Actually it's the same issue. Gfxcarstatus confirms that 650M is used. As I said, I have the same issue here.
I'm hoping for a fix via Apple soon. This SMC resetting is quite annoying.
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Performance reduced after EFI update on MacBook Pro Retina
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Actually it's the same issue. Gfxcarstatus confirms that 650M is used. As I said, I have the same issue here.
I'm hoping for a fix via Apple soon. This SMC resetting is quite annoying.
I had this exact issue way before the EFI update. Solution: elevated e rmbp at an angle with a coolermaster x-note v3(200mm fan) and turned the AC on full blast. Now I'm gpu OC 1100/2800 stable on the latest EFI without the need for even one SMC reset.
I have my fans on max ( 6000RPM ) when ever I play games, my mac still gets to around 95 Degrees Celsius average and performance is dreadful. I can't even play MC for a minute before my FPS drops to low 10s on the 650M. Anyone have a link where I can report this to Apple?
So, from what I can tell: The issue comes up everytime the Mac goes to sleep.
Once I wake the Mac up again, the issue arises and performance drops significantly.
So basically this bug kills the sleep function. I cannot properly use this feature without always fearing that the performance will be killed by sending my Mac to sleep.
This issue becomes increasingly annoying.
Anyone else having the same observations?
Once I wake the Mac up again, the issue arises and performance drops significantly.
So basically this bug kills the sleep function. I cannot properly use this feature without always fearing that the performance will be killed by sending my Mac to sleep.
This issue becomes increasingly annoying.
Anyone else having the same observations?
I use sleep all the time and my performance seems ok... but I don't often push the graphics that hard to notice. Is there a quick way to test to see the problem? maybe some benchmark tool or something that shows FPS where we can easily do some tests?
Thank you every one who remind me to reset the SMC. as i said reseting SMC is not helping me. however, i just found out by reseting SMC it will only work once(CPU continuously running about 2.0-3.3Ghz) until i attach the Thunderbolt Drive or a USB3.0 harddrive. as most of my games was saved and playable from my external harddrive, reseting SMC will not help that much. im having 256GB ssd as my game library is about 1TB. i believe this is a bug of the newest EFI update. im having no troubles was so ever before i update this EFI.
The thing is that a rMBP, even if severely throttled, is still fast. However, if you observe closely, you'll notice that overall performance is slower than usual, especially if you use any OpenGL-Application. But even if you just surf around the internet or use Mission Control, you'll notice that the overall performance is basically "lagging", just as if you were playing a game. That being said, starting a game is the best way of determining if you're also suffering under this issue.
Of course, if you don't have any issues, you are a lucky one with 10.8.2 and newest EFI-Update installed.
The thing is that a rMBP, even if severely throttled, is still fast. However, if you observe closely, you'll notice that overall performance is slower than usual, especially if you use any OpenGL-Application. But even if you just surf around the internet or use Mission Control, you'll notice that the overall performance is basically "lagging", just as if you were playing a game. That being said, starting a game is the best way of determining if you're also suffering under this issue.
Of course, if you don't have any issues, you are a lucky one with 10.8.2 and newest EFI-Update installed.
Actually, the rMBP while throttled by this effect runs dog slow. It's barely faster than a base 11.6" MacBook Air...
Under Mac OS X, it's not apparent until you start playing back iTunes or Youtube and your music stutter... or you do something more intensive and it brings the whole computer to a crawl.
Under Windows (with Bootcamp), it's apparent everywhere because even the animations lag and stutter badly.
From what I can tell, it is still "usable", thus still somehow "fast". But I have to concur: It's annoyingly slow in terms of what the rMBP actually offers in terms of performance prior to this bug.
I'm really hoping Apple is aware of this issue and is working on a solution.
Until then: No sleep for me.
What compounds this entire issue is that even shutting down the Mac is affected by 10.8.2. Where the Mac would shut down almost instantaneously prior to 10.8.2, it now takes almost 20+ seconds until it finally reaches that point. Super frustrating.
Of course, if you don't have any issues, you are a lucky one with 10.8.2 and newest EFI-Update installed.
I must be lucky... i did the EFI update and running 10.8.2 and gaming and everything seems fine. no new issues at all.
It would be great if the latest update has addressed the issue. I haven't had the chance to check it out yet, but I'll test it today, too.
Let's hope it works!
Certainly curious. I have this problem with both OSX & Bootcamp Win7. Not sure how an OSX update could fix both sides.
Resetting the SMC is certainly becoming old.
My rMBP came preinstalled with the new boot rom. Does anyone have some benchmark results so I can test for slowdowns? I tested quickly yesterday with an old game (cod mw2), and it ran well IMHO. I will also try and see if the incremental update (10.8.2) has any impact.
are you sure? this update for MacOS will fix the Bootcamp Windows issue? i think the issue is related to EFI unless this update secretly updates the EFI lol.
I just did a quick test, meaning: Sent my Mac to sleep, woke it up, started Windows (BootCamp), played Guild Wars 2 for round about 10 minutes.
At this point: No problems. But this was just a quick test, I would have to observe how it will perform through the next days.
But I'm kinda optimistic.
If you stress your rMBP too much under Mac OS X, it may freeze up completely. I had that happen once on the original EFI, but I haven't seen that anymore after the EFI update.
Curiously, too, I'm not seeing this issue anymore after the new update. Wonder if it wasn't an EFI issue all along... It might be OS X throttling the computer and locking SMC.
Since this is a low-level system issue, I'm assuming I'd see these freezes in bootcamp as well? If so, I've had no issues with extended gaming (Borderlands 2, SWTOR, and Diablo 3) for hours on end.
No. It's only under OS X. I had that freeze when running Android emulator in Eclipse...
After some testing (prolonged sleep, several more sleeps
I revoke my last statement: After long using throughout the entire weekend the issue returned. The supplemental update did NOT solve the issue.
Come on Apple...
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