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how is the gpu - anyone test it with anything that uses it moderately/heavily? how is it at driving external displays? (How many did you use, and what resoluti
by logicallee 12y ago
how is the gpu - anyone test it with anything that uses it moderately/heavily? how is it at driving external displays? (How many did you use, and what resolution)? Is scrolling, hd video, etc smooth?
I ask because out of the specs the gpu seems integrated and quite low-power (for the resolution it runs at.)
- Alex_V_King 12y agoHi, I typically run my MacBook connected to a 1200p monitor, and it behaves great. I've run all sorts of video content on the computer, up to 4K, and it plays it fine. Scrolling is smooth, though occasionally it'll hiccup here or there. Generally, I'm quite impressed with the performance. My review on the website goes into some more detail about day to day usage, if you're curious.
- logicallee 12y agothanks! what kind of content/load would it hiccup on?
- Alex_V_King 12y agoI've had some bad experiences scrolling through super high-resolution scanned PDF documents. Those cause beachballing for several seconds in between each page. However, this seems to be a known issue in Preview, and it happens on other, more powerful Macs. I haven't tried with a more optimized PDF reader. Otherwise, if you have a very busy webpage with a lot going on, (and ads going), scrolling might not be entirely smooth.