Q: 2011 MacBook Pro and Discrete Graphics Card

It already is a beast.  I am currenty waiting for a 1tb Mac Pro 6,1 ssd blade from the black can which has 1.4gigs a second to go in a 30 dollar card from China to make it boot as fast as a new mac pro.

it has a GTX 680 mac edition card which is pretty quick and faster than anything else in the mac range bar the two cards in the Mac pro 6,1. Though when I put a GTX 980 card in it that will change too

It may be big, silver, and ugly box with a cheese grater face but my Mac Pro is by far my favourite Mac of all time.  And unlike the notebooks and integrated Mac they are by far the most reliable systems despite being thrashed for as hard and as long as you like. I have seen iMac and notebook systems die a death after supposedly replacing these towers which get upgraded instead and keep on going!

The only drawback is thunderbolt is not an option though you have 4 PCIe slots and I'm happy with that, the 2011 has that and does those light duties leaving the heavy stuff to it's bigger and more powerful Mac brother to deal with.

I see - my uses for apps are mostly power driven and soon to require more. The 2011 is really my mobile repair system and thunderbolt docker nowadays. So just boxes with your own objective c code for running control systems?  I thought a while back you said you ran audio apps like logic.

But nothing that runs open cl or cuda which would require a gpu?

Some do, but the production machines (all still on 10.9.5) operate in real time as part of live shows, reliability must be perfect. (to aid in that each machine is duplicated and either can respond to trigger as needed)

The iMacs generally handle audio chores and all of my own MBP's run audio software (logic, ableton) + proprietary software for multiple dataset gathering analysis and command tasks, also in real time.

I never had a problem with the look of the old Mac Pros.

If anything, in retrospect, I wish I'd invested money in one of those and bought an Air instead of a useless 15" "Pro".

I Would advise any mac user who wants a Mac to take all the gpu abuse that you can throw at it and have room it for at home  buy a used Mac Pro 4,1 for horsepower.

a GTX 680 6 core cpu and ram. bought used will cost under 1200 bucks will be quicker than any other Mac bar the 6,1 and just single core performance lacking you can upgrade that to 30k geekbench for the fraction of the cost of a Mac pro 6,1.

then you can have the real pro mac you love the most and you can upgrade at home then take your MacBook semi, or barely pro once you've used the power apps on the real professional Macintosh

After seeing these non stop issues with Apple computers, I really don't understand why people wasting their money on the same problems over & over don't just build a hackintosh, or have one made for you.

Better performance. You could spend more on parts of your liking. The hackintosh community provides better and more detailed support.

I was going to buy a Mac Pro desktop, but guess what? Going for a hackintosh build now, because I know I can build something more powerful that will last longer and for cheaper too, minus the flak from am arrogant company. Each part will have manufacturer warranty.

I mean ffs Apple custom built desktops are at 4ghz x 8, ddr4 ram, nvidia 980/AMD 290x...for under $2000!!

The only way I see Apple making money is going down Microsoft's path...licensing their operating system and selling it to hardware manufacturers who know how to design computers that last.

Obsolescence & carelessness never work in IT. IT only works with 100% accurate data and 100% uptime. Do you think this website is hosted on Mac or Linux?

Congrats all on being involved in what will ultimately be Apple's demise.

I had the same problem with my late 2011 15" - blue tint when discrete card was in use. Then, after about two weeks, it just went away. how can i fix this?email:****

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My MacBook Pro ... MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) ... is experiencing random black screens and graphic card glitches. Without reading over 700 replies to the original message, have I found the correct "band wagon?" Seems a real shame to spend almost $3000 on a laptop that lasts a little more than a year.

After 2 months of agony of using my macbook pro with forced integrated gpu, i tried to reheat the the AMD gpu with a heat gun and applied not so expensive thermal paste hoping to revive but with no luck

Now, I want to buy a new logic board. But I am currently based in Muscat, Oman. Any online store where i get one

hype1 wrote:

 

I receive tens of email a day of notifications of people complaining in this thread but I would like to thank Apple today! My Macbook Pro, Late 2011, 17 inch, was on repair last week due to this issue and although I was very worried it would cost me 600 euro's after reading this thread, I am now happy to let you guys know that my logic board replacement was done for free! I guess due to customer protection, or Apple might just admit this problem exist. I'm located in The Netherlands by the way...

 

My trust in Apple is restored for now. Hope you all will have your costs covered as well.

 

(Oh... how good it feels to type this on my own mac again...)

 

Best of luck!

 

J

Noooooo F-ING Noooooo!!! ONE DAY my repair lasted and now I have the same freaking problem again!!! also Apple did not offer a free repair. It was Consumer law in The Netherlands that forced Apple to do it.

can't work and record music for 3 weeks already. This is devastating!!! My trust in Apple is crushed.

welcome to the julgle: I am currently running the 3rd logic board and my problems persist.....(meanwhile my warranty expired).
I offer you a portrait of my current macbook "pro":

I´m having my 2011 MBP to be reflowed tomorrow. I´ll let you know the results. Hopefully better results than orphicpixel.

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eris23 wrote:

 

In The Netherlands

 

 

What if the seller disregards my complaint?

Send the seller a letter with your complaint. Describe the solution and how you expect the seller to comply with it. Give the seller 3 weeks to reply. It is best to have the letter sent registered. The letter should also describe any suffered damages and what actions will follow if the matter is not resolved. Request a written answer to prevent the seller from calling you. Also it might be necessary to build up a case. If the seller has an official complaint procedure, make sure you follow this when sending your complaint. Do not use the online “contact form” as you will not get a confirmation of receipt.

If after four weeks you have not received an answer or the answer is not to your satisfaction, you can file a formal complaint via “de geschillencommissie”. Please note, you can only file a complaint if you have written a letter to the seller.

If the seller is not affiliated to “de geschillencommissie”, you can enable legal aid. You can check if the seller (or its branch organization) is affiliated with the geschillencommissie.

That is all fine and dandy, but there is no lawyer willing to take up a case like this. I have sent several letters and emails, which were ignored, and the few that were answered simply rejected my claim. The Dutch organisation Consuwijzer referred me to the 'Juridisch Loket' who kept me busy for a while with emails, phone calls and a visit to their office, and referred me to a lawyer, who refused to take up the case, because it is going to take him too much time, which is not profitable. I issued a complaint to 'Autoriteit Consument en Markt', who acknowledged that they received it, and are not taking up individual cases. In The Netherlands, a retailer can simply sell crap, knowing that consumers are not going to bring this to court anyways. This is not the US...

With you on this one too. My macbook pro is a 15 - inch late 2011 with graphic card AMD Radeon HD 6750M. This is the second time I had problems with my macbook. The previous one was a 2007 model with a faulty graphic card installed that apple has given 4 years warranty but unfortunately it didn't pass the test and bought a new one with another fault again.

Hopefully Apple will address this issue soon otherwise I will never use apple products again.

Hi orphicpixel! The idea is pretty good, just the execution will never give you the right result. You'll need to heat up the entire GPU very evenly. ALL tin balls underneath it need to reach the right temperature in a a perfectly levelled position for the reflow to work. Heat it up too much and you'll damage components or ruin your PCB. Heat it up insufficiently and nothing wil happen.. If you'd manage to melt ALL tin balls and the GPU is moved in the wrong way, all will be ruined also. You'll have to find a specialist that has the equipment to do this reflow job. If there isn't anyone nearby, the only capable guy I know who did an excellent job on my machine is D3us on this forum. Maybe it wouldn't be too expensive to simply mail your logic board to him, he fixes it and sends it back...?