Hi I've read various threads about the stuttering/lag in the mountain lion UI and I have some question. Is this a software problem that can be patched up with an update? I get stuttering when I switch from dashboard to desktop. but not desktop to dashboard using the control arrow key method. Is this the kind of stutter people has been getting like during the transition animation?
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Macbook pro retina with mountain lion UI
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The rMBP hardware is easily more than capable of handling the resolution[1], so if there is a stutter (seen by some people but not others across different UI operations), it is a software issue.
[1] https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15526427/
[1] https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15526427/
Don't listen to clueless posts like these who clearly dont understand that it isn't a resolution issue, it's a pixel scaling issue.
No one knows if it can be fixed via software.
How exactly does "pixel scaling" cause "stuttering" - can you link to the relevant analysis that says the nearest neighbour interpolation algorithms saturate memory bandwidth or overwhelm GPU/CPU computational resource, or are you pulling that out of your proverbial ... — this is a software issue, and doesn't affect most users.
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^^ and don't listen to people like this who are equally clueless and don't understand that this issue does not even exist. Not only do these people not even own or use the machine in question, they are unable to reproduce the issue and post a video.
To the OP, I suggest you go to a Mac reseller and try for yourself. You're never going to figure this out by reading forums. Go and use the machine and judge for yourself.
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Scaling performance could cause issues with the non-best-for-retina modes, but should have nothing to do with performance in Best for Retina mode.
The only thing being scaled in Best for Retina mode are non-retina apps, and those are simply pixel doubled which should be pretty computationally inexpensive.
Hi guys, thanks for the reply, I've had a play around with the gfx card status and it seems that the lag disapears when using the discrete graphics card setting i.e the nvidia card. the transition stutter from dash board to desktop using control arrow key seems to be a problem caused by the integrated graphics card. so there is a fix but its taxing to the batteries. any opinion?
theres a difference between an issue not existing and a user completely ignoring them like you do. you've already made previous comments on how little glitches and minor slowdowns don't *bother* you at all. thats completely different from saying they don't actually exist.
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read the bottom line from this screenshot.
allow me to bold it for you.
or are you saying you know something more than the fine folks at apple?
No, I'm responding to the OP that asked about the origin of the stutter some people have complained about.
Your screenshot says nothing about what Apple think "may" affect performance, and an objective analysis of the hardware makes it clear it is not hardware based. Therefore this is a software issue; unless you have evidence to the contrary?
Will Apple optimise their drivers and WindowServer drawing code? I suspect things will get better, though I personally have little faith in the GPU driver engineers at Apple. Luckily, at least for me, the rMBP works wonderfully in the real world under heavy workloads even at the "may affect performance" 1200p, today.
The only reliably reproducible unusable UI performance I can elicit is resizing the App Store (quartz debug shows a glitchy ~10fps), but that even floors my 2012 ATI5870 24GB octocore Mac Pro running a 2560x1440 non-retina Cinema Display (also ~10fps), so this is not rMBP specific. The fact some people see this depending on the browser they use, or in the case of the Spaces animation depending on what program is running in the destination space or what settings are applied to the dock just confirms this is software based.
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Ah yes, denial as practiced by many, brings them a very blissful life
You can't deny the existence of something that does not exist, right?
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Your efforts might be better spent at posting a video of the actual issue versus expounding about it ad nauseum. I have yet to find anyone here at MacRumors who is able to post a simple video showing these problems. If you can't show us the problems, how do you expect anyone to believe they exist? Is this like god or something? LOL
coming to think of it the lag/stutter in mountain lion Ui is not a model specific thing, i.e I've read in other threads that the macbook air and even the i mac is having a little stutter problem. and they all seem to have it down to the problem with the drivers of HD4000 intel graphics card.