Retina MacBook Pro Pushes the Limits of its Graphics Capabilities

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Just after the launch of the Retina MacBook Pro earlier this month, AnandTech provided a first glimpse of the machine's display performance, noting the various resolution options available to users and examining how its color and contrast compares to other notebooks.

After having more time to analyze the new machine, AnandTech last week published its full review of the Retina MacBook Pro, bringing its thorough and technically-detailed perspective to the report. While the whole review is definitely worth a read, the section on graphics performance bears special attention.

With the integrated Intel HD 4000 and discrete NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M graphics units responsible for driving 2880x1800 pixels in standard Retina mode and as many as 3840x2400 pixels before downscaling to display 1920x1200 at its highest non-Retina resolution, Apple is clearly pushing the limits of the machine's graphics capabilities.
At the default setting, either Intel’s HD 4000 or NVIDIA’s GeForce GT 650M already have to render and display far more pixels than either GPU was ever intended to. At the 1680 and 1920 settings however the GPUs are doing more work than even their high-end desktop counterparts are used to.

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/29/...-capabilities/

Made a great screen and put a garbage gpu in it lol!

Facebook news feed pages can display at over 50 frames per second on a 2011 MacBook Pro, but that the new Retina MacBook Pro struggles to hit 20 frames per second as it pushes so many more pixels.

haha

[Krems]

[apple fan] You dont need to view things at 50 FPS. its still automagical. [/apple fan]

the very concept of that laptop is ridiculous.

[Flexx17]

lmfao seriously apple? how much does this thing cost again?

[mobile_fan_2k5]

If the machine so expensive imagine if they put a better gpu in it?

[Flexx17]

If the machine so expensive imagine if they put a better gpu in it?

better u seh imagine how expensive it is and they put a crappy gpu in it

[PrenticeX]

Dem really need back Steve