Very Good And Possible Graphics Update For The Mb!!!!

[ayeying]

1.7GB worth of video memory does squat. Go with a better chip than more video memory.

 

[Winter Charm]

1759MB? Are you sure?

that's about 1.7GB, most dedicated GFX cards have between 256-765MB, with the highest end cards having 1GB and one I think the Mac Pro has is 1.5GB...how does a integrated card get 1.7GB? I think these are theoretical numbers not achievable in RL...if so, I want to see pics...😱

edit: and 2.4GHz processor would bottleneck that much GFX card memory anyway, my 3.0GHz C2D bottlenecks my 1GB GFX card memory speed...so these are not only meaningless, but useless numbers as well....

OK i see what you mean, but the bottlenecking issue can be solved by overclocking 🙂 -- but yes, i am ABSOLUTELY sure about those specs. -- i SAW them myself at a store while viewing the laptop - so its not like i JUST dug them out of the internet from some random site... i saw for myself and
i am happy with what i saw. - but this is what i am thinking right now:

- IF the new macbook comes out, then i plan to use bootcamp and dedicate 200MB to vista, 50 MB to OS X - just so i have flexibility.

but primarily i will use windows - OS X is great, but i like the Apple HARDWARE -- that's why i want a MB - but only if it comes out in aluminum.

 

[Cave Man]

Not pure fact? I'm sorry, but it is pure fact that you can buy much faster PC hardware for sometimes as much as half the cost of a Mac.

Have you run geekbench on your HP? The only P8600-based computer (2.4 gHz) in its database gets a 2704, while the 2.4 gHz MacBook gets a 3112. Of course, geekbench only scores cpu, but I'd still like to know how yours faired.

 

[iMacmatician]

Whats better is that the Apple TV has a GeForce Go 7200 in it! A $229 toy has dedicated graphics but a $1299 computer does not. Unbelievable.

I heard the reason for that was that Apple wanted the cheapest combination of CPU + GPU that would decode 720p video.

 

[Cave Man]

Not to mention the ATV's cpu is a 1 ghz single core processor. Its job is to really run the OS, not to manage video (unlike Mac cpus).

 

[Jak3]

OK i see what you mean, but the bottlenecking issue can be solved by overclocking 🙂 -- but yes, i am ABSOLUTELY sure about those specs. -- i SAW them myself at a store while viewing the laptop - so its not like i JUST dug them out of the internet from some random site... i saw for myself and
i am happy with what i saw. - but this is what i am thinking right now:

- IF the new macbook comes out, then i plan to use bootcamp and dedicate 200MB to vista, 50 MB to OS X - just so i have flexibility.

but primarily i will use windows - OS X is great, but i like the Apple HARDWARE -- that's why i want a MB - but only if it comes out in aluminum.

dude, I'd need to overclock over 4.0GHz for my computer to take full advantage of that gpu memory speed...

I'm never making that mistake again... :|

 

[Cabbit]

Not pure fact? I'm sorry, but it is pure fact that you can buy much faster PC hardware for sometimes as much as half the cost of a Mac.

Again, that HP is $1200 and it ships with a faster GPU, bigger HDD, and connectivity and ports the MBP lacks. Such as full size ExpressCard, HDMI, memory card readers, VGA, S-Video, eSATA, fingerprint readers, expansion slots, etc.

That is a fact and no amount of being silly and sarcastic can change that fact.

With all that eSata, 64 lane ExpressCard which i assume you class full size and all them VGA, S-Video, memory card readers and HDMI is there any room left for the optical drive, i betcha it even has PS/2 and serial ports on the back to complement the S-Video and VGA port. Sounds pretty good for £600 + £4000 of software to replace what i have.

Now there is an attempt at sarcasm, i will refine in the future from such nonsense that you people seem to enjoy however i will indulge myself for the amusement of your future reply i look forward to reading it.