Hey all,
tried searching but to no avail.
So basically whenever I use an external monitor on my 15" MacBook Pro 2010, the performance just goes down the toilet. I've tried it with two external displays, a 21" LED monitor and a 32" LCD television and with both I have the same issues.
The computer in general just becomes sluggish, I first noticed it with just general web browsing so thought it could be the wireless signal being disrupted by the display but I've just ran a test while using one of the displays and its fine.
When I say sluggish I mean even something like swapping between tabs on Google chrome it takes 2-3 seconds. I've tried games that normally run perfectly fine (WoW, LoL, CS:GO) but with an external they also become slow, not unplayable, just slow.
All this issues go away if I unplug the display but I'd really much prefer to be able to use it.
Also I should mention it has nothing to do with running a dual display as when I use the external display, the laptop screen is off. It only uses the external one.
Thanks for any advice
tried searching but to no avail.
So basically whenever I use an external monitor on my 15" MacBook Pro 2010, the performance just goes down the toilet. I've tried it with two external displays, a 21" LED monitor and a 32" LCD television and with both I have the same issues.
The computer in general just becomes sluggish, I first noticed it with just general web browsing so thought it could be the wireless signal being disrupted by the display but I've just ran a test while using one of the displays and its fine.
When I say sluggish I mean even something like swapping between tabs on Google chrome it takes 2-3 seconds. I've tried games that normally run perfectly fine (WoW, LoL, CS:GO) but with an external they also become slow, not unplayable, just slow.
All this issues go away if I unplug the display but I'd really much prefer to be able to use it.
Also I should mention it has nothing to do with running a dual display as when I use the external display, the laptop screen is off. It only uses the external one.
Thanks for any advice
