New Macbook Pro 2013 -graphics card update?

[MH01]

The Retina is an excellent machine.

You mentioned a bit of gaming, it can do that.

Haswell will bring 10-15% performance improvement, better onboard graphics and hopefully better battery life.

If you wait, I will say you a gaining 10-15% performance all round. Its not huge. If you need it get it now, if you can wait, you get a better bump, nothing huge though.

 

[DIESEL-X]

I'm holding out to see what the new 2013 MacBook Pro specs will be with regards to the GPU / graphics card adapter chip. Personally I have been perpetually disappointed with the previous MBP's for the last several years or longer, as it is in my opinion and more so hands on experience that this has been one of the main set-backs and bottle necks that has made this otherwise beautiful machine a bag of hurt.

Naturally today, one can change and upgrade the RAM for a larger size and even upgrade the HDD within the MBP for an SSD to improve disk performance; however with regard to 3D processing and output performance you are understandably 'stuck' with the fate of manufacturer's designated GPU spec. And for what a heftily priced premium high-end machine I find this to be of a major oversight and even a design floor for demanding users that require the utmost of performance power within a mobile configuration.

With regard to the proposed 2013 upcoming MacBook Pro model (or at the very least the 'flagship top-spec model') to incorporate a new GPU philosophy approach and therefore be specified with what is currently the best possible version GPU x2 chips/adapters conceivably possible and available at the time.

Then for once your premium priced piece of equipment can be your pride and joy and not a frustrating disappointment. Users could then experience real practical performance with 3D design and live preview rendering applications and also enjoy some premium high-end gaming without being nauseous, i.e Battlefield 3 becoming more playable with a possible high frame rate and half decent graphic detail settings (a game thats critical to have a very high frame rate in order for better lightning-quick responses and judgements; something that the game demands in order to progress)

 

[saturnotaku]

With regard to the proposed 2013 upcoming MacBook Pro model (or at the very least the 'flagship top-spec model') to incorporate a new GPU philosophy approach and therefore be specified with what is currently the best possible version GPU x2 chips/adapters conceivably possible and available at the time.

If you can figure out a way to jam a high-end GPU into a MacBook Pro chassis (not even one for the Retina display), without turning the machine into a hotplate, frying the internals and power supply, I would suggest writing up your resume and sending it to Tim Cook directly.

 

[Zeov]

My guess is they're gonna use the new 750M.

Nvidia claims it peforms 75% faster than the 650M in Crysis 2.

hopefully they will add 2GB of video memory !

 

[Erasmus]

My guess is they're gonna use the new 750M.

Nvidia claims it peforms 75% faster than the 650M in Crysis 2.

hopefully they will add 2GB of video memory !

Just not going to happen. The 750M is exactly the same as the 650M, just with different clock speeds. If Apple does use the 750M, any extra performance could probably be equalled by just overclocking the old 650M. Kind of like how the 6770M in the late 2011 model was the same as the 6750M, just factory overclocked a bit more.

I hope Apple goes to AMD for this one. The 750M just seems pointless.

 

[Danielf823]

I'm not sure how good it's looking...

The new Haswell integrated graphics chip HD 4600 does have a good jump in power over the 4000 but I'm FEARING that Apple will think that is enough for this generation of MBP (likely looking at it's power saving) and not put in a beefy discrete graphics chip into this years refresh...

If Intel convinced Apple they are truly in the game with an Intel only solution I will be upset and bail to a Razer Pro which looks to have similar feel & build quality and slightly better specs, although lacking the Retna display (totally freaking worth it).

Either way I'm getting the top of the pile Haswell Offering in 10 days whether Apple, Razer or anything another manufacturer can come up with.

 

[Wuiffi]

The new Haswell integrated graphics chip HD 4600 does have a good jump in power over the 4000 but I'm FEARING that Apple will think that is enough for this generation of MBP (likely looking at it's power saving) and not put in a beefy discrete graphics chip into this years refresh...

Noway they put the HD4600 without a discrete graphics chip in the rMBP. If they go integrated I trust Anand Lal Shimpi from Anandtech who says, he believe the rMBP goes Intel Iris Pro (HD 5200 with eDRAM). It's about 10% slower in games but delivers better compute performance.
For example: the mobile quad core chips with Iris Pro perform equal or better than the desktop flagship i7 4770k in QuickSync!