Is This Normal For A Retina MacBook Pro??

Hello, I am an owner of a MacBook Pro With Retina Display. And I game sometimes on bootcamp, while I was playing Far Cry 3 on max settings,DirectX 11, Alpha to coverage enhanced with 2x MSAA anti-aliasing on 1920x1200 (seeing that these are the smoothest settings for me), I noticed that after about 1-1:30 hours of gaming, load times were noticeably longer and if I continued playing the game would crash to the "Application has stopped responding" window. So I tried again and when the load times started to lengthen I would put a cold pillow under the machine and the problem would disappear.. Is this normal for a rMBP or not (the crashing)?
And is this due to overheating? If yes, what would be the best solution to overcome this?

I made the assumption that they are playing it on a pillow completely and then they replaced the hot pillow with a cold pillow and it helped the issue temporarily. I would bet money that the problem is caused by heat control. I know first hand bootcamp doesn't manage the temp as good as OS X through experience. I had this exact problem with a different game on a different MBP and it was resolved by installing a fan controller so that I could increase the fan speed before the temp reached a high enough point to cause the program to crash. Also, the specs of a 15 inch retina exceed the minimum requirements for the game and meet the recommended requirements. I am unsure about the 13 inch retina. Which retina are you using?

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I have the 15" MacBook Pro, Retina, Mid 2012 also, same exact model. Kind of the same thing is happening with me. I will intermitentyl get a flickering on the bottom 1/3 of the screen, all the way across. It flickers/flashes on and off on the bottom half or third of the screen, when I am typing or when I am perfectly stil, doen't really matterl. Only happens for a split second, but can do it multiple times, or sometimes not at all. I can go tens of minutes without i hapenning, but I can also go tens of seconds with it happening multiple times.
It never goes black or grey or "out" at all, just randomly flickers throughout the day.
I do get burned-in images all the time, but they disappear within seconds. But this flickering is definitely worrysome. I did get the the Apple Care, so I am not too worried as Apple is usually good about this kind of thing, but I do have a similar problem to you and wanted to document this. I didnt find many other people oiut there with this problem, so let me know what has gone on since your post on the New Year. Any solution? Did you call Apple?
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Can someone please Interpret this EtreCheck for me? Macbook Pro Boot Time Really Slow.

Can someone please give me detailed instruction on what to do no next. I've read several forum discussion on this subject and seen various examples. i would like help with mine. Reason being is because my MBP boot up time is almost around 2-3mins long sometimes it can even be upto 5mins. reason i ask is because i know this is not normal. compared to my macbook (mid-2010) this is REALLY slow. And all the specs of my MBP should in theory make my MB a thing of the past. (Why i bought the MBP in the first place). i've done PRAM reset and booted in Safe Mode. i've removed several applications using the correct uninstalls where required.
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macs-imac:~ SantiagoXG$ sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel
kext com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard 507029000 is in exception list, allowing to load
kext com.jmicron.JMicronATA 101069000 is in exception list, allowing to load
kext com.ATTO.driver.ATTOExpressSASRAID 307029000 is in exception list, allowing to load
kext com.ATTO.driver.ATTOExpressSASHBA3 100059000 is in exception list, allowing to load
kext com.ATTO.driver.ATTOExpressSASHBA 200009000 is in exception list, allowing to load
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kext com.ATTO.driver.ATTOCelerityFC 304089000 is in exception list, allowing to load
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          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1
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          16 GB RAM
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          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
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FireWire Information:
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          [System] com.maintain.CocktailScheduler.plist 3rd-Party support link
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          [System] com.soma-zone.LaunchControl.Helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
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          [System] com.maintain.LogOut.plist 3rd-Party support link
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          [System] com.maintain.ShutDown.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.maintain.Sleep.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.maintain.SystemEvents.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
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          OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link
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I left my Macbook Pro Retina Display 13 inch sit on my desk for probably about an hour and a half (maybe more, maybe less). When i left i didn't close the lid because i thought it would go to sleep by itself. However. it didn't. For that whole time the screen was on at roughly half brightness. Is this an issue? In that period of time could the screen have "burned-in"?

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...In that period of time could the screen have "burned-in"?
I guess the answer is another question: did it burn in?
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Message was edited by: Radiation Mac

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Honestly, I have some money to spend, and I might like to get a new laptop to play with. I've never had a Mac either. Just looking around.
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Willtc92 wrote:
Ive had my 13 inch macbook pro for less than 30 days and the battery health has gone down to 92% and the computer itself is so slow...i paid $50.00 for an OLD windows computer with 512 mb of ram and it is much faster..is this normal for mac??
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Will any 15" rMBP case fit, or has the size changed for this upgrade?
I am looking for either a black/clear, shell/case that will attach to the back of the lid to protect it. I am looking on eBay at the moment, as I have a voucher to spend on there anyway. Can someone recommend a shop/seller or a particular product?
I am in the UK, so I would obviously prefer to buy from a local seller.
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Excellent notebook protection
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