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Macbook Pro 15inch 2011 ATI 6750m Game Benchmarks

Finally got to play some SC2 last night on the OSX side. Hi-res 1680x1050 and used the "high" setting and by default reflections are off so I just turned that on and played some 2v2. Using ctrl + alt + F I can see framerates. I have it capped at 30FPS and it rarely dropped from there and stayed steady at 30fps.. If that helps anyone. Didn't really bother uncapping to see what it ran at, but it was smooth as eggs.
 
mediasorcerer said:
ok,so thats in windows right?and do u see any diff from apples regular drivers?
i reinstalled them yesterday,went back to vga in win 7,then reinstalled offa disc,u think i should update to 11.4?
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Scratch what I said before, the 11.4 drivers really slow things down when playing video games. I deleted them and reinstalled the official Boot Camp driver from ATI's website.

paxos said:
ive tested today sc2 and MSI afterburner.

ive noticed that the CPU clocks itself down after a few minutes of playing... resulting in a poor FPS rate (below 30fps)

Any idea what is causing this?

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I'VE NOTICED THIS TOO!!! I don't know why it does this! I've been using settings recommended by this thread (766/955) and I see a graph EXACTLY LIKE THIS, even when using the official Boot Camp drivers!

mediasorcerer said:
i dont play starcraft,but i play plenty of fpshooters,modern and few yrs old,i can tell you it rocks with 1680x1050,its still great,i have tweaked my system using many reg edits in win 7 and other perf mods like lassoo and game booster,the biggest diff was when i uninstalled the bootcamp drivers back to default vga,then reinstalled bootcamp drivers again,this seemed to improve graphics considerably for some reason,i mean it really sharpened up the whole experience a lot,dont kno why tho,

and i re ran the win experience index too,to reset it,after driver reinstall,
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What exactly do you mean you uninstalled and reinstalled the boot camp drivers on your machine? And how would that make a difference? Thanks!
 
aznguyen316 said:
Finally got to play some SC2 last night on the OSX side. Hi-res 1680x1050 and used the "high" setting and by default reflections are off so I just turned that on and played some 2v2. Using ctrl + alt + F I can see framerates. I have it capped at 30FPS and it rarely dropped from there and stayed steady at 30fps.. If that helps anyone. Didn't really bother uncapping to see what it ran at, but it was smooth as eggs.
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Would you say Starraft II runs way smoother on the Mac side compared to the Boot Camp side? The only problem I have with the Mac side is the Mouse Acceleration issue! I can tell you now, when I use Ctrl+alt+F with the settings you specify on my BOOT CAMP partition (2011 Macbook Pro), for some reason it drops down the 17-18 FPS during even the smaller battles...I haven't been able to figure out why...and overclocking doesn't really help either, as you can see from my previous post.
 
superkrups20056 said:
Would you say Starraft II runs way smoother on the Mac side compared to the Boot Camp side? The only problem I have with the Mac side is the Mouse Acceleration issue! I can tell you now, when I use Ctrl+alt+F with the settings you specify on my BOOT CAMP partition (2011 Macbook Pro), for some reason it drops down the 17-18 FPS during even the smaller battles...I haven't been able to figure out why...and overclocking doesn't really help either, as you can see from my previous post.
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I haven't tried it on Bootcamp with my 2011. I used to play it on Boot Camp on my 2010 13" MBP and it used to be WAYY smother in Bootcamp vs OSX. But since release they've improved OSX side a lot but no matter the case Boot Camp will always yield a better game experience, from what I've played. I'm very happy with the performance on OSX side at high settings. Didn't really bother with ultra much. Are you playing on high or ultra on Bootcamp?
 
aznguyen316 said:
I haven't tried it on Bootcamp with my 2011. I used to play it on Boot Camp on my 2010 13" MBP and it used to be WAYY smother in Bootcamp vs OSX. But since release they've improved OSX side a lot but no matter the case Boot Camp will always yield a better game experience, from what I've played. I'm very happy with the performance on OSX side at high settings. Didn't really bother with ultra much. Are you playing on high or ultra on Bootcamp?
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For some strange reason, I only get perfectly smooth gameplay, on medium settings. However, thebigger battles still feel laggy. Do you feel like there is a drop in framerate on the OSX side on your high/ultra settings during battles?
 
superkrups20056 said:
For some strange reason, I only get perfectly smooth gameplay, on medium settings. However, thebigger battles still feel laggy. Do you feel like there is a drop in framerate on the OSX side on your high/ultra settings during battles?
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i also had huge lagging during big battles ... didn't notice this on boot camp THAT much...

btw would really like to know how to stop the downclocking of the CPU, since this really causes huge framerate drop
 
Did anyone with an anit-glare 15" test a lower resolution than the native one ? Is the qualitiy of the image much lower on 1440x900? I love the anti-glare screen, but I think some games would run smoother on 1440x900 (like Crysis1).
 
aznguyen316 said:
I haven't tried it on Bootcamp with my 2011. I used to play it on Boot Camp on my 2010 13" MBP and it used to be WAYY smother in Bootcamp vs OSX. But since release they've improved OSX side a lot but no matter the case Boot Camp will always yield a better game experience, from what I've played. I'm very happy with the performance on OSX side at high settings. Didn't really bother with ultra much. Are you playing on high or ultra on Bootcamp?
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Has anyone tried gaming via VMWare vs Boot Camp/OSX version? I'm curious of the performance comparison - as I have a hunch proper driver performance from the OSX underlayer.
 
Cyberratchet said:
Did anyone with an anit-glare 15" test a lower resolution than the native one ? Is the qualitiy of the image much lower on 1440x900? I love the anti-glare screen, but I think some games would run smoother on 1440x900 (like Crysis1).
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The image quality isn't that bad at lower res in SC2. Only thing is if you play in full screen (windowed) some reason it makes desktop items that resolution too. So say you expose out into an IM chat or something it's all fuzzy and low res'd. I'm not sure why it makes the rest of the OS low res but it did. But not a huge deal, I just play in full screen (non-windowed) now anyway and just ctrl M if I need to get out.

I should mention that Crysis 2 scales extremely well to lower resolutions. I have the hi-res AG and while there's no 1440x900 option, there is 1280x800 and I can hardly tell the difference in resolution! It's pretty stunning. Only time is when I'm looking at trees and each individual leaf is sharper in native 1680x1050 than at 1280x800 but other than that, I've been playing in 1280 and with the extra boost in ~5-10FPS I can use the graphics editor by Wasdie and play in highest settings (Extreme) with AA turned off and get a good steady 30FPS+. Happy with that!
 
Hello! , have you guys found a way to control macbook fans in windows? the apps i've found are only compatible iwth the previous nvidia cards.

Best Regards
SilverOne.
 
aznguyen316 said:
No need to go down in resolution.
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Maybe so with SC2, but it's inevitable that HR owners will be affected first by more demanding games in the future. It's unavoidable, and buyers should keep in mind the current crop of blockbuster Mac games are from three or four years ago - COD4, Bioshock, HL2, L4D2, Portal, etc. Of course they should all run fine on a 2011 MBP. Why wouldn't they?
 
Don't see 1440x900 screen resolution.

hey guys, I do not see a 1440x900 screen resolution option in Starcraft II or in my windows screen resolution settings. Running 2011 Macbook Pro with ATI 6750m. Please help, thanks!
 
finally tested out my new mbp 2.2 15" with SC2 last night. Played campaign only but things ran pretty smooth with ultra textures and the rest a mix of high/medium. was getting around 60 fps and dipping to 30 in some battles, and also oddly in the menus and ship it would briefly slip to under 10 in some spots.

probably not the best setttings if you are a hardcore sc2 player in multiplayer, but its fine for campaign in those settings. I'd say for ladder play you'd have to drop some of those settings down.
 
Just ran some 3DMark Vantage basic edition for some numbers

OS: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
Model: 2.2 i7/ 8gb

Before OC:
3DMark Score5607.11 3DMarks
Graphics Score4525.08
CPU Score19838.05

After OC: (MSI Afterburner 700/900)
3DMark Score6498.1 3DMarks
Graphics Score5305.93
CPU Score19936.43

I am blown from the power of this laptop! Almost beats the gpu of my desktop!


3DMark11
After OC 750/925
Detailed scores
3DMark ScoreP1609
Graphics score1423
Physics Score6486
Combined Score1406
 
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Hi guys,

i have a serious problem with 3dmark2006 and 3dmark vantage, the results are so low!

these are my results:
http://3dmark.com/3dm06/15637894
http://3dmark.com/3dmv/3093148

as you can see, I should achieve 9400 and 5400 instead of 6600 and 4500
I have win 7 64 bit and I tried stock catalyst, 11.2 catalyst and 11.3 catalyst, all the same

I checked with MSI afterburner and the gpu is working 100% all the time and the frequency are correct (600/800)

With cinebench the opengl result and the cpu result are ok

My guess, it must be some problem with the directx, but I can't figure out what.

Please help
 
For us with this that know nothing about gaming or graphics, is this 1) good or 2) bad?
 
NickZac said:
For us with this that know nothing about gaming or graphics, is this 1) good or 2) bad?
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I am sorry, I don't understand what are you trying to tell me (if that message was for me, of course :))

Edit: under mac os x (xbench 1.3) the results are in line, too
 
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