2010 Macbook Pro 13 Graphics

I just recieved my Macbook in on Friday, and today I did a few graphics card tests.



OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit.



Idle Temp is 45-50C(CPU) and 57-61C(GPU).

Hotest temp I've seen is in MW2 which is 74C(CPU) and 84C(GPU).



Idle for 30 minutes Temps:





Here's 3dmark06 using the Nvidia drivers(196) that come on the bootcamp DVD:



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Here's 3dmark06 using the latest Nvidia drivers(260.89):



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UPDATE 10/17/2010 3dmark06 with latest 260.99 drivers:







Here's the temp's after 45 Minutes in MW2:



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And now the frames per second(FPS). I played MW2 set to 1280x800 res, no AA, advanced video settings all set to normal. I played around 45 minutes.



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Just Cause 2. At 1280x800, 2x AA & AF, everything else set to medium-high. The FPS were in the high teens, low 20's.









All right per user request, here is the CoD 5 Temps. The game was set at 1280x800, normal texture's, no AA( when I had AA at 2X, I was getting lag). I was getting between 20 and 30 FPS. I played the first mission.







UPDATE 10/27/2010 MW2 (with latest Nvidia 260.99 drivers) on the highest settings + 2X AA, I was getting in the high teen's low 20's FPS. A few times it dipped to 8 and 9 FPS, but if I turn AA off it doesn't. Here are the temps, I played the first mission:







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Oh yes and the greatest benchmark of all time, WEI:



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UPDATE 10/27/2010 WEI with latest 260.99 drivers(not much changed)







Call Of Duty: Black Ops:



Temps after 1 hour:





FPS after 30 minutes (Ok I had it at 1280x800, no AA, no shadows(I heard shutting it off stops some lag), and textures at normal.):





If you have any special request for certain game's, benchmarks, etc, just let me know.



A word on Windows 7 battery life:



In Windows 7, screen dimmed to lowest, backlight off, bluetooth on, surfing the net I get a little over 4 hours.

Reply 1 : 2010 Macbook Pro 13 Graphics

why does running windows 7 make the laptop hotter than just using snow leopard?

Reply 2 : 2010 Macbook Pro 13 Graphics

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Originally Posted by Naix why does running windows 7 make the laptop hotter than just using snow leopard?

Snow Leopard's uses less resources, doesn't use the video card or CPU as hard as Windows. I also think Snow Leopard is more optimised for the Macbook. Also the drivers Apple provides are not fully optimized for Windows and Macbook.

Reply 3 : 2010 Macbook Pro 13 Graphics

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Originally Posted by tHE j0KER Snow Leopard's uses less resources, doesn't use the video card or CPU as hard as Windows. I also think Snow Leopard is more optimised for the Macbook.

fo' sho.



better performance than I expected.

Reply 4 : 2010 Macbook Pro 13 Graphics

Actually its more that Apple provided terrible drivers for power management. I did a full driver update(intel chipset, GPU, wifi, bluetooth ect) at work on a 13in and gained about 15-20min in battery just from those. I wouldn't be surprised if I played with the power settings in Windows to make up for the drivers Apple provides that I could get 4:30/4:45.



Lets not forget that the same laptops with a smaller battery and 9400m was rated 4hrs only a year or so ago under OS X. Apple how ever never changed really any drivers except the included GPU driver for Bootcamp, so all Windows knows is that the battery is now bigger.



With proper driver support and a good power setting it could easily get 5hrs out of this. Unless Apple has a way of telling the 320m to downclock when not in use, that Windows doesn't have.

Reply 5 : 2010 Macbook Pro 13 Graphics

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Originally Posted by altecX Actually its more that Apple provided terrible drivers for power management. I did a full driver update(intel chipset, GPU, wifi, bluetooth ect) at work on a 13in and gained about 15-20min in battery just from those. I wouldn't be surprised if I played with the power settings in Windows to make up for the drivers Apple provides that I could get 4:30/4:45. Lets not forget that the same laptops with a smaller battery and 9400m was rated 4hrs only a year or so ago under OS X. Apple how ever never changed really any drivers except the included GPU driver for Bootcamp, so all Windows knows is that the battery is now bigger. With proper driver support and a good power setting it could easily get 5hrs out of this. Unless Apple has a way of telling the 320m to downclock when not in use, that Windows doesn't have.

Easily this. When a simple driver update results in a 20 minute extension on battery life you know something is wrong with the driver. More likely than note Apple just did not bother writing their Windows drivers with efficiency in mind.

Reply 6 : 2010 Macbook Pro 13 Graphics

sweet laptop!

Reply 7 : 2010 Macbook Pro 13 Graphics

thanks for those numbers. Yeah I've had the 320m for awhile and I LOVE the card, even though it's integrated it feels beastly for a 13" laptop. I'm glad you posted MW2 settings as I feel Black Ops will run about the same so glad to know I can rock some native res and play at a decent 30fps. thanks again y0!

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Originally Posted by Greg Ross Easily this. When a simple driver update results in a 20 minute extension on battery life you know something is wrong with the driver. More likely than note Apple just did not bother writing their Windows drivers with efficiency in mind.

Agreed, but I suspect that Apple deliberately sabotages its own Windows drivers in order to degrade the experience of the MBP with any other OS than their own.

Reply 9 : 2010 Macbook Pro 13 Graphics

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Originally Posted by Bog Agreed, but I suspect that Apple deliberately sabotages its own Windows drivers in order to degrade the experience of the MBP with any other OS than their own.

I don't think it's that they sabotage it so much as refuse to spend a dollar more than is necessary to achieve acceptable performance.