Nvidia said that they signed agreements with all major OEMs worldwide to provide mobile kepler chips. I think the chances are good (especially since kepler is more efficient that the 7000 series).
Keep in mind the iMac uses mobile GPUs.
Nvidia said that they signed agreements with all major OEMs worldwide to provide mobile kepler chips. I think the chances are good (especially since kepler is more efficient that the 7000 series).
Again I say that my 11" has a GPU. And if I'm not mistaken, I believe the Nvidia GeForce GT 335m was the same GPU that was found in the previous Macbook Pro models... And the M11x R3 has the 540m in it. It's a pretty damn good mobile GPU.
If Dell can do it, Apple can probably do it better.
Look at the motherboards for the new and old Airs - the spot where the 320M was is now occupied by the Intel E78296 01PB10 / E116A746 SLJ4K Platform Controller Hub. There's no room for a graphics chip.
And the M11x is what, 3 times as thick as an Air? No wonder they can fit a chip in there.
They will still have have dedicated higher end graphics cards in the 15" and 17".
Nvidia said that they signed agreements with all major OEMs worldwide to provide mobile kepler chips. I think the chances are good (especially since kepler is more efficient that the 7000 series).
If only the 13 inch would have an option for a dedicated GPU, Intel graphics is a piece of turd, and always will be XD
I wish Apple went back to the Nvidia, only they know what they are doing![]()
The rumors have been quiet. We're nearly mid-April now.
I feel like doing the same, as long as the weight is reduced in the new MBP. This is what swayed me to purchase a 2010 13" MBP.The thing most on here don't get is that you can't mix power and small as the two are practically contradictory. This is why I've personally given up on the 13" and am going for a 15" instead.
Oh, he said a quad core 17" MBP. If you buy one today it is a 2012 no? Like I said, they are available now. They are not Ivy Bridge but he made no mention of that, just quad core.A 2012 mbp has been out for over a year??? Where?
You're kidding.... is this your first time on MacRumors?
It is better to wait for the new architecture + DDR4 memory.
I will skip the upcoming generation!![]()
Look at the motherboards for the new and old Airs - the spot where the 320M was is now occupied by the Intel E78296 01PB10 / E116A746 SLJ4K Platform Controller Hub. There's no room for a graphics chip.
And the M11x is what, 3 times as thick as an Air? No wonder they can fit a chip in there.
Possibly the most insipid, entitled post I've seen in a long time..
Lucky you. After trying for most of a year to get my boss to refresh my 2007 MBP that's flaky, an order was finally placed with IT, who sent me a standard glossy instead. Said boss just took that one and told IT to re-order mine, and they sent a hi-res glossy instead, which got sent back. At this point I thought it best to wait for the new model from Apple. The chips are now, now, let's get it announced!I received last week my new 15" 2.4ghz MBP with 8GB ram, high-res matte screen.
The rumors have been quiet. We're nearly mid-April now.
You'll be waiting years before a "retina" (lame term) display is released and doesnt drag the graphics performance to a complete standstill.
If a 6970m still has hiccups trying to drive a 2560 x 1440 panel, how on earth do people on here expect a HD 4000 with low amounts of shared memory to be able to drive more than that, let alone a 1200p display (should a 1920 x 1200 screen come to 15" MBP).
Looking at benchmarks of the Intel HD 4000, Intel is going in the right direction. Before, their chips would be far behind discrete chips, now they are beating low-end discrete graphics. Each new chip is significantly faster than their previous chip, 40% in this case (3000 to 4000). The next generation is supposed to be around 40% faster also. If they keep this up, it'll be enough for most people to use except gamers, graphic designers and any one else who needs serious graphic performance.. but even for gaming they're becoming usable. I remember the days when you couldn't play any but the most basic games on low detail on Intel integrated graphics.2. Because it is all about the dedicated graphic card, not the resolution, or the CPU. The Intel HD 3000 sucked and so will the Intel HD 4000, it's even worse than old Nvidia Geforce 320M I had in my Core2duo Macbooks.
You pretty much called the new MacBook Pro with Retina display, apart from the mate screen and 802.11ac WiFi, you even got the new mage safe right... Good job!Also, to sum up the wanted feature in order of importance for the new 13" model
1. Thinner and Lighter body
2. Dedicated GPU for 13"
3. 8GB Ram 1600Hz by default, upgradable to 16GB Ram
4. 256 SSD default (even the 2010 MBA has had 128GB by default) with option for upgrades to 516GB or 772GB or option for HDD at 7200rpm
5. Get rid of optical drive, firewire and ethernet. Add USB 3.0 and one more TB
6. Mate screen and higher resolution to at least 1080p (even the 2010 MBA has as 1440x900)
7. Ivy Bridge (the Intel HD 4000 is again, useless)
8. iSight HD (the crappy quality of the current iSight is a joke)
9. Bluetooth 4.0 and Wifi 802.11ac
The sad thing I realized why writing this, is that in these time of Apple penetrating the mass market of ignorant sheep and marketing ********, we are not talking about innovation anymore. Why not a 4G tuner, a full surface trackpad, touchable menu buttons, new design, new mag safe ?...
So I wouldn't say the Intel HD 4000 sucks... It's reaching GeForce GT 630M speeds in some games and giving the GeForce GT 610M a run for its money. Pretty impressive for a graphics card with no integrated VRAM.