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- Oct 21, 2014
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Back when I had my old Core Duo 17" MBP, PBA worked great ... no issues. Two years ago I obtained a 15" MBP with a Retina display and from that point on, whenever I played PBA I'd have periods of slow downs lasting anywhere from 15 to 30 seconds and then it would resume normal play.
I tried every workaround on this forum, the deletion of registry keys, manipulation of display settings (90 degree rotation and back), you name it ... nothing worked.
Recently I purchased a second monitor to use with my MBP ... nothing fancy, a 24" HDMI Samsung with 1080p resolution (SD300 Series S24D300HL).
What I found is that playing PBA on this screen works without a single slowdown ... just like when I was using my old 17" MBP.
It would seem that this slowdown issue, at least when it was happening on my MBP, was due to the Retina display. Maybe it's frame buffer handling for the much higher res display? I've run a great deal of hardware diags on the system as well. There doesn't seem to be any kind of hardware issues present. It just seems that PBA doesn't work consistently with a Retina display.
Bottom line, if your only system is a Retina based Mac, and you are plagued with these slowdowns, you might want to try a second monitor. I'd suggest trying nothing beyond standard HD (1080p).
I tried every workaround on this forum, the deletion of registry keys, manipulation of display settings (90 degree rotation and back), you name it ... nothing worked.
Recently I purchased a second monitor to use with my MBP ... nothing fancy, a 24" HDMI Samsung with 1080p resolution (SD300 Series S24D300HL).
What I found is that playing PBA on this screen works without a single slowdown ... just like when I was using my old 17" MBP.
It would seem that this slowdown issue, at least when it was happening on my MBP, was due to the Retina display. Maybe it's frame buffer handling for the much higher res display? I've run a great deal of hardware diags on the system as well. There doesn't seem to be any kind of hardware issues present. It just seems that PBA doesn't work consistently with a Retina display.
Bottom line, if your only system is a Retina based Mac, and you are plagued with these slowdowns, you might want to try a second monitor. I'd suggest trying nothing beyond standard HD (1080p).
