Hi,
I got the latest MacBook Pro 15" Retina with i7 @ 2.8 GHz + AMD GPU. Whenever I start an App like Counter Strike Source via Steam or even just watch a YouTube video the MacBook fan starts becoming loud.
The MacBook is 2 days old and already has problems processing games from 2004 and YouTube videos? Its 15°C here, in my room maybe 20°C so it can't be the heat of the environment...
Any idea?
Cheers
this makes me so glad I went with the 13" RMBP, it runs totally silent for 90% of things and fans only kick in with intensive 3D gaming. I've been amazed, I can run 4K video natively on external 4K display via HDMI and the laptop is totally silent, not even an idling fan noise, to me this is such a relief as I hated fan noise.
I can also run rather intensive programs like logic pro in total silence (ala RMB). At last I can have loads of tabs open and run youtube video full HD on external display with total silence from laptop, apple to give them credit have made a great improvement on this, as previously I had a 17 inch MBP from 2010 and there is constant idling fan noise which is not too loud, but they ramp up with even one video on youtube running for over a minute and so on.
Also basic games ported from iPad such as reckless racing, dungeon hunter, even the old starwars games on the app store run in total silence.
(it is the entry level 13 inch with 250GB ram - I supposed this performance is one benefit from not going maxed out on all the specs, personally I would rather have this silent operation for the majority of tasks than super power with constant annoyance of fan noise (which can be really annoying while making music or listening to videos)
in terms of higher end gaming I've actually managed to get 50 fps playing batman arkham city at 720p on medium graphics and it looks great, that was measured on windows 10 bootcamp, but game runs just as smooth on mac - grid also runs really well at HD 720p with antialiasing on, but of course when you start running these games the fans then kick in quite loud