Just wondering what scaled mode people are running? I must admit i prefer 'looks like 1680x1050' but performance doesn't feel quite as smooth. Whats everyone else's experience? I might take the performance hit because you get much more screen real estate.
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What scaled resolution do you run on your 15" rMBP?
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The highest, I think it's 1920 x 1200, for me that resolution means its a desktop replacement, performance is still fine, it's operating on the nvidia and I can hear the fans but not an issue.
You can but it kills battery life and the laptop runs much hotter.
I ran mine at 1680 x 1050 from Day 1 and I've never had any issues with integrated graphics unless it's a tumblr page with a lot of gifs and then I tend to switch to discrete for a smoother experience
You can but it kills battery life and the laptop runs much hotter.
I ran mine at 1680 x 1050 from Day 1 and I've never had any issues with integrated graphics unless it's a tumblr page with a lot of gifs and then I tend to switch to discrete for a smoother experience
I have to agree with HishamAkhtar. I too have run 1680 x 1050 since day 1. 1440 x 900 is just unusable to me and the work I do. 1929 x 1200 is great but the text is too small for some things.
I find 1680 x 1050 very good.
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1680 x 1050 works the best for me. Text seems just right. I feel like I've gone back in time when I use my iMac, the retina screen is just beautiful.
Couldn't agree more. I open up my MBA for the first time since i got my rMBP and thought, god this screen is terrible! Awful resolution, dull, dark and generally awful. Makes such a difference using this display. I can't go back now!
I run 1680x1050 non HiDPI. Running non HiDPI makes everything buttery smooth, and you get use to the resolution very fast.
I think it looks better than the same resolution on a cMBP. I am ok with how it looks on a rMBP.
I am optimizing for buttery smooth performance over pixel perfect resolution.
I am optimizing for buttery smooth performance over pixel perfect resolution
.But it looks like crap!
1680x1050. Switched from the high-res antiglare 15" so this is comfortable. Tried the 1920x1200 and works for some things but documents and such the lower resolution is a little nicer.
Im not sure what you mean, but i found this article helped to explain the rMBP display really well;
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6023/the-nextgen-macbook-pro-with-retina-display-review/6
I don't run scaled because I need pixel perfect display of images in apps like photoshop, and only "best for retina" or the true 2880x1800 offer that, unfortunately. I really wish Apple had gone with 3360x2100 for the retina display, as then we would get the best of both worlds.
I prefer Best for Retina, which doesn't tax the CPU so much. The higher resolutions provide more desk space but I couldn't go beyond 1680 x 1050 without eye strain (or reading glasses!).
i tried it out at best buy and was really surprised that the 1920x1200 i could read without glasses (my vision is like 20/70). thats the same res as my 23" cinema and with the added distance of a desktop monitor, i do wear glasses for comfort. i think the smoothness of the text on retina display just makes it easier to see.
The native resolution of the display is at 2880x1800 non HiDPI. You can definitely run it at that, if you can handle the small font. At that resolution there won't be any blurring and performance will still be better than 1440x900 HiDPI do to less rendering, but that resolution will still eat huge amount of memory so 16 GB is recommended if your running at that.
I run it at scaled to 1680x1050, perfect for me, with no performance issues.
But I do have gfxCardStatus 2.3 installed so I can switch manually between the intel integrated graphics and the Nvidia GeForce GT 650M.
But I do have gfxCardStatus 2.3 installed so I can switch manually between the intel integrated graphics and the Nvidia GeForce GT 650M.
I was running mine on 2280x1800 for a while, but that cut my battery life down to 3-4 hours from around 7 hours on the 'more space' setting with 1920x1200 that I use now. I have 20/20 vision so the small text wasn't a problem at all for me but the battery life cut in half wasn't worth the extra space unless you're plugged in.
since the OS sometimes was killing me with choppy gfx when running "1920x1200 hiDPI" i decided to test RDM application.
not as good looking as scaled but 1920x1200 non hi-dpi is very good. no choppiness or anything like that with mission control or "F4" button
(forgot the name ) or sliding between desktops!
true retina mode 2880x1800 was just not comfortable enough for me...
*here's to apple to release software update*
not as good looking as scaled but 1920x1200 non hi-dpi is very good. no choppiness or anything like that with mission control or "F4" button
(forgot the name
) or sliding between desktops! true retina mode 2880x1800 was just not comfortable enough for me...
*here's to apple to release software update
*