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    Finally.. Macbook Pro 15" / different hard drives and gaming benchmarks

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by niithegoat, Feb 25, 2011.

  1. niithegoat

    niithegoat Notebook Consultant

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    since the benchmark and game fps are taking forever to come out I just went to the store and decided to do it myself. I hope this will help you guys decide on the system:

    So I just picked up the new Macbook Pro 15", 2.3Ghz, 4GB Ram, 750GB HDD, 1680x1050 and the Radeon 6750m.

    Stock setup (as mentioned above):

    in the Mac partition I got:
    Geekbench (32bit): 10300
    OpenGL Extensions Viewer: http://imgur.com/pZh71
    Xbench: cpu 265, thread 874, memory 556, quartz graphic 325, open gl 410, ui 520, disk 56
    Cinebench OpenGL: 37fps
    cinebench CPU: 5.49pts

    videos:
    Macbook Pro bootup time on the 750GB - 27 seconds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGTTiqkF3Aw

    -----------------in the Windows partition:--------------------------------------

    Geekbench (32bit): 8491
    Cinebench OpenGL: 44fps
    cinebench CPU: 5.44pts
    Windows Experience: proc 7.5, mem 5.9, graphics 6.9, gaming 6.9, hdd 5.9
    fyi (my M11x R2 i7 gets proc 6.2, mem 6.2, graphics 2.7 [not discreet] , gaming 6.5, hdd 5.9)
    3DMark11: P1345, graphics 1186
    3DMark06: 9491
    GPUZ screens: http://imgur.com/a/gzcUn

    videos

    Windows (bootcamp) boot up time - 58 seconds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-Mj_hiAdEo

    Civilization V on Bootcamp: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeNKzxhfbcg

    Call of Duty Black Ops - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmQ8wOswUUE



    Tonight I will be testing the same setup and games on the following three hard drives:

    momentus XT 500GB

    CORSAIR CMFSSD-128GBG2D

    built in 750GB

    --- stay tuned
    11:13pm 2/25/2011 : installing windows 7 ultimate on the bootcamp partition
    11:39pm 2/25/2011: installing bootcamp drivers and trying to get an online chat thing going
    11:41pm 2/25/2011: http://tinychat.com/macbookprobenchmark
    11:50pm: added 8491 for windows geekbench
    12:18: added more stuff, doing 3dmark now
    2am: more updates, I will clone my hdd into momentus xt now.
    2:15: I need a break, I will get some sleep.
     
    niithegoat, Feb 25, 2011
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  2. ajreynol

    ajreynol Notebook Virtuoso

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    moar

    10char
     
    ajreynol, Feb 26, 2011
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  3. toyota_scion_tc

    toyota_scion_tc Notebook Consultant

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    Watching. Please after installing Windows 7 using Bootcamp go to the device manager and check the option to show hidden devices and see if you have any usb errors or the yellow astrick mark by it.
     
    toyota_scion_tc, Feb 26, 2011
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  4. yun

    yun Notebook Deity

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    How's the noise when it under load, please?
     
    yun, Feb 26, 2011
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  5. niithegoat

    niithegoat Notebook Consultant

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    nope, not at all

     
    niithegoat, Feb 26, 2011
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    Even after showing hidden devices? Hmm, I wonder if apple re-wrote the firmware/bios (EFI if you want to be technical) to address this issue. Someone has explained why I was showing two Intel chipset errors and until Apple releases and updated EFI Boot it will not be fixed or Intel rewrites the drivers specifically for Windows 7 installed on a Mac.
     
    toyota_scion_tc, Feb 26, 2011
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  7. City Pig

    City Pig Notebook Virtuoso

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    What are the clocks on the 6750M?

    Wait, stupid question lol. But I can't get the GPU-z screens to load.
     
    City Pig, Feb 26, 2011
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  8. kingp1ng

    kingp1ng Notebook Evangelist

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    Does it run hot when running stress tests?
     
    kingp1ng, Feb 26, 2011
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  9. electrosoft

    electrosoft Perpetualist Matrixist

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    Give Vantage GPU a run to strike a middle ground between 06 and 11.

    Good stuff so far. :)
     
    electrosoft, Feb 26, 2011
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  10. Pmarti9069

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    Is the graphics switching automatic between dedicated and integrated?
     
    Pmarti9069, Feb 26, 2011
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  11. kingp1ng

    kingp1ng Notebook Evangelist

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    ^ It's automatic now and there's no flickering on the screen.
     
    kingp1ng, Feb 26, 2011
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