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Performance on Retina MacBook Pro

Started by cpasquini, October 29, 2014, 07:20:57 AM

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cpasquini

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.


Scripper

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?

The Hero

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

cpasquini

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)

snabbott

Those are the quality settings - fast is lower quality but faster (for less powerful systems); fantastic is high quality but slower.

Steve Abbott | Beta Tester | The Silver Lining