Because we might get Larabee in the next MBPs....

[jakespice]

I must ask, reading about intel's gpu in articles... all i get is hard facts with digits and abbreviations that i dont really understand.

then when i read about it in forums and such, most people are bashing it, why are some people bashing it and some people saying they like the idea?

 

[Eidorian]

Larrabee isn't Intel GMA.

Start here and work up. I include some more links later on in that thread.

 

[tastychicken]

Like the Eidorian said, Larrabee isn't a integrated GPU, its a dedicated GPU. The difference between Nvidia/ATI and Larrabee is that Larrabee is built on a x86 architecture. It's supposed to compete in the high end market. I don't believe we'll see Larrabee in the MBP because early reports shows that Larrabee's TDP is at 300W. But you never know.

 

[screensaver400]

I'm not saying you're wrong (I don't know), but 300W seems like an awful lot for a GPU. I mean, the Core 2 Duo chip is only 35W, and the 9400M is 12W.

If it truly is 300W (or even a third of that), there's no way it will make it into a laptop.

 

[Sneakz]

I'm not saying you're wrong (I don't know), but 300W seems like an awful lot for a GPU. I mean, the Core 2 Duo chip is only 35W, and the 9400M is 12W.

If it truly is 300W (or even a third of that), there's no way it will make it into a laptop.

Its was never meant to. At least not yet. Have you check the TDP of high end graphic cards? Radeon HD 4870 X2 and GTX 295 are nearly 300W themselves.

 

[tastychicken]

I'm not saying you're wrong (I don't know), but 300W seems like an awful lot for a GPU. I mean, the Core 2 Duo chip is only 35W, and the 9400M is 12W.

If it truly is 300W (or even a third of that), there's no way it will make it into a laptop.

Your absolutely right, but you have to also consider that Larrabee isn't really a mobile product. It's meant to be a desktop graphics card. When you compare desktop parts to Larrabee, (Core i7-920 TDP: 130W/ NVidia 295 GTX: 289) its about inline. Perhaps later there will be a Mobile variant of Larrabee but for now, we'll just have to wait and see.