macrumors.com - 10/23/2008
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Gizmodo spoke with NVIDIA representatives who confirmed a few interesting tidbits about the NVIDIA chipsets and GPUs that are found in the new MacBook Pro.
First of all, the new MacBook Pros are capable of switching from discrete to in...
primatelabs.ca - 10/17/2008
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primatelabs.ca —
Benchmarks: Primate Labs takes a look at the
new MacBooks and MacBook Pros to determine if the
faster RAM and the new NVIDIA chipset helps (or hinders) processor performance.
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MacBook and MacBook Pro Performance
gizmodo.com - 10/23/2008
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gizmodo.com —
Nvidia dropped by today to demo some of
the awesome things that the GeForce 9400M in the
new MacBooks can do that Intel's integrated graphics just can't touch and discuss a few technical points. Besides confirming that you'll see it in other ...
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Confirmed: Apple Can Enable Dual GPU and On-the-Fly ...
appleinsider.com - 10/18/2008
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appleinsider.com —
Assuming last minute snags are avoided, the coming
weeks should bring new iMacs, rounding out Apple's 2008
hardware introductions as the company enters the holiday shopping season with one of its strongest product portfolios ever.
(more)
Due next from Apple: refreshed 20- and 24-inch iMacs
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NVIDIA: Macbook Pro Driver Update Can Enable Dual GPU, 8GB RAM
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... In the current Macbook Pros, NVIDIA has confirmed that the dual GPUs are able to switch from discrete to the integrated GPU “on-the-”fly” without requiring the user to log out. As Giz points out, this is not unique to Apple, and Windows already supports this. Should Apple choose to update the Macbook Pro’s drivers, this functionality could be enabled. Arn from MacRumors points out, “The benefit to this, of course, is when you move from word processing to playing a game, the GPU could switch from one to the other automatically without requiring a ...
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