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MacBook and performance issues
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Thessaloniki / Greece
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Hi all,
I just bought a new macbook (2Ghz, 512Mb) and I am facing some performance issues I would like to discuss. It seems that my macbook is operating in "two different modes". After working for some time on it the performance starts droping. The same happens with 2Gb of RAM.
I tried to find a way measuring performance. I downloaded some 1080p and 720p HD Movies from Apple Quicktime Gallery. When my macbook operates correctly the playback of an 1080p movie works perfectly at normal size or at full screen, but sometimes the performance dropps and so do the frames...
The tempreature (measured by CoreDuoTemp) never exeeds 75ºC.
I think I had bad luck and I bought a faulty macbook.
Does anybody have same issues? Is there any other way of measuring performace (Benchmarking tool?). Any suggestions before calling Apple?
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Hellenic Macintosh User Group
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Well if you are playing a 1080p movie on a MacBook, it is not going to be at full performance due to the fact that it has integrated graphics.
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Mac mini 1.42 Ghz 1GB RAM 80 GB HD + 160 GB External HD
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Does the graphics card really affect the 1080p performance much? I thought it affected 3D more. My iMac G5 is awful when it comes to 1080p despite not having integrated graphics. It just can't handle it whereas my MacBook can.
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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HD movies are all about CPU.... Image manipulatipn / 3D graphics are GPU
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masugu - "Straight Ahead"
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Originally Posted by masugu
HD movies are all about CPU.... Image manipulatipn / 3D graphics are GPU
Making HD movies maybe, but playing HD is the same as every other movie file, they just contain more information. There is more for the CPU to read but no rendering is needed.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
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After talking to Apple support I got a new MacBook. Problem solved. No performance issues any more...
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