Returning My 2015 15in rMBP

If you aren't going to play games on it then what's the problem?

Btw what exactly did you need it for that made you decide to max everything out?

 

If you're not happy with it right now, you won't be happy with it in 3, 6 or 12 months from now either. Especially when it starts aging.

I'd advise you to return it and get a razer blade or the lower specced rMBP + Gaming desktop.

 

Have you ever tried playing the game through bootcamp? For some reason games run better for me when I do that instead of playing it on the Mac partition

 

i've played and finished Bioshock infinite on bootcamp with my macbook pro 15 inch mid 2012 with nvidia 650 gt ,it ran very well ,no slow or stuttering at all.

 

+1 with Quu.

Seriously, what's the point of this thread? You knew it's not a gaming machine. It runs great with everything else. Why are you even asking for advise? In fact, why are you even complaining? This doesn't make sense to me.

 

I would return it. You don't seem satisfied with your purchase.

This is Apple, in any case. You would expect a $2000-$3000+ computer to come standard with a dedicated GPU, but not here. Therefore, if you're going to bottleneck your entire system with graphically intensive usage, you need to reconsider.

 

How are you only getting 20FPS in Bioshock Infinite? I played through the entire game on my 2012 rMPB with the 650M - on OS X - and had no problems at all. No stuttering and averaged over 30FPS. At what resolution are you playing it? I played through it on an external monitor at 1920 x 1080, so if you're trying to play it at native resolution of your rMBP's display perhaps that's one problem.This game can run on the Intel HD3000 (granted slowly) so it doesn't really make sense that it isn't working on your 2015 rMBP.

 

Sorry, but you won't be getting that even with any of the dedicated chips that Apple offers. They use a mid-range AMD GPU, the 960M is an upper mid-range that offers much better performance statistically.

960M and M370X.

 

Get a Sager. They come with no OS pre-installed through various resellers so you can avoid Windows 8 and they are excellently priced and will minimally come with a 960M.

This is assuming that you want a notebook to game with, of course. Not sure if you're opposed to two machines or what. It sounds like you want one almighty laptop, so if what Apple offers in the GFX department doesn't suit you (or doesn't suit what you believe your money is worth) then perhaps go an alternate route.

 

I'm coming from a 650M (2013 Retina 15), and ordered mine maxed out with 512gb SSD.. only $2434 after tax.

I don't play much games but when I do, I drop it down to 1440x900 (or lower) and they usually run fine under Windoze.

Maybe you are expecting good frames running at native Retina resolution? That is impossible. Plus, running at lower resolution looks exactly the same especially if you run with any AA. Maybe try triple buffering with you're using VSYNC?

 

I don't really understand why this bothers you so much, but the point is that it does. It's too much money to spend and not be happy, so I'd return it.

 

There is no way Apple could put the 980M into the rMBP. The TDP of that GPU is 122W, which is the same as the 680MX and 780M in the 27" non-retina iMac - it's simply too hot and power hungry to go into the Macbook Pro. The prior Nvidia cards used in the MBP have a TDP of about 40 W. A GPU with three times that thermal load simply won't fly.

The 960M is closer, but still has a good 50% higher TDP than the x50M GPUs that have traditionally been used, and even with those, it's not like the MBP was particularly cool under load.

I'm not sure what you were expecting.

 

Genuinely if you want a gaming machine I wouldn't even bother with a laptop - build yourself a proper desktop and use that. You'll be much happier, you'll get a much better GPU for your money and it'll cost considerably less than a comparable laptop.

I've got my lovely desktop with a GTX 970 and my MacBook Pro for everything else - a very nice combination in my opinion.

 

I played it completely in OS X, though I've played lots of games on my rMBP in Bootcamp. I didn't have the settings on ultra or anything, if I recall correctly I played it on medium settings. I'm fine with around 30FPS though, but if you need more then I can understand being disappointed. It just seems to me the R9 M370X should do much better than the 680M in my rMBP.

If you want, as Dark Void mentioned, an "almighty laptop" that will do everything you throw at it including intense gaming, then I don't think the rMBP is the laptop for you. Personally games run fine enough for me on lower resolution (1440x1900 or 1920x1080) on my rMBP and it's been great for me for gaming. But then, I only game a few hours a week and don't need to use the highest resolutions and settings. If that's what you're after, perhaps a desktop is a better choice. If you want to stay with OS X exclusively, you don't have many options besides the high end rMBP, iMac, or perhaps Mac Pro.

 

This is how I do it also, as you can see from my signature. I use my Mac laptop for everything but gaming.

 

I really don't understand the people who spend thousands and thousands maxing out a laptop knowing they will never use a fraction of the performance, then complain that it's too slow.

If you're not happy, by all means return it.

 

DITTO gngan: OP, why post at all? Are you a grown man who can make your own decisions, or too young that needs some hand holding ? You shouldn't have to ask strangers on a forum to do it for you. Everyone is different if you haven't notice by now.