At 2,800x1,800 pixels the game remaining playable with settings cranked to max, although frame rates did begin to appear to dip into the 10-20fps range. The same was true of Borderlands 2, which is more graphically demanding even than Portal.
The game remained perfectly playable, with frame rates around 20-30fps.ĭropping those settings of course meant frame rates ramped up dramatically even at this high resolution. This model as reviewed includes Nvidia's GeForce GT 750M discrete graphics chip, which alongside Intel's new Crystalwell architecture inside the 2.3GHz quad-core i7 processor meant we were able to run Valve's Portal 2 game at 2,800x1,800-pixel resolution, with all graphical settings including full anti-aliasing and texture detail, set to maximum. To drive this high-resolution panel Apple has paired some seriously impressive CPU and GPU specifications under the hood of its top-end configuration. But in practice it will make few people frown and it's not a cause for concern. It's like buying a really great pair of headphones and then listening to music downloaded from Napster a decade ago - music once audibly satisfactory suddenly sounds, for want of a better word, crap. Some websites still use lower-resolution imagery and a slight downside of the MBP's stellar screen is that it reveals inadequacies of older media, such as icons.
