutters, and the stuttering temporarily stops when I pause a game. The conditions for stuttering in Skyrim are running the game at 1440x900 on high settings, and the stuttering was much worse before installing Macs Fan Control on Windows. So there is not much more to say about that, an Xbox 360 from 2005 and Mac Pro from 2007 run Skyrim better than a 2012 rMBP with dGPU solely because of ventilation.
I have seen what looks like a good product called TILT Stealth but since it is a kickstarter it is always out of stock. I would greatly appreciate any recommendations which take into account the location of the rMBP's "air shafts." Thanks!
I have searched for threads on here and they mostly turn into debates over whether rMBPs need a fan or not. Mine does, so I'll address that briefly. I have used an elevated Rain laptop stand since day one with the rMBP, recently I had the logic board (for GPU) and monitor replaced at the Apple Store, and I use Macs Fan Control to keep the fans at max speed in Windows 7 and Yosemite for games. Furthermore, my old 2007 Mac Pro (which can't upgrade past Lion) runs Skyrim MUCH better in Windows than my 2012 decked out rMBP.
The Macbook overheats, the performance in games stutters, I know that it overheats because the GPU and CPU temps are around 100 degrees when it stutters, and the stuttering temporarily stops when I pause a game. The conditions for stuttering in Skyrim are running the game at 1440x900 on high settings, and the stuttering was much worse before installing Macs Fan Control on Windows. So there is not much more to say about that, an Xbox 360 from 2005 and Mac Pro from 2007 run Skyrim better than a 2012 rMBP with dGPU solely because of ventilation.
I have seen what looks like a good product called TILT Stealth but since it is a kickstarter it is always out of stock. I would greatly appreciate any recommendations which take into account the location of the rMBP's "air shafts." Thanks!
For the most part your MBP runs hot as that`s how Apple designed it, the trade of for form over, function, thin & light...