What benefits do you get from having the nvidia graphics card compared to other 15 mbp without nividia is there much of a difference?
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What's the difference base model 15 mbp late 2014
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Nothing then
You can do that on an iPad.
You will get no benefit from the dGPU unless you use CUDA accelerated software or play games (preferably under windows).
You can do that on an iPad.
You will get no benefit from the dGPU unless you use CUDA accelerated software or play games (preferably under windows).
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That basically means you don't need the nvidia GPU. You could have two notebooks and wouldn't be able to tell the difference using them like that.
Not much of a difference if you don't game or use CUDA-accelerated software.
Besides, you can always add in your own eGPU via TB2 (bloody expensive though). I added a GTX 780 Ti in a Sonnet IIID via TB2, connected to my rMBP, and get 85-90% of the card's full performance.
Sometimes people around here post things that are technically possible, but are not really a practical solution yet. So don't count on it any time soon. And you can't upgrade the GPU in the laptop itself at all.