Hope so, really looking forward in playing games with the two GPUs. It would rock. And I do believe it may happen. Just a matter of time, Apple loves to give surprises little by little. If not, many people would die of heart attack!
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MacBook Pro's NVIDIA Chipsets Can Support Dual GPU and 8GB RAM
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Eidorian
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Detektiv-Pinky
macrumors 6502a
I'm really not often negative, but wasn't all of this information, save for the 8GB of RAM nod, available and posted days ago?
I don't think there was ever much doubt that the hardware was capable of dual GPU use (or "HybridSLI", "Boost", etc.), but the debate was more centered around whether Apple would implement the ability.
We also knew that fast GPU switching was possible with similar configured laptops in Windows, again the question being whether Apple would implement the ability.
I have high hopes, but I have to say I'm a little disappointed.
Many of us are asking the same question with regards to hardware video decoding acceleration Nvidia 8600M GT.
There seems to be a pattern developing of Apple not using the hardware features Nvidia is providing to the full advantage of us, the users. Time will tell.
With my 2.4" Penryn refurb MBP on the way, I'm really hoping some of these features will come down the system update pipe.
I don't think there was ever much doubt that the hardware was capable of dual GPU use (or "HybridSLI", "Boost", etc.), but the debate was more centered around whether Apple would implement the ability.
We also knew that fast GPU switching was possible with similar configured laptops in Windows, again the question being whether Apple would implement the ability.
I have high hopes, but I have to say I'm a little disappointed.
Many of us are asking the same question with regards to hardware video decoding acceleration Nvidia 8600M GT.
There seems to be a pattern developing of Apple not using the hardware features Nvidia is providing to the full advantage of us, the users. Time will tell.
With my 2.4" Penryn refurb MBP on the way, I'm really hoping some of these features will come down the system update pipe.
mdriftmeyer
macrumors 68040
Eidorian
macrumors Penryn
Theoretically but there are still chipset and memory slot limitations for servers and workstations.
What does the FSB have to do with the RAM? FSB is the link between Northbridge and the CPU, it has nothing to do with the amount of RAM the system supports.
IIRC, Santa Rosa and Penryn only support 4GB of RAM. And I'm talking about the mobile chipsets here.
This is awesome news!
Switching on the fly is actually the most exciting for me. I can see logging out to change GPUs getting a bit tedious....
8GB of ram will be nice once it is down in price. Gives that little bit more life to my new baby.
I don't really play games or anything so the SLI isn't that interesting but like others I will look forward to what they will do with openCL.. offloading processing to the GPUs would be reallll handy.
Switching on the fly is actually the most exciting for me. I can see logging out to change GPUs getting a bit tedious....
8GB of ram will be nice once it is down in price. Gives that little bit more life to my new baby.
I don't really play games or anything so the SLI isn't that interesting but like others I will look forward to what they will do with openCL.. offloading processing to the GPUs would be reallll handy.
Eidorian
macrumors Penryn
Intel has literature that says 4 GB and 8 GB support. Right now it looks like 6 GB on the MacBook (Pro) Santa Rosa.
DoFoT9
macrumors P6
6gb on the MBP works without slow downs, 8gb works but stuffs it up (is that a software limitation or hardware limitation?).
i knew apple wouldnt downgrade to a max of 4gb RAM. 8gb is a nice little add on, cant wait until i can afford one of these puppies with the SLi stuff and all. (would be a great improvement from my x1600!).
this is the most happiest news after I ordered my EXPENSIVE mac book pro 🙂
So after 3 months waiting the new MBP and thinking it again for 2 weeks, I ordered the new MBP 15'' which doesnt have mate display and it is not 17 inchi, 2 things that I love most from MBP.
I planned to buy dell, which has all the goods which are mate, highres resolution, and reasonable price, but once again I cant get rid off the thins MBP out of my mind.
I wished that it could run hybrid SLI like AMD puma 🙂 and it seems that it comes true 🙂 But it still needs 2 week 5 days to go because it takes 3 weeks to get MBP from apple store in Germany.
I am broke now, completely broke, it cost 2500 (with parallel desktop and 2 adapter)
2 week 5 days, 18 hours to go.
best regards
kampret77
So after 3 months waiting the new MBP and thinking it again for 2 weeks, I ordered the new MBP 15'' which doesnt have mate display and it is not 17 inchi, 2 things that I love most from MBP.
I planned to buy dell, which has all the goods which are mate, highres resolution, and reasonable price, but once again I cant get rid off the thins MBP out of my mind.
I wished that it could run hybrid SLI like AMD puma 🙂 and it seems that it comes true 🙂 But it still needs 2 week 5 days to go because it takes 3 weeks to get MBP from apple store in Germany.
I am broke now, completely broke, it cost 2500 (with parallel desktop and 2 adapter)
2 week 5 days, 18 hours to go.
best regards
kampret77
iMacDragon
macrumors 68020
the kernel is 32bit, mainly for driver backwards support, but userspace is 64bit, except for carbon apps.
Have you ever seen a SLI system with two different GPUs? Even if Apple does implement it you won't see a noticeable jump in FPS. It's good for marketing on nVidia's side but it doesn't make much sense. Much better than a 9400 and a 9600 would be a single 9700.
Marketing speech...
Even less than what? Surely it would be silly to assume running two GPUs would consume less power than running just the integrated GPU.
Eidorian
macrumors Penryn
thank you..
Best Post Ever. Thank you Borat.. I mean kampret77.
This is good news, it's definitely plausible apple may support these hardware features soon. They previously shipped many desktops and notebooks with inactivated 802.11n cards, only later releasing an enabling update. I don't know if one can compare the two however.
Best Post Ever. Thank you Borat.. I mean kampret77.
This is good news, it's definitely plausible apple may support these hardware features soon. They previously shipped many desktops and notebooks with inactivated 802.11n cards, only later releasing an enabling update. I don't know if one can compare the two however.
😱 omgosh... I smell a "$19.99 Hybrid SLI enabler for MacBook Pros (Late 2008)" coming to the apple online store...
Shagrat
macrumors 6502a
It's totally 64bit. Tiger had 64bit kernel and 64bit CLI-appm but Leopard extends 64-bitness to the GUI as well.