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Tech Support => Gabriel Knight - 20th Anniversary Tech Support => Topic started by: cpasquini on October 29, 2014, 07:20:57 AM

Title: Performance on Retina MacBook Pro
Post by: cpasquini on October 29, 2014, 07:20:57 AM
I've been seeing some major performance issues on a Late 2013 MacBookPro:

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
2.6 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB

I have set the game to it's highest graphics settings - 2880 X 1800 / Graphics Quality = Fantastic

It seems that no matter what the CPU is always maxed out and the laptop fans kick in.  This happens immediately after loading a save game while nothing seems to be going on in-game.  The battery itself is draining very quickly - I am lucky if I get 45 minutes of battery time with it.  During this time, in game dialog and mouse movement becomes unstable.

I have tried lower resolutions but it still causes the high CPU. 

Any other players experiencing this problem?  I am using the patched version that POS sent to my email.

Title: Re: Performance on Retina MacBook Pro
Post by: Scripper on October 29, 2014, 09:31:06 AM
It seems not only with Mac books but with Notebooks at all. On my girlfriends Notebook (i3, Geforce 830, 6GB-Ram) the game runs a bit choppy on "good" settings (cursor, movements etc.) even at the first scene in the book store. It can't be that power-hungry, can it?
Title: Re: Performance on Retina MacBook Pro
Post by: The Hero on October 29, 2014, 05:44:06 PM
Hi guys sorry for the trouble  Scripper can you try the setting marked beautiful and let me know the result @cpasquini try the fast setting pelese
Title: Re: Performance on Retina MacBook Pro
Post by: cpasquini on November 01, 2014, 01:38:21 PM
Quote from: The Hero on October 29, 2014, 05:44:06 PM
@cpasquini try the fast setting pelese

The fast setting seems to have helped so far.  just for my own knowledge - what is the difference between those various settings (fast...fabulous)
Title: Re: Performance on Retina MacBook Pro
Post by: snabbott on November 06, 2014, 10:47:23 AM
Those are the quality settings - fast is lower quality but faster (for less powerful systems); fantastic is high quality but slower.