Unibody MacBook graphics

[Patriks7]

I bet when you all read the title, you all thought I'm asking about gaming benchmarks.
Well I'm not!
I read in some posts that under XP/Vista, the new MacBooks show that they use 512MB instead of 256MB. Is this true/possible?

 

[PhixionFilms]

I bet when you all read the title, you all thought I'm asking about gaming benchmarks.
Well I'm not!
I read in some posts that under XP/Vista, the new MacBooks show that they use 512MB instead of 256MB. Is this true/possible?

Not true, at least not in my system profile. Here is an exact copy and paste of mine

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
Type: Display
Bus: PCI
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

 

[Patriks7]

Not true, at least not in my system profile. Here is an exact copy and paste of mine

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
Type: Display
Bus: PCI
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Thanks for the reply. Is that in OS X or Windows?
And I just noticed I put it into the wrong section :| Any mod that could please move it to the MacBook one? Thanks.

 

[ayeying]

Thanks for the reply. Is that in OS X or Windows?
And I just noticed I put it into the wrong section :| Any mod that could please move it to the MacBook one? Thanks.

OSX: 256MB
Windows XP: 512MB
Windows Vista/7: 256MB

 

[Patriks7]

OSX: 256MB
Windows XP: 512MB
Windows Vista/7: 256MB

Wow that's pretty interesting. Would the 256MB extra make any difference in games?

 

[ayeying]

Wow that's pretty interesting. Would the 256MB extra make any difference in games?

The only difference I've seen is GTA4. Here, I can run 1280x800 with no problems but beyond that, I see no impact.

 

[Patriks7]

The only difference I've seen is GTA4. Here, I can run 1280x800 with no problems but beyond that, I see no impact.

Wow GTA 4 running on a MacBook on native resolution?! I've seen videos of running it, but the FPS were really low. Does yours run smooth?

 

[ayeying]

Wow GTA 4 running on a MacBook on native resolution?! I've seen videos of running it, but the FPS were really low. Does yours run smooth?

Its playable to a sense if you can handle playing barely at 20 fps. I normally play at 800x600, Windowed with everything low. Gives me an average of 30 fps which is more playable.

 

[Eidorian]

Its playable to a sense if you can handle playing barely at 20 fps. I normally play at 800x600, Windowed with everything low. Gives me an average of 30 fps which is more playable.

If they ever patch the performance in that game you might be able to do fullscreen.

 

[ayeying]

If they ever patch the performance in that game you might be able to do fullscreen.

I can squeeze out maybe 5 more FPS in full screen but I chat too much with friends when I play lol

 

[Vancouvercanuck]

OSX: 256MB
Windows XP: 512MB
Windows Vista/7: 256MB

Does that mean if i buy the Macbook Pro and installed XP, i could get 512MB + 256MB of graphics?

 

[Patriks7]

Does that mean if i buy the Macbook Pro and installed XP, i could get 512MB + 256MB of graphics?

Probably no, well at least not now. In XP only the 9600M GT is used. I really wish someone could manage a hack to use both. Now that would be a beast

 

[DJ567]

macbook pro on vista seems to think it has 1536mb ram using the 9600m gt 256 card, cant see that it makes any difference cod 4 runs about the same on windows and os x

 

[ayeying]

macbook pro on vista seems to think it has 1536mb ram using the 9600m gt 256 card, cant see that it makes any difference cod 4 runs about the same on windows and os x

Vista claims its using more ram then it is, but in reality, it doesn't use anymore then what the video card really gives.

Does that mean if i buy the Macbook Pro and installed XP, i could get 512MB + 256MB of graphics?

No. For the MacBook Pro, windows only use 256 or 512MB of the actual memory depending on which model of the MBP you get.