NVIDIA® GeForce® 8M gets official

[Mydel]

unfotunatly I wasn't able to get any info regarding power consumption. If anyone can get any further info for those future MBP GPU I would appriciate
http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_8m.html

 

[macjonny1]

I'm hopin for these too! Any update would be great on the GPU.

 

[Manic Mouse]

PLEASE give the 8400 as an option, at least, in the MB.

 

[diamond.g]

Nice. The 8400M GT hits the spot... Hopefully (if Apple moves away from ATI) they will use it.

 

[macjonny1]

Nice. The 8400M GT hits the spot... Hopefully (if Apple moves away from ATI) they will use it.

Haven't they used NVIDIA in their desktop (i.e. macpro) cards a lot in the past (and present)?

 

[deadpixels]

apple usually uses whatever suits them best.

 

[iBunny]

apple usually uses whatever suits them best.

Which is wrong. They should use whatever suits the customer best.

It must be nice to have a trillion dollars like Steve Jobs and Dr. Evil

 

[diamond.g]

Haven't they used NVIDIA in their desktop (i.e. macpro) cards a lot in the past (and present)?

I think so, but they haven't used the mobile parts.

 

[Eidorian]

I think so, but they haven't used the mobile parts.

iMac 24"

 

[kingofkolt]

Does the 8M allow up to 512MB memory? I would like to see that on a MBP...

 

[diamond.g]

Does the 8M allow up to 512MB memory? I would like to see that on a MBP...

Yes

iMac 24"

Shoot I forgot about the iMac.

 

[Pressure]

Does the 8M allow up to 512MB memory? I would like to see that on a MBP...

It would also lower the battery time. Quite frankly I don't see the need for 512MB of dedicated ram on a graphic card meant for the mobile segment at this time.

What do you people run in Mac OS X that requires 512MB of onboard frame buffer?

 

[masse]

not OSX. WINDOWS. GAMES.

 

[ezekielrage_99]

That video card would be sweet on a MacBook Pro or iMac....


Fingers crossed for that upgrade

 

[topgunn]

iMac 24"

The 7600 in the iMac is a modified MXM card but it is not the mobile version of the 7600 (i.e. go 7600). It is the full fledged desktop version of the 7600 which happens to be on an MXM card. The only "mobile" components of the iMac are the CPU, chipset, and optical drive.

 

[Eidorian]

The 7600 in the iMac is a modified MXM card but it is not the mobile version of the 7600 (i.e. go 7600). It is the full fledged desktop version of the 7600 which happens to be on an MXM card. The only "mobile" components of the iMac are the CPU, chipset, and optical drive.

Strange, I do remember some tests using other MXM based cards in the iMac being successful under Windows.

 

[Lord Blackadder]

At this point I'm less concerned about what Apple gives us..I just want to see new video cards!

 

[deadpixels]

Which is wrong. They should use whatever suits the customer best.

It must be nice to have a trillion dollars like Steve Jobs and Dr. Evil

did you know Dr. Evil was a switcher? proof --->

 

[topgunn]

Strange, I do remember some tests using other MXM based cards in the iMac being successful under Windows.

It is true that you can get certain MXM cards to work on the iMac under Windows. The actual GPU on the card in the 24" iMac, however is the desktop version rather than the go 7600. Only the interface is of notebook origins.

 

[hvfsl]

Well I guess the decision about whether to use these in a MacBook Pro will come down to whether they generate less heat than the equivalent ATI GPU.

 

[Lord Blackadder]

Well I guess the decision about whether to use these in a MacBook Pro will come down to whether they generate less heat than the equivalent ATI GPU.

Unless one is way hotter than the other, I suspect it will come down to cost and availability.