If you're into serious gaming, you'll find much improved performance by installing Windows using OS X's built-in BootCamp app. In comparison, the 2013 MacBook Air, which houses Intel's HD5000 GPU, managed 68 fps.Ĭonversely, Dead Island, a game running on a much more demanding graphics engine, managed barely playable frame rates of 28 fps the low-resolution setting of 1280 x 800 with all details set to low. The MacBook Pro had no trouble running Doom 3, which is now more than a decade old, reaching a silky-smooth average frames per second (fps) of 87 when set to a pixel-resolution of 1440 x 900. Running titles at the MacBook Pro's native resolution is out of the question, and gaming performance is average at best when the resolution is lowered. Battery (HD video left on until battery repleted): 7 hours 5 minutesĭespite the promise of faster performance thanks to the inclusion of Intel's Iris Pro, gaming remains a mixed bag. ![]() Geekbench: 7,045 (versus late 2013 MacBook Pro with Retina's 6,312).Xbench (testing CPU and storage): 448.29.Apple MacBook Pro 13" Retina (2014) (500GB 4GB RAM) at Walmart for $225.
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