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Just picked up the 17" 2.3 Quad Core

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MrFlynn

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I had bought the 17" 2.8 i7 with Antiglare on Feb 13, and just exchanged it for the quad core. The guys in the store were totally cool...even laughing and one said "This is a no brainer...you HAVE to do this..."

Benchmarks to follow.
 
MrFlynn said:
I had bought the 17" 2.8 i7 with Antiglare on Feb 13, and just exchanged it for the quad core. The guys in the store were totally cool...even laughing and one said "This is a no brainer...you HAVE to do this..."

Benchmarks to follow.
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Check and see if Sata3 is present, please
 
So the 2.3 Ghz version isn't just a CTO option? I thought they only had 2.2 Ghz versions in-store?
 
MrFlynn said:
I had bought the 17" 2.8 i7 with Antiglare on Feb 13, and just exchanged it for the quad core. The guys in the store were totally cool...even laughing and one said "This is a no brainer...you HAVE to do this..."

Benchmarks to follow.
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Wow, nice. Enjoy that monster :D
 
just called my local store and they have all the configurations .. so i cancelled my online order and gonna pick one up later on
 
So explain to me hoe the exchange process works. Could I take in my April 2010 MBP and exchange it for a new one for little to no cost? I mean, not sure if I would want too since i game a little, like black ops and wow, and soon assassins creed brotherhood. But, maybe?
 
ranviper said:
So explain to me hoe the exchange process works. Could I take in my April 2010 MBP and exchange it for a new one for little to no cost? I mean, not sure if I would want too since i game a little, like black ops and wow, and soon assassins creed brotherhood. But, maybe?
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no you cant trade it in .. he means he returned it within 14 days
 
First minor benchmark:

2.4 gig 42 minute HD TV episode in mkv encoded to .m4v for itunes using Handbrake:

i7 2.8 gig dual core: 24.38fps average 36 minutes total

i7 2.3 gig quad core: 54.22fps average 16 minutes total

Yikes.
 
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MrFlynn said:
First minor benchmark:

2.4 gig 42 minute HD TV episode in mkv encoded to .m4v for itunes using Handbrake:

i7 2.8 gig dual core: 24.38fps average

i7 2.3 gig quad core: 54.22fps average

Yikes.
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Intel QuickSync FTW!
congrats on the new gear!
 
I just picked up the 17" also... my first mac EVER, might as well go all out, right? My bank account is a bit in shock though, I'm used to buying $500 desktop towers. Thank you tax return check!

I'm so excited I think i just peed a little!!!
 
Just picked up the 2.3 in 15inch


10345

Integer Processor integer performance 8600
Floating Point Processor floating point performance 16365
Memory Memory performance 5661
Stream Memory bandwidth performance 4760

Operating System Mac OS X 10.6.6 (Build 10J3210)
Model MacBookPro8,2 Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-94245A3940C91C80 MacBookPro8,2
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2820QM CPU @ 2.30GHz
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
Processors 1 Threads 8
Cores 4 Memory 4.00 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Processor Frequency 2.30 GHz Bus Frequency 100.0 MHz
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB
L2 Cache 256 KB L3 Cache 8.00 MB
BIOS Apple Inc. MBP81.88Z.0047.B04.1102071707
 
Not sure how many WOW players there are out there, but my fps on the new machine are over 2x what they were on the 330m. Some will say WOW doesn't push fps very hard, but with the new graphics engine in Cataclysm thats not true.

Still need to throw Bootcamp at it and get some figures on some First Person Shooters. Id love to see Arkham Asylum on this thing.
 
Dammit, I got owned. :(

I also have yesterday's top of the line 17" i7 2.8 dual core with antiglare screen. My geekbench score, can't remember exactly was around 5985 or something similar. Not to mention the 6750 gpu is much faster than the old 330m. Around 2x the performance all around, dang.

I got mine last november, guess I'm out of options.
 
MrFlynn said:
Not sure how many WOW players there are out there, but my fps on the new machine are over 2x what they were on the 330m. Some will say WOW doesn't push fps very hard, but with the new graphics engine in Cataclysm thats not true.

Still need to throw Bootcamp at it and get some figures on some First Person Shooters. Id love to see Arkham Asylum on this thing.
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I am thinking about purchasing a new MBP, but this is my only concern. What settings are you running in WoW? What is you average FPS?
 
what are the temperature differences of the 2010 2.8 and the 2011 during the encode? Also... when you have it a little while can you tell a battery comparison? Did it really stay the same? If so... I will have buyers remorse =)
 
Congrats with your purchase. Please don't forget to give us your impressions your unit's temperature while under heavy load.
 
iPadThai said:
Intel QuickSync FTW!
congrats on the new gear!
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dagamer34 said:
That's not QuickSync working. That's just Handbrake (fastest x264 encoder there is)
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Apple has not shipped QuickSync drivers yet.

MrFlynn said:
Not sure how many WOW players there are out there, but my fps on the new machine are over 2x what they were on the 330m. Some will say WOW doesn't push fps very hard, but with the new graphics engine in Cataclysm thats not true.
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Uhh, no… it still isn't a very demanding game whatsoever.
 
Evil Spoonman said:
Apple has not shipped QuickSync drivers yet.


Uhh, no… it still isn't a very demanding game whatsoever.
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Wrong. Go to Dalaran with 150 people in the main quad in the evening. On a Dual Geforce 295 liquid cooled quad core gaming tower at 1920x1200 I get 40fps. Anything I do in Crysis, FarCry, Fear2, Call of Duty Black Ops...much higher frame rates, usually over 100-150fps.

-Note: some of it is how you have WOW configured. Where the system typically gets pushed is in outdoor environments that have long draw distances, while being set at 1920x1200 at 4 or 8xAA.

Also, the new water rendering engine in WOW is on par with the better water engines out there (ie Crysis)

When I rendered video in Handbrake earlier a fan came on but it was really quiet. Ill throw the temp monitor on it and measure it this morning for some info.

My WOW settings comparrison was with everything set on medium, 4XAA and 1920x1200.
 
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