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    New Macbook Pro - Gaming test

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by tuxblondinet, May 1, 2010.

  1. tuxblondinet

    tuxblondinet Notebook Consultant

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    Hello all,

    I just wanted to share with you some early benchmark on my brand new Macbook Pro i5 2,4 Ghz

    - 3D Mark 2006 (GPU overclock : 650/900/1420)

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    My old Macbook pro(Mid 2009, 2,8Ghz) achieve 6100. A great jump in performance !

    - Resident Evil 5 (GPU overclock : 650/900/1420) - High settings (Low shadows)

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    I will update my post with these games : Mass Effect 2, Batman Arkam Asylum, Borderlands, L4D2
     
    tuxblondinet, May 1, 2010
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  2. kaltmond

    kaltmond Clepple

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    hm....330M seems to be not that bad.
     
    kaltmond, May 1, 2010
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  3. Arondel

    Arondel Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks for posting these benchmarks. Rep given!
    If it's not too much trouble, could you post the comparison with no overclock (underclocked from Apple)?
    Among the games you plan on posting, have you considered Dragon Age: Origins?
    Thanks a lot in advance! :)
     
    Arondel, May 2, 2010
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  4. ajreynol

    ajreynol Notebook Virtuoso

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    excellent thread.
     
    ajreynol, May 2, 2010
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  5. frozenpeas

    frozenpeas Notebook Guru

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    that is a nice score. i was hoping to see 7k in 3dmark 06 but you creamed that to over 8k. nice work!
     
    frozenpeas, May 3, 2010
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  6. lewdvig

    lewdvig Notebook Virtuoso

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    was this stock or after overclocking?
     
    lewdvig, May 3, 2010
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  7. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    looks like it was an overclock
     
    doh123, May 3, 2010
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  8. tuxblondinet

    tuxblondinet Notebook Consultant

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    stock is pretty bad :)

    Overclock is not bad at all max temp on GPU 76°C !

    Will update my post with mass effect 2 in few hours

    Will post no overclock score to compare ;)
     
    tuxblondinet, May 3, 2010
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  9. kalthaeden

    kalthaeden Notebook Consultant

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    Sweet, can't wait to see how that turns out. Mass Effect 2 ran pretty well on stock, so it should be perfect here.

    EDIT:
    Dang, looking above makes me feel that my laptop is very weak...very weak.
     
    kalthaeden, May 3, 2010
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  10. tuxblondinet

    tuxblondinet Notebook Consultant

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    I Just finished benchmark for Mass Effect 2(All options turn on except dynamics shadows) :

    Using FRAPS during this scene : Frames: 2176 - Time: 128227ms - Avg: 55.541 - Min: 42 - Max: 61

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    tuxblondinet, May 3, 2010
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  11. lewdvig

    lewdvig Notebook Virtuoso

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    You have to manually disable v-sync in the config file (its a UE3 thing).

    Should boost your score.
     
    lewdvig, May 3, 2010
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