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Retina MacBook Pro Gaming Benchmarks
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That you like ugly plastic laptops (gaming MSI, Asus...) with wannabe cool shapes and ugly bezels etc. doesn't mean other's taste is bad, it's most likely your taste.FYI, rmbp is just plain looking laptop. If you want those "looks" or "aesthetics", go for independent gaming laptop makers for their sleek looks. Especially considering the fact that rmbp definitely does not fit the look of "sexy". It just looks plain and simple, like HP ones.
If you think macbook pro is a nice looking laptop, then it's an established fact that you have never ever seen other laptops in the market.
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sonyisawesome
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Obviously because the Asus is built towards gaming and the machine's fan and temperatures are all based around temperature running graphic intensive software.my asus fan is dead silent, i can't hear it even when gaming heavily.
rmbp? very noticeable.
This isn't the case for rmbp, as it starts heating up and ranking up that fan noise as soon as 30 minutes hit the mark while playing mid-range games on rmbp.
rmbp just isn't suitable for running today's graphically intensive games.
I'm sorry but anyone who owns a laptop for looks probably don't know how to use the laptop effectively. It's your opinion to diss Asus latop's look, but don't get all isheep defensive when someone else mocks your favorite mrbp's appearance in return, telling it looks like a fragile, scratch-prominent glass machine.
Wonderful arguments 🙄 And someone that wears good looking clothes is probably a worthless hipster, and so on. By the way, if someone would describe a rMBP as 'a fragile, scratch-prominent glass machine' they are just being ridiculous. I am absolutely ok with critique if its at least a bit objective. Yes, the rMBP is plain. Thats what makes it aesthetically appealing. If you are unable to differentiate this from the overdesigned monstrosities from 'independent makers'... well, then you simply lack aesthetic sense. No offence meant. There is that thing called 'industrial design'. There is a reason why MacBook design is a de-facto standard now and everybody and their grandma copies it.
Back to the topic: the rMBP is just as good for games as a G46VW, but is lighter and has a much better display. If you already have a rMBP for your work stuff, i find it completely moronic to spend money to buy another machine that doesn't do anything better. When you have used the rMBP for going, going to something like a G46VW is a downgrade - you will immediately notice the difference in displays. Sure, if you are a hardcore gamer, than building a custom gaming PC is a very good idea. But you can't take that PC with you if you are on the road. Just as little as you can take two laptops (one for work and one for gaming) with you. I don't even see why you people are arguing.
Victorzimmer
macrumors newbie
I'm not really one who games a lot by any means, but from the gaming I've done my rMBP 15" 512GB Flash 16GB RAM drastically performs other laptops, while staying on a frame rate comparable to that of a Alienware or even some gaming desktops.
Of course desktop machines can be better, but a cheap one is comparable.
OP asked about Minecraft, which does absolutely run well on macs, especially 15" machines with dedicated graphics. I get around 120 FPS without vsync at max settings with heck loads of mods. 🙂
Of course desktop machines can be better, but a cheap one is comparable.
OP asked about Minecraft, which does absolutely run well on macs, especially 15" machines with dedicated graphics. I get around 120 FPS without vsync at max settings with heck loads of mods. 🙂
sonyisawesome
macrumors regular
There are THOUSANDS of games out there. We are talking about recent 2012-2013 heavy graphically intensive games that came out for PC. There is no way in hell rmbp 15 can run these games within 40-50 fps high settings flawlessly. It's scientifically not possible.I'm not really one who games a lot by any means, but from the gaming I've done my rMBP 15" 512GB Flash 16GB RAM drastically performs other laptops, while staying on a frame rate comparable to that of a Alienware or even some gaming desktops.
Even with 750m, which is like 10-20% difference from 650m, it still can't play The Witcher 2 in high settings within 40 and over fps range. That game came out in mid 2011.
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I play League of Legends at 2880x1800 in OSX. I get 60-80 fps during quiet periods of the game and about 45-65 in very action heavy parts. If I ran it in Windows, I could probably get 100 fps.
same here... do u turned vsync off? if i set frames to the "uncabbed" selection, ill get 110-140 fps... if i choose constant 60 frames, it will drop down to about 30 (and a little lag) in big fights. strange?
on my imac 2011 with 512gb vram there is no lag at all. strange?
the fact that the (lower specced) iMac is performing better than my new rmbp makes me wonder.
actuallyinaus
macrumors regular
Im trying to decide on a new mac to buy and I have been looking at the 2013 15inch Retina Macbook Pro.
Specs I am Looking at:
2.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
Turbo Boost up to 3.4GHz
8GB RAM 1600MHz memory
256GB flash storage1
Intel HD Graphics 4000
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory
This laptop will defiantly suit most of my needs from a laptop. My only question is if you can play games on the native resolution, specially Team Fortress 2, and Minecraft. (2880x1800)
I like to play games while I travel but I need a laptop that still looks professional (Mac imo) Let me know if you have ever played those two games on max-med settings with the native resolution and what kind of FPS you are getting.
Not sure if this is the right place to post this on the forums as I am new here.
Thanks for your Help
this thread "Gaming Benchmarks - Iris Pro Only" has tf2 for the hd5200
so if the 650M is about the same or better (than the hd5200) then TF2 should be fine for you
whitedragon101
macrumors 65816
Summary:
-Massive gaming laptops perform better for intensive 3d games than a rMBP
-The rMBP (750m) performs extremely well on 3D games for its size and can play the majority of modern 3D games at 1080p on medium or high settings depending on resolution.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-750M.90245.0.html
-Massive gaming laptops perform better for intensive 3d games than a rMBP
-The rMBP (750m) performs extremely well on 3D games for its size and can play the majority of modern 3D games at 1080p on medium or high settings depending on resolution.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-750M.90245.0.html
Mine doesn't do that at all. I suspect you are trolling.
Obviously because the Asus is built towards gaming and the machine's fan and temperatures are all based around temperature running graphic intensive software.
This isn't the case for rmbp, as it starts heating up and ranking up that fan noise as soon as 30 minutes hit the mark while playing mid-range games on rmbp.
rmbp just isn't suitable for running today's graphically intensive games.
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sonyisawesome
macrumors regular
Truth hurts. Deal with it.Mine doesn't do that at all. I suspect you are trolling.
mbpr is not a suitable gaming laptop.
You can't have it all, people. If you want a legit gaming laptop, go get yourself Alienware with beefed up GPU or MSI GX series.
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Victorzimmer
macrumors newbie
Not true 🙁
This is far from the truth, after a good while now I´ve been playing a lot of graphically intensive games on my MBPr and it works flawlessly every single time. Also games that do run in OS X seem to for some reason gicve better performance in OS X than Windows, especially Java-based games.
Truth hurts. Deal with it.
mbpr is not a suitable gaming laptop.
You can't have it all, people. If you want a legit gaming laptop, go get yourself Alienware with beefed up GPU or MSI GX series.
This is far from the truth, after a good while now I´ve been playing a lot of graphically intensive games on my MBPr and it works flawlessly every single time. Also games that do run in OS X seem to for some reason gicve better performance in OS X than Windows, especially Java-based games.