[Taenon]

I figured a quick fps spot might be useful for people considering buying the new model and wondering what kind of frames they'd be looking at.

I just picked up the newest 13 inch macbook pro base model last night, and while I haven't played UT on it for a large number of hours, the laptop with stock UT at 1280x800 runs between 40 and 100 FPS on wifi, FallinAngels with 20 people on it from San Diego (~100ping), about the same as my last 15in macbook pro with an ATI Radeon X1600 256mb. Quite playable. I'll hook it up to a 1080p monitor when I get my hands on one and let you know what frames I'm getting then.

I normally play on a GTX 260 core 216 paired with a phenom II x4 955 but now I can play on the road. Huzzah.

EDIT:

/timedemo 1
/demo tutorial

results in ~270fps

This post has been edited by Taenon: 22 April 2010 - 08:24 AM

[|it|Nexu]

Reading the topic made me first think you only had 13 fps

[Mod ObScUrE]

damn I canceled the shipping after reading the topic...




*joke* but the titel is really confusing.

[Taenon]

oops :D fixed!

[Old account Ateamrocks]

Interesting, I have an 'old' Mac Pro (desktop) w/ 2.8ghz, same graphics specs and 8gb ram. I get at least 130 FPS on wired (Connection doesn't matter AS much). There's a setting in the Graphics bar to turn UP the max framerate. Look into that ;)

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[Taenon]

I've tweaked it to my liking, max frames etc. Unless there is an engine mod or cvar that let's you set it above 125 max, I'm not sure how you're getting over 130. It's pretty nuts if your getting that framerate out of an x1600, even the 2400 XT in my gf's iMac that replaced the x1600 in the previous model rarely gets above 100. Regardless, the q3 engine is CPU bound and I is pretty obvious your mac pro has more going on in that department. Well, that and the x1600s in the MacBook pros were underclocked to maintain the thermal envelope.

[mitsubishi]

ye, basically, on a new CPU and a new GPU, CPU is the bottleneck usually unless GPU is on high antiliasing and anisotropic settings, usually.

[]FK****[Betobest]

Thats with high textures right?

Btw.. you probably should have waited for i5 :D

This post has been edited by Betobest: 19 April 2010 - 03:25 AM

[Taenon]

Betobest, on 19 April 2010 - 03:23 AM, said:

Thats with high textures right?

I'd have to check what the default is. 40-100 fps on my old MBP was with high textures, yes.

Betobest, on 19 April 2010 - 03:23 AM, said:

Btw.. you probably should have waited for i5 :D

Wasn't an option. I'd already given my parents my old MBP in anticipation of an earlier release, needed a laptop, and wasn't going to blow 2K on a 15" when I have a desktop at home. Trust me, I've gone through all of the considerations:

-Wait until October for i5: I start grad school in September and want to have it when I start.
-Buy a Lenovo: shitty graphics
-Buy a Dell: only when I have to.
The list goes on...

In reality it wasn't that bad of a buy. The i3s, which would be the most likely candidate are 10-30% more powerful but require an Intel chipset. And I doubt Apple will go back to discrete graphics at the low end until they sincerely have to (it would be nice though). So I'm fine with a decent CPU and GPU. Its for personal use only, the programs I write for lab require more processing power than any laptop in my price range has to offer. So for the next year and a half/two years, I'm satisfied.

[]FK****[Betobest]

Taenon, on 19 April 2010 - 07:14 AM, said:

I'd have to check what the default is. 40-100 fps on my old MBP was with high textures, yes.



Wasn't an option. I'd already given my parents my old MBP in anticipation of an earlier release, needed a laptop, and wasn't going to blow 2K on a 15" when I have a desktop at home. Trust me, I've gone through all of the considerations:

-Wait until October for i5: I start grad school in September and want to have it when I start.
-Buy a Lenovo: shitty graphics
-Buy a Dell: only when I have to.
The list goes on...

In reality it wasn't that bad of a buy. The i3s, which would be the most likely candidate are 10-30% more powerful but require an Intel chipset. And I doubt Apple will go back to discrete graphics at the low end until they sincerely have to (it would be nice though). So I'm fine with a decent CPU and GPU. Its for personal use only, the programs I write for lab require more processing power than any laptop in my price range has to offer. So for the next year and a half/two years, I'm satisfied.

Well thats good, and you never know with apple.. they might have something new right away or later.. but I like the idea of an i9 mac pro... :D But i definitely see your point about not getting a 15", because I too liked the idea of a smaller, cheaper, and more portable 13" (although i have the white one).

You should try quake 4 on that thing.. I bet it would run pretty dang steady >:)