sioannou Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Hi guys, I have a mbp pro 15" Early 2011 with these specs: Intel Core i7 2.0 GHz / 6MB on chip shared L3 cache 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM Intel HD Graphics 3000 (384MB DDR3 SDRAM shared) & AMD Radeon HD6490M (256MB DDR5) I was running fm 2011 super fast however running fm 2012 it's a nightmare for me . I have read what others have posted and I've disabled stadium names 3d graphics etc but no luck ! I am only selecting Germany, England , Spain first division leagues and i am getting full stars. Switching between screens freeze a lot (for example from tactics - to squad information) and also during matches making a substitute or giving sideline comments is almost impossible ! Please help me i am desperate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
quad Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Steam? It eats up resources on Mac OS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sioannou Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 Yeah, I am playing it through steam i think there is no other solution. Interestingly, football manager 2012 seems to uses 130% of my cpu when running ! (activity monitor) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUBI Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Does it make a difference when you set steam to offline mode? What OS X have you installed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawKam Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I have a 2010 15" 2.66 i7 MBP and it's really slow for me as well. Have to turn off stadium and crowds and set quality of 3D to low so that it doesn't go too hot. Also, when going through private chats with players and players search, its not smooth like other pages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sioannou Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 I have lion all updates installed. I didn't try to start the game in offline mode. Do you think that this could help? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 it wont help... its either due to mac os (which i have no experience of ) update your drivers etc... the specs of your hardware should mean fm runs like a dream tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUBI Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 You should post this in the technical issue section of the bugs forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sioannou Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 Maybe I should re-post it there? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuk Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Weird, I have the ancient 2009 model, just dual core, lion 10.7.2 and it runs fine, same as 2011. Is it slow on both graphics cards? Does your MBP tend to run hot? Have a feeling I read somewhere, that the CPU is throttled when hot. You could try going to the apple support site and trying some of their resets maybe, nothing to lose. The reset on http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964 says this System Performance The computer is running unusually slowly although it is not experiencing abnormally high CPU utilization. Maybe worth some research? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glyndav Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 What other apps do you have open when you are playing? I have the exact same MBP as you and play games on high detail, a lot of leagues loaded and a large database and haven't encountered any issues. Together, steam and FM use a fair bit of memory, but no where near enough to use up all 4 gig (well, shouldn't do). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sioannou Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 I don't have any other programs running at the same time. I suspect there is a bug as it is not normal for fm 2012 to use 130% of the cpu. As for SMC reset it won't work as the system is not slow in any other application. Just for fm 2012. Also I've tried running it on both gpus with no success. Any other solutions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
london boy Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 That's strange.....I'm using my late 2008 Macbook and it's running fine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I run a 2011 13" MBP with 2.4GHZ i5, 4Gb RAM and a 128Gb SSD, intel graphics, 75000 database size, on-line through steam with 3d graphics and it is fine. Try apple support. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
quad Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Steam uses 20% CPU of a Mac Pro... so I'm not surprised you struggle on a MBP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tool-nes Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I am having the same problem on a macbook pro with exactly the same specs. I have tried everything, but I cant seem to fix the problem. Is there any solution on this problem yet? Is this thread in any other subforum mentioned above? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ant Farley Posted February 15, 2012 SI Staff Share Posted February 15, 2012 Can you try removing the 'Sports Interactive' folders from the following locations please: User > Library > Caches & User > Library > Preferences Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjoggi33 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Having this problem too.... FM11 ran like a charm for me so it's weird Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjoggi33 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Can you try removing the 'Sports Interactive' folders from the following locations please:User > Library > Caches & User > Library > Preferences Is it totally save to delete those files? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianscousemac Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Yea I have a problem on my MacBook steam using over 22% of the CPU, bit of a joke we have to play it this way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Yea I have a problem on my MacBook steam using over 22% of the CPU, bit of a joke we have to play it this way. Was just about to post a thread about this very issue wiht my MacBook. Why is Steam eating up so many resources? Steam uses up over 20% of the CPU at almost all times. I've got a 2.4 GHz processor with 4 GB of memory, and yet my computer at times has it's resources completely hoarded by Steam to the point that the computer starts heating up and the fans go wild trying to cool it. This can't be normal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBroadband Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I'm using a Mid 2010 MacBook Pro, 15" 2.53 GHz, 8gb ram and everything runs a treat except when doing a player search, it is strangely very, very sluggish. I only have England (all 4 leagues) & France (leagues 1 & 2) loaded with large database, got good star ratings too. Bit odd. FM11 was absolutely fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Is it totally save to delete those files? yes.. they are just settings file and teh cache for temp files... which may be clogging up your resources Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 yes.. they are just settings file and teh cache for temp files... which may be clogging up your resources Is this something we'll just have to keep doing? I mean these files just reappear. Deleting cache files isn't going to keep Steam from being a resource hog on a Mac. I don't think there's anything SI can really do about that, it's something Steam would have to address I would imagine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianscousemac Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 How often do de have to delete files User > Library > Caches & User > Library > Preferences. I have noticed an increase in speed of the game when clicking between screens but the files come back to those locations. Any other ways to stop steam eating up so much resources ? Anyone else find there Macbook pro fan on constantly when playing fm 12 even when your not going from day to day and processing fixtures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 How often do de have to delete files User > Library > Caches & User > Library > Preferences. I have noticed an increase in speed of the game when clicking between screens but the files come back to those locations. Any other ways to stop steam eating up so much resources ? Anyone else find there Macbook pro fan on constantly when playing fm 12 even when your not going from day to day and processing fixtures. My fan is running constantly now. It's Steam that's doing it. FM isn't using much in the way of resources compared to the resources Steam is using. Is there anyway around using Steam? Or are we simply forced to use a program that is a massive resource hog? It's quite frustrating really. I actually own FM 12 on a disc, so there really should be no need for me to have to use Steam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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