Mid 2012 MacBook Pro 13" gaming issues, sudden lag on some specifical events within the game... hardware failure or?

Hi there people!

I have noticed that playing games like Dota2 and Call of duty 4 on my MBP 13" mid 2012, under my boot camp partition of win 7, in some situations performance suffers, alot. Another thing i noticed is that on some specifical events within the game, like smoke, fire effects and such, my fps is oscilating like crazy, like from 50 to 30 and back in a second, although 30 isnt such a low fps, game performance is awful, everything is slowed down hard, like some super slowmotion, for example animation of a hero in Dota 2 walking: first moments when the lag starts it goes like this, aprox 0.3 sec normal animation, then 0.smth slowed animation and it repeats, the described situation appears every time on some speceific events like sudden fire + smoke effect, while walking through the smoke everything slows down in the way i described just now with dota2 animation... anyone else has similar problem? I hope its not some hardware failure cuz may macbook pro is almost brand new?

PS:

dota 2 is set to almost min settings

cod is just above min settings

Regards,

MacBook Pro, Windows 7, Gaming, Sudden lag, fire effects

Posted on Feb 12, 2013 2:42 PM

22 replies

dmdimon

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Mar 11, 2013 2:55 AM in response to Shootist007

Shootist007 wrote:

No hidden cooling problems on my Mac or any of my other computers. I am religous about keeping the fans and radiators clean.

sorry to tell this, but problem is not on level of bad cooling airflow:

If you see throttling, either your thermal interface material (grease, pad, etc.) between the die and heatsink is not evenly applied or the heatsink surface is not flat - or processor packaging itself is not good.

See - I'm periodically using my 2011 MBP with 100% load for hours and have no thermal throttling events (with max temp around 92-93 °C)

May 15, 2013 4:03 AM in response to AKplusplus

hey AKplusplus, have you solved your problem yet? im also experiencing this problem in dota 2. and some other low end games.

May 15, 2013 5:13 AM in response to AKplusplus

bump

and also, if the hardware of an mbp and a branded laptop is the same, also the specs are the same, with an intel hd4000, why does the lag happen only on mbp? is bootcamp the problem?
i have a friend with a laptop, but a little bit lower specs than mine, 4gb ram, i7 2.2ghz, intel hd 3000 and he runs dota 2 just fine with low settings, no sudden drop in fps when clash starts, or those effects on screen.
but on mbp, low settings, still the stutter lag occurs.
or just maybe because its a mac?

AKplusplus Author

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May 15, 2013 5:34 AM in response to ihavefriendsfromholyspaces

The problem still exists.

But I think the performance is better under OS X, at least for CoD4 (DOTA2 is not out for Mac yet).

Im not sure how would i solve it, i tried Win8, Win7 same thing happens, i had an older Macbook, Late 2008. model, it had no issues like this.

Its so frustrating to have an newer laptop with worse gaming performance than the old one.

May 15, 2013 6:01 AM in response to AKplusplus

haha yeah, frustrating like ****.

but some said its because of the version of os?

have you tried to downgrade?
or reformat the mbp? and reinstall bootcamp?

i saw some video gameplay on youtube having the mbp mid 13" 2012 and didnt have any stutter lag. messaged them and asked, they don't experience anything like that.
btw, have you tried the smc reset?

ds store

Level 7

30,855 points

May 15, 2013 6:29 AM in response to AKplusplus

A worthwhile read

3D gaming on Mac's, what you need to know

May 15, 2013 7:22 AM in response to ds store

thanks for that tip. and yeah, i guess mac isnt for gaming at all. i do my hardcore games at my pc though. i just want to play some light games while passing the time away from home. its just, why the other mbp 13" run those games without the sudden fps drop and mine has. 😐
i guess im one of those unlucky mbp owners. lol

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