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Do the 15'' 2014 MacBook Pro's come with NIVIDA graphics as standard?

yodudears7

yodudears7

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Ok so my faithful MacBook Pro 15'' from 2011 finally bit the dust, and while I have my iMac to hold me over, I do need something portable as well...

I have been searching everywhere for this answer, but do the 2014 15 inch MacBooks come standard with the NIVIDA gForce graphics with the Iris Pro integrated? I know at some point they made you select the designated graphics as an optional extra.. but I don't know if they did that with the 2014 models as well.

Help me because I need to make a selection off eBay soon!

Thanks!
 
Only the high end 15" MBP had (and has) the discrete GPU, all the other models have only the iGPU
 
As maflynn said, only the high-end 15" MBP has a discrete GPU. According to EveryMac, such 2014 15" MBP has the nVidia GeForce GT 750M with 2 GB GDDR5 memory.
 
yodudears7 said:
Ok so my faithful MacBook Pro 15'' from 2011 finally bit the dust, and while I have my iMac to hold me over, I do need something portable as well...

I have been searching everywhere for this answer, but do the 2014 15 inch MacBooks come standard with the NIVIDA gForce graphics with the Iris Pro integrated? I know at some point they made you select the designated graphics as an optional extra.. but I don't know if they did that with the 2014 models as well.

Help me because I need to make a selection off eBay soon!

Thanks!
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Each years 15 in. RMBP come with low end intel dedicated graphics only & high end intel dedicated graphics + Nvidia
 
X Cruz 187 said:
Each years 15 in. RMBP come with low end intel dedicated graphics only & high end intel dedicated graphics + Nvidia
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They have since moved on to AMD, so you'll not see Nvidia in the current top line models of the MBP (or any Mac for that matter).
 
yodudears7 said:
Ok so my faithful MacBook Pro 15'' from 2011 finally bit the dust, and while I have my iMac to hold me over, I do need something portable as well...

I have been searching everywhere for this answer, but do the 2014 15 inch MacBooks come standard with the NIVIDA gForce graphics with the Iris Pro integrated? I know at some point they made you select the designated graphics as an optional extra.. but I don't know if they did that with the 2014 models as well.

Help me because I need to make a selection off eBay soon!

Thanks!
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What happened to your 2011? Any chance it's covered by the recall?
 
X Cruz 187 said:
IYO is the amd better or the same as the Nvidea? maflynn
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My opinion is that Nvidia is a better GPU, there may be instances where the AMD might out perform the Nvidia but I think overall Nvidia is better.

I will say that AMD is a very capable GPU, I have one in my 5k iMac and the performance is fine.
 
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