Apple Dropping NVIDIA for Future Macs?

[Eidorian]

The mobile 4800 series looks to have similar features to the desktop ones.

In fact ATI's mobile line has just been lowered clocked and lower voltage versions of their desktop components.

You don't have to play a name game like you do with nVidia. Not to mention the desktop drivers will work for the mobile components. At least on Windows...

 

[Peace]

And the replacement to the 9400M G is?

Perhaps this one :

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_280m_us.html

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

The mobile 4800 series looks to have similar features to the desktop ones.

Those are just the features, not the BIOS or other software required to use it.

EDIT: Saw Eiodorian's post.

 

[Eidorian]

Perhaps this one :

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_280m_us.html

That would be the best MacBook ever.

Those are just the features, not the BIOS or other software required to use it.

Do go on.

 

[windywoo]

Those are just the features, not the BIOS or other software required to use it.

Apple's compatibility list only includes products they currently use. If they drop nvidia and take up ATI it will not be a huge stretch to adapt OpenCL for the mobile series as well as the desktop series.

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

That would be the best MacBook ever.

Then what goes in the MBP?

Do go on.

I didn't know that's what ATi did with their GPUs.

 

[Jayomat]

Perhaps this one :

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_280m_us.html

unlikely

 

[Peace]

Apple's compatibility list only includes products they currently use. If they drop nvidia and take up ATI it will not be a huge stretch to adapt OpenCL for the mobile series as well as the desktop series.

2-3 months before Snow Leopard and a new iMac come out it would be a huge stretch considering OpenCL isn't supported on ATI as of 10A394.

 

[Eidorian]

2-3 months before Snow Leopard and a new iMac come out it would be a huge stretch considering OpenCL isn't supported on ATI as of 10A394.

So Apple's own page on OS X Tech Specs for OpenCL isn't accurate with its ATI support?

 

[Peace]

So Apple's own page on OS X Tech Specs for OpenCL isn't accurate with its ATI support?

Do you really expect an honest answer here ?..LOL

I might as well go jump off a bridge. I've probably already got myself a nice email on the way.

 

[Eidorian]

Do you really expect an honest answer here ?..LOL

One can hope.

 

[AidenShaw]

dell has alot of ati gpus in their lappies. nvidia has really done themselves an injustice by producing so many sub par gpus for most of the major laptop producers. it's not surprising they are ditching them.

And I don't buy the ATI systems. I buy Quadro laptops.... Been burned, won't do ATI again.

 

[Eidorian]

And I don't buy the ATI systems. I buy Quadro laptops.... Been burned, won't do ATI again.

Oh why is that?

Anything special per se about the Quadro on a mobile platform?

 

[MorphingDragon]

Can it hurt to hope? nVidia needlessly cripple the GeForce OpenGL capabilities.
You want proof? The Quadro Cards are the same as their GeForce derivatives but with more RAM and a different ROM.

The HD4850 is a god send to iMac users if you can pay for it.

 

[Theclamshell]

If apple puts intel graphics i will never buy one as long as there is intel graphics in it they suck

 

[danthespaceman]

How does this news affect someone looking to purchase a higher end macbook pro with a dedicated graphics card in the next 6 months? I hear a lot of people worried about performance drops in the lower end models, but what are the chances of performance drops in the higher end models?

 

[MattInOz]

Well if they are considering ATI agian it would explain why they finally got around to fixing a whole stack of ATI bugs in 10.5.7.

Including the one they never admitting to existing in the last batch of ATI iMacs.

 

[str1f3]

If apple puts intel graphics i will never buy one as long as there is intel graphics in it they suck

I wonder if they would move back to Intel. Since Apple has changed the 13" to pro, would they still use a cheap Intel solution? It would be hard to believe that they would. Apple should just use a dedicated graphics card solution across the entire MBP line with more powerful cards on the high end models.

It remains to be seen what Larrabee can do. I don't expect much in the gaming department but it could be serviceable for OpenCL. ATI as of now doesn't support OpenCL on the majority of their cards.

As it is I'm happy with the 13" MBP I just got and won't be looking to upgrade for a couple of years.

 

[Leo72]

To me, it's a good news.

 

[Theclamshell]

I wonder if they would move back to Intel. Since Apple has changed the 13" to pro, would they still use a cheap Intel solution? It would be hard to believe that they would. Apple should just use a dedicated graphics card solution across the entire MBP line with more powerful cards on the high end models.

It remains to be seen what Larrabee can do. I don't expect much in the gaming department but it could be serviceable for OpenCL. ATI as of now doesn't support OpenCL on the majority of their cards.

As it is I'm happy with the 13" MBP I just got and won't be looking to upgrade for a couple of years.

I would really love dedicated graphics across the line i dont really care what manufacturer besides intel. even if it was an intel dedicated card my macbook with the x3100 cant even play san andreas with the settings turned up one bit

 

[iAlex]

Buy NOW!

This means you should buy NOW to avoid future graphic-gimped MBPs.... Hmmm

 

[Theclamshell]

This means you should buy NOW to avoid future graphic-gimped MBPs.... Hmmm

or waitfor new crap ones and buy old better ones for les $ in refurb store

 

[troller]

SemiAccurate claims that Apple will be dropping NVIDIA-based designs in their next iMacs and laptops for at least the next few years. They claim the reason is due to the recent NVIDIA manufacturing defects which affected a number of MacBook Pros.

The shift back to Intel-based chipsets was not entirely unexpected, however, as Intel and NVIDIA have been under a licensing battle over whether or not NVIDIA can even produce Nehalem-based chipsets in the future. Apple currently uses the Nehalem processors for their Mac Pro line, and is expected to adopt the mobile Nehalem processors for its mobile line later this year.


Article Link: Apple Dropping NVIDIA for Future Macs?

Steve Jobs is back to work lol This means You don't get what you pay for, you just PAY. Or maybe the holy glorious Mr Jobs will sell the nvidia as a option for additional $2000. I would not wonder.

 

[philamac]

You know, the other poster is right. Sounds like they're not talking about GPUs at all. Sounds like they're only talking about chipsets.

If they're just replacing NVIDIA with INTEL chipsets, northbridge & southbridge, etc.. I don't care as much. As long as they still include decent GPUs made by NVIDIA or ATI.

And to all those saying they prefer an INTEL over NVIDIA/ATI GPU.... you gotta do some research. Like many others have said, I would take a possibly defective NVIDIA GPU over an INTEL GPU any day.

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

There won't be a switch away from nVidia. Here's why:

nVidia makes the chipsets for Apple computers right now. If Apple starts using ATi GPUs, nVidia won't like that nor will Intel. So then the only choices are to go back to nVidia or to use the crappy Intel graphics cards.

It just won't happen.