Fast Fast graphics question ordering my macbook pro in minutes

[TopHatPlus]

so i was at the mac store in square one mall in Mississauga ontario, i seen the exact computer i want, 15" 2.66 ghz i7 with nvidia gt 330m, now heres my question i go to about this mac, more info, graphics/displays it says it has 2 graphics card a 288 MB intel, and a 512 MB nvidia

does this mean it has 2 graphics cards equalling 800 MB of gpu?

 

[ccashman92]

so i was at the mac store in square one mall in Mississauga ontario, i seen the exact computer i want, 15" 2.66 ghz i7 with nvidia gt 330m, now heres my question i go to about this mac, more info, graphics/displays it says it has 2 graphics card a 288 MB intel, and a 512 MB nvidia

does this mean it has 2 graphics cards equalling 800 MB of gpu?

No, they are two separate cards. They switch between the cards to save battery power. It only uses the stronger card when needed.

 

[TopHatPlus]

No, they are two separate cards. They switch between the cards to save battery power. It only uses the stronger card when needed.

so it will never tag team?

 

[JacaByte]

No; they are mutually exclusive. Also, the Intel HD graphics use shared memory, which is memory that it has "borrowed" from the system, so it doesn't even have its own dedicated memory.

 

[Eddyisgreat]

to tag team the two would be like putting the smartest prof at harvard in the same room as a laborer from a third world country with no formal education and expecting an increase in efficiency for something that the prof wrote the book on.

 

[Eddyisgreat]

op no it won't operate like nVidia's Hybrid SLI, just two separate cards.

 

[ccashman92]

thanks for your input; anywho op no it won't operate like nVidia's Hybrid SLI, just two separate cards.

Now this is actually useful.

 

[TopHatPlus]

haha i did not quite need such specific examples, haha at least you did not sue engineers as the "prof" haha them and there rings....

 

[NateEssex]

to tag team the two would be like putting the smartest prof at harvard in the same room as a laborer from a third world country with no formal education and expecting an increase in efficiency for something that the prof wrote the book on.

LOL..some people use analogies to make a point.

 

[ccashman92]

LOL..some people use analogies to make a point.

And others use terrible analogies to not make a clear point.