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When does the 9600 kick in?

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Hi,

Just ordered a 15" MBP with the 9400 and 9600 in there... but I was wondering when the 9600 exactly kicks in... if you are doing normal browsing, as I understood it is disabled and it won't consume extra power so no effect on your battery life... but when does it kick in than? When it feels the 9400 can't handle it any more and autostart the second one? And will it cooporate or take the job from the 9400?


Thanks!
 
It kicks it when you switch it to 9600 in the system preferences.

In bootcamp however, it is always the 9600.
 
Thanks for the fast reply! Anyway, when you switch it on will it use both or just th 9600?
 
Somebody should do one of these for the graphics card:

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You change it in the Energy Saver prefs pane. You have to log out and back in each time you change from one to the other.

I think the way it works is really lame and half-ass. Apple should have provided the ability to switch graphics on the fly.
 
RaceTripper said:
You change it in the Energy Saver prefs pane. You have to log out and back in each time you change from one to the other.

I think the way it works is really lame and half-ass. Apple should have provided the ability to switch graphics on the fly.
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Apple should have allowed users to use both at once.
 
andrew upstairs said:
Snow Leopard is capable of that. Nothing uses it yet, though.
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No, it's not!

THAT IS FOR OPENCL ONLY. And it's not "both at once" anymore than the 9600+CPU is "both at once". Aka, you can send one job to one while the other works on a different job, but they can't share. You will have to split the job to get it on both. There's not very much practical use for making a program that can target both at once. Too much work, for only a small gain on a handful of systems.


HybridSLI* is pointless with the 9400+9600 combo. It will not happen, it cannot happen, and it should not happen. Go research how it works, PLEASE. Is reading the product brochure on Nvidia's site SO HARD that nobody on this forum has bothered to do it?



*HybridSLI is actually a blanket term for GeForce Boost and HybridPower. Nobody here actually knows the difference though. (HINT: It's in the same PDF I told you to read in the previous paragraph)
 
J the Ninja said:
No, it's not!

THAT IS FOR OPENCL ONLY. And it's not "both at once" anymore than the 9600+CPU is "both at once". Aka, you can send one job to one while the other works on a different job, but they can't share. You will have to split the job to get it on both. There's not very much practical use for making a program that can target both at once. Too much work, for only a small gain on a handful of systems.


HybridSLI* is pointless with the 9400+9600 combo. It will not happen, it cannot happen, and it should not happen. Go research how it works, PLEASE. Is reading the product brochure on Nvidia's site SO HARD that nobody on this forum has bothered to do it?



*HybridSLI is actually a blanket term for GeForce Boost and HybridPower. Nobody here actually knows the difference though. (HINT: It's in the same PDF I told you to read in the previous paragraph)
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How about piping down a bit and not being so rude to people? Is that SO HARD?

Seriously, it's amazing people feel that it's okay to speak to others online in a manner that would get them escorted to the door in real life.
 
polaris20 said:
How about piping down a bit and not being so rude to people? Is that SO HARD?

Seriously, it's amazing people feel that it's okay to speak to others online in a manner that would get them escorted to the door in real life.
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Wow. I'm so rude because people insist on repeating the same wishful misconceptions without even bothering to look up HybridSLi on Nvidia's site or Wikipedia, or just searching the forums for the last 600 times I've posted the same info on this board. Just for you though, I've posted a FAQ thread with the links you need. I'd post it in MacRumors guides, but even fewer people actually read those.
 
J the Ninja said:
Wow. I'm so rude because people insist on repeating the same wishful misconceptions without even bothering to look up HybridSLi on Nvidia's site or Wikipedia, or just searching the forums for the last 600 times I've posted the same info on this board. Just for you though, I've posted a FAQ thread with the links you need. I'd post it in MacRumors guides, but even fewer people actually read those.
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It's not what you say, it's how you say it. Sorry you can't tell the difference.

Is reading the product brochure on Nvidia's site SO HARD that nobody on this forum has bothered to do it?
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You really can't see how that's patronizing? Really? Wow.

I'm fully capable of finding nVidia's specifications on my own, thanks.
 
polaris20 said:
It's not what you say, it's how you say it. Sorry you can't tell the difference.



You really can't see how that's patronizing? Really? Wow.

I'm fully capable of finding nVidia's specifications on my own, thanks.
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Why didn't you then? And it was meant to be patronizing, hence why it sounds that way.

P.S. You realize that in these last two posts I'm basically trolling you, right?
 
J the Ninja said:
Why didn't you then? And it was meant to be patronizing, hence why it sounds that way.
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Oh, so you meant to sound that way. That makes it all better then. :rolleyes:

And I did read the pdf, I missed that the 9500m supports it, the 9600m does not. EXCUSE THE HELL OUT OF ME.

I can't wait until the next time you ask a question here. I'll be sure to treat you like an idiot too.

Yeah, I realize you're a troll.
 
polaris20 said:
Don't worry, I'm out of here. Nothing more productive or informational can come of this thread. The OP has gotten the info they requested.
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he did... and thanks for the info btw :)

Feel free to lock the thread :)
 
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