J jjahshik32 macrumors 603 Original poster Sep 4, 2006 5,366 52 Apr 30, 2008 #1 How much faster do you think the 17" mbp has over the 15" because of the bigger build/logic boards?? Maybe more power and bigger heat sink?
How much faster do you think the 17" mbp has over the 15" because of the bigger build/logic boards?? Maybe more power and bigger heat sink?
B bcaslis macrumors 68020 Mar 11, 2008 2,184 237 May 1, 2008 #2 jjahshik32 said: How much faster do you think the 17" mbp has over the 15" because of the bigger build/logic boards?? Maybe more power and bigger heat sink? Click to expand... None that I can see. Both a 15" 2.6GHz and a 17" 2.6GHz benchmarked virtually identically. The 17" in the past has had a slightly faster GPU but I don't really play games on them so I haven't tested that.
jjahshik32 said: How much faster do you think the 17" mbp has over the 15" because of the bigger build/logic boards?? Maybe more power and bigger heat sink? Click to expand... None that I can see. Both a 15" 2.6GHz and a 17" 2.6GHz benchmarked virtually identically. The 17" in the past has had a slightly faster GPU but I don't really play games on them so I haven't tested that.
C cmm26red macrumors regular Jan 29, 2008 132 0 May 1, 2008 #3 http://www.macworld.com/article/132330/2008/03/macbookpro_bench.html
squeeks macrumors 68040 Jun 19, 2007 3,393 15 Florida May 1, 2008 #4 cmm26red said: http://www.macworld.com/article/132330/2008/03/macbookpro_bench.html Click to expand... as this shows, the only difference is the video card speed, they can clock it slightly higher since there is more cooling because of the bigger case
cmm26red said: http://www.macworld.com/article/132330/2008/03/macbookpro_bench.html Click to expand... as this shows, the only difference is the video card speed, they can clock it slightly higher since there is more cooling because of the bigger case