Sudden rMBP graphic performance issues

Hey guys, i actually have the same problem, and moreover i can't reset the SMC, it doesn't work on my MBPR...

Do you have find any solution with Apple ?

I'm also not getting any feedback when trying to reset the SMC. On my previous machines the Magsafe light would blink to orange, but I'm getting no change on my rMBP. Using left side shift+ctrl+option and power, and nothing.

I had the graphics problem in Windows (also with Borderlands 2), and in OS X my GPU temps are very high (70-80ºC) in normal usage causing my fans to be spun up to 4k-6k RPM during basic usage. It used to rarely go above the 2K baseline. Driving me nuts.

Same issue here... I need to reset the SMC every time I want to play a game...

Is this going to be fixed?

Did you install the latest MacBook pro retina update from Apple? Was just released in the last couple of days. Just open App stor and click check for updates, it should show up there.

I've been testing it, and unfortunately it doesn't appear to have solved the problem. I still need to reset the SMC on each bootup to game, otherwise the performance is dramatically different. From smooth to unplayable.

I don't believe the most recent update was an EFI update, where else the last EFI update seemed to be the cause of these issues. I'm guessing that until we get another this problem isn't going away.

Alrigth too bad 😟

Still haven't had this problem return since I updated my GFX drivers. Windows 7 and MacOS runs perfectly fine now and haven't had to SMC reset once, no matter how many games I play. Seems like there is more to this problem that I initially thought, wonder if there are some hardware differences in the different retina models that was sold this summer.

I tried to install the Nvidia drivers but it did not work. I had to restore my Macbook Pro Retina from my TimeCapsule backup. I definitely would not recommend this manipulation ...

I hope the problem will be fixed by Apple.

Just a question on the side.Has apple successfully resolved this issue for anyone? maybe a hardware repair or something? if so i will take mine into a store otherwise i wont bother as it is really inconvenient for me.

I just got this problem yesterday, thought it was a hardware problem, but I will try the SMC fix once I get back to my dorm room.

I took mine to the store and it was a complete waste of time since they do not know much about the problem yet. So all they could really do was a standard systems check to make sure everything was working ok. I did the driver updates mentioned on here about a month ago and I still have to reset my smc but not nearly as much as I used to.

Here is a conclusion of this bug from Hong Kong:

I have had this issue with my rMBP bought in early launch period, i believe it is the first batch.

Then, i bought another one with customization, which is believed is FRESH and a newer batch. NO SUCH ISSUE!

I have compared this 2 machine with different batchs and here is the result:

Cooler about 5-10 degree

No throttling under load, both CPU & GPU

use less power of CPU Package and CPU IA Cores according to AID64

lower voltages of CPU Core

3dmark 06 constant at around 15000

3dmark 11 around 2500

3dmark vantage around 10800

with driver 306.97

Are we just help Apple to improve their product at our cost?

Even it is at stock clock shown in GPU-Z, the one with bug has a lower GPU load in GPU-Z, don't know why...

Here is a conclusion of this bug from Hong Kong:

I have had this issue with my rMBP bought in early launch period, i believe it is the first batch.

Then, i bought another one with customization, which is believed is FRESH and a newer batch. NO SUCH ISSUE!

I have compared this 2 machine with different batchs and here is the result:

Cooler about 5-10 degree

No throttling under load, both CPU & GPU

use less power of CPU Package and CPU IA Cores according to AID64

lower voltages of CPU Core

3dmark 06 constant at around 15000

3dmark 11 around 2500

3dmark vantage around 10800

with driver 306.97

Are we just help Apple to improve their product at our cost?

i just got this issue over the last couple of days. I noticed a huge 50% performance drop on black ops2 which was running at high detail 1080p with around 30-60 fps, i got this issue and my fps dropped down to 5-15. I updated graphics drivers, rebuilt my whole bootcamp partition and the problem persisted.

I found this thread and tried resetting my SMC and it worked first time, back to smooth gaming. I hope i dont have to reset my SMC everytime.

Hopefully Apple will release a proper fix, but at least the SMC reset works for now.

I have the same Issue. It's not as bad as it used to be with earlier updates. But I pretty much have to reset the SMC any time I want to game after the computer wakes from sleep.