Will there be a GPU refresh in 2014?

Hello,

No, they won't upgrade the GPU in 2014.

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It's true that the last refresh including only a GT750M was weird, however I don't think there will be another refresh by the end of this year. Apple only does around 2 refreshes per year per Mac product line at best, and they'll usually upgrade the CPU as well, not just the GPU. I think they'll wait untill the Intel Broadwell CPUs are out to upgrade the MBP's GPU at the same time. So probably early next year. WWDC 2015 (June) at most.

 

Probably temperatures.

It is a good card, it works well with gaming, but it's not a high-end card. It's a very capable machine.

 

Not going to happen.

Any updates are about 8 to 12 months away.

 

The last vestige of the discrete GPU will almost certainly be dropped from the MacBook Pro line with either Broadwell or Skylake, so if you prefer your GPU to be discrete rather than integrated, now would be a good time to buy.

 

Hi,

I was wondering if its safe/ good idea to download the new Yosemite update on my Macbook Pro 2011 which has recently started to suffer from graphics card failure?

The problem is especially evident at the start up, generally my mac will shut down when asleep and when I attempt a normal startup I will get a pink screen.

I have found that this can only be resolved by attempting multiple different startups (verbose, sing user reboot, NVPRAM, SMRC...) until it switches on again to a blue/ grey scree.

Do you think I should attempt to download Yosemite? or will it only cause further problems....

 

Don't post in multiple unrelated threads

Firstly posting this in multiple unrelated threads will only get you reprimanded or barred by the moderators don't do it's annoying.

Secondly your problem sounds like radeon gate and your GPU is fried, downloading Yosemite won't do any harm that I can see, yours is strictly a hardware issue. On the other hand it won't do you any good either.
However your Mac may well give up the ghost at any point so I'd make sure you have a back up of everything you need to keep before you download a new OS to a computer who's life is probably limited to days or weeks.

 

Thanks! sorry... will keep that in mind.

Do you know if there is a solution to the GPU failure? Most likely will have to change the logic boar? Are there any tests I can run to check if it is the GPU thats fried or another problem?

Also would be really helpful if you had any short term solutions since I am abroad and wont be able to take it in to an apple store for a week.

 

Well apple will just use a refurbished board

Unfortunately apple will charge you for a new logic board, it will be refurbished and will in all liklelihood fail again within the year anecdotal evidence says 6-9 months (only comes with a 90 day warranty too.)

There are numerous places offering to reball the GPU with leaded solder this will fix the issue, and I spotted in another thread someone who found a place that will both reball and replace with a 2012 GPU.

However as far as i know there really is nothing else you can do, i would get a back up done as quickly as you can.

Short of getting it checked by a computer repair place I don't know how to diagnose it, there are others on here with in depth knowledge of this issue and hopefully they will chime in. I am assuming you have a 2011 15 inch macbook pro with the AMD GPU??? If so then it is almost certain.

Read this thread. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1800490