Redesigned MacBook Pro: How the Dual Graphics Card Works

[JC5301]

how good is the graphics on the 15 inch macbook pro with NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 256MB

[alitap]

is this the 13 or 14 inch

[MacBookGuy91]

But the reason I have the display is for editing and when i need the extra space. I don't usually do that kind of work when im not at home but sometimes i do.

[MacBookGuy91]

3:29 well your not alone.

Interesting video I am getting the 13 MacBookPro soon but it does not have 2 Graphics Cards it has the integrated one.

Altho I might wait Apple might update it to 2 never know.

[coolerdude44]

it's hardly a macbook pro, they just renamed it because it looks like the real macbook pro. hope you're happy! i recommend the more expensive one if you can afford it, the graphics suck on the cheaper one.

[MacBookGuy91]

Well I cant afford extra $600 I have the MacBook that they screwed over by changing the name 6 months later. But recently ended up needing FireWire. So I have to pay $400 after paying $1900 just to get a tiny bit more power and FireWire. Plus the cost went down $200. So Im a bit mad at Apple right now.

Why release a product when its going to be replaced.

What do you think about the 15 inch macbookpro that only has one graphics card the one thats in the 13 Mac.

[coolerdude44]

wow i didn't even notice that the cheapest macbook pro only has one graphics card now. no wonder it's so cheap. i say if you can afford it, go for the 15 inch, but if not, go for the more expensive 13.

[MacBookGuy91]

Yup thats another maddening thing. I plan to buy the 13 MacBookPro with 500gb HD. in the future i will upgrade the ram. If I could afford it I would buy the more expincive MacBook Pro. Oh plus they removed the Express card slot and replace it with Sd card readers. To get the expansion card you need the 17 MacBookPro.

I have a 21.5 inch HP display with 1920x1080 resolution so the 13 inch is not a problem.

[coolerdude44]

hmm well, i have 2 gb of ram, and it's not an issue. 2 is more than enough, only upgrade to 4 if you do hardcore video editing while composing several symphonies, playing a few video games, and watching porn... all at once XD. for everything else, 2gb is more than enough to handle everything.

and i wish they got rid of this stupid express-card slot before, cuz i need the sd reader. oh well, a usb-reader only costs like $15 at best buy.

[KingofComputing]

@coolerdude44 i don't know, when using Final Cut Pro, i used 9 gb of my 18 gb of ram in my Mac Pro. and the xpresscard slot is very useful. you can add extra FireWire 800, esata, or a 64 GB SSD.

[planefreak3]

@coolerdude44 i recommend a mobile i7 laptop with a GTX 280m...just more worth the money (im not a hater) i just hate mid and low end graphics

[johnmonk66]

wrong, macbook pro has only one video card, the other graphics option is onboard video, just like lots of cheap computers.

\sony incorporates blu ray drives in laptops now, with much better graphics than your mac

[xCaptainAmazing]

ENTOURAGE KICKS ASS

[playsmartplay]

Even tho you can get both on at the same time it doesn't give you any graphical advantage.

Reasons:

1. SLI Must have 2 of the same cards (9600/9400 nope)

2.Mac Does not support SLI anyways, just recognizes it as 2 cards)

3.Gonna kill your battery faster

IMO apple should have just put a faster card in rather then 2 slow ones

A 9650 is considerably faster then the 9600

even a 8700 is

The best card they could us imo is a 9700m gts good power/performance compared to the 9800m gts and 9600

[Yimbie]

Agreed. Apple doesn't even say ANYTHING about graphical performance being better if they're run at the same time. The only thing they have said about the graphics cards are that you can switch between them.

[vonfeldt7]

Agreed. Why in the hell they didn't put one faster card in is beyond about me.

Just have a "battery saver" mode where they throttle the GPU down...

[muldron]

and also the screen sint hd, its only 900 lines vertical

[coolerdude44]

if a screen is 720 lines or above, its hd.

[muldron]

thats pussy us hd, 1080p is proper hd.

very soon us will go to true hd

[coolerdude44]

on a computer, i couldnt care less, this screen is the most vivid of any other computer i have ever seen. i just bought a 1080p toshiba 40'' tv two days ago, and it is awesome.

[Yimbie]

do you use your TV as a computer screen? 1080p on a 40" is really quite useless. 720p and 1080p looks the same on a 40" TV if used only for TV and Bluray watching.

[coolerdude44]

no, i don't. but i picked it over a 720p 37'' samsung, and this picture was no comparison. ill make a video of it if you like.

[Yimbie]

oh i see. it's not the resolution that did it. it's the actual TV quality. is it a LCD or Plasma?

[coolerdude44]

lcd. i have a 50'' 1080i plasma in the basement.

[dmc040]

that is 1080p idiot except its from a graphics card.

[muldron]

btw your camera will only take pictures with 8mp the videos will be alot worse in complarson, also youtube fucks the quailty

[patmuffin]

you can't use both graphics cards at the same time right?

[coolerdude44]

yes you can, you just go into system preferences and change the graphics under energy saver to maximum performance or something. then, the comp restarts and you are running in 2 graphics cards. should be good for wow or halo or something, im not a big pc gamer though, i play xbox.

[CraigVideos]

wow thats amazing graphics!! and your using a digital camera!!! expensive though :(

[schwarzerwolf07]

How does the Graphics switching work on Windows? Is it even supported on Windows?

[coolerdude44]

i dont know i dont have windows on it yet and im not sure if i will put windows on at all. i have no need for windows.  the only need people really have for windows is for games, and i only play xbox, so i dont care.

[macuser5555]

Good for you. You are TRUE Mac user and not one of those lame people who needs a Windows crutch on their Macbooks in order to buy a Mac.

[coolerdude44]

i bought vmware fusion when i got the old macbook pro, and i had every intention of using it often, but i installed it and the fact was, i never needed it. the only reason i would use it is because i thought it was cool to have 2 os's at once lol. i am actually thinking of putting it back on because of utorrent. there is no mac version, and bit torrent goes very very slow for me idk why because on my friend's mac it flies. but that would be the only reason i need windows.

[vlekkietwinnie]

you can get vmware 2.0 for free just download it

[coolerdude44]

i didnt wanna torrent vmware in case i needed technical support/updates.

[vlekkietwinnie]

it is not a torrent you can just download it from vmwares website for free and then it is not illegal

[coolerdude44]

then why do they sell it in the storeS?

[vix123456]

yes very true :)

[times9]

didnt read that it doesnt use the two at the same time,you have to log in and out to switch between them. i know there is a sony laptop that allows for use of both at the same time,but not the mac,not yet anyway.

[coolerdude44]

no it does you just have to turn a setting on like i said and like apple said. it gets much worse battery life and it very subtle but it is a great feature.

[efil4obel]

can it play blue ray dvds??

[vix123456]

this is nice but my laptop cost me 600 wat the hell and it was a vista laptop hmmmm mac book is alot less pricerer i guess :)

[coolerdude44]

i love vista. its much better than that piece of shit they call xp. when i was using xp, it got so many errors it became unusable. vista has no errors whatsoever and is not as susceptible to viruses.

[Kage6100]

yeah same as me =]

[popgames]

finally, someone explains!