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New MacBook Pro running HybridSLI?
Engadget — ... you look at benchmarks of a desktop with NVIDIA's similar GeForce 9300 chipset and a GeForce 8500 GT -- turns out Crysis runs 12.63 frames per second faster (29.19 over 16.56) in HybridSLI than it does on the 8500 GT alone. Is the MacBook Pro running in SLI mode when set for performance? We don't have confirmation of that, but we'll put it to the test in our forthcoming review -- until then, feel free to grab a grain of salt while freaking out anyway. Read - PC Mag (MacBook Pro benchmarks) Read - Hot Hardware (NVIDIA GeForce 9300 desktop ...

Early MacBook and MacBook Pro Benchmarks
MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors — ... impressed by its performance: It's important to note here that, while no serious gamer is going to be trading in his or her main gaming machine for a MacBook Pro any time soon, this level of performance in such a compact form-factor and at this price-point is pretty impressive. The new MacBook Pro is definitely up to the task of gaming on the road or for use at LAN parties when lugging around a desktop machine finally starts making your back hurt. Another early set of benchmarks from PCMag actually showed dramatic increases in 3D benchmarks even when compared to other PC ...

Early Macbook and Macbook Pro Benchmarks Come In
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... at full speed through XBench and Geekbench performance tests.From a CPU standpoint, the metal MB really is just a tiny MBP (our tested processors have nearly identical clock speeds). So unsurprisingly, performance gains between our MB and MBP test systems were negligible. GeekBench confirmed that basic and floating point processing were pretty much the same across the board. ArsTechnica has also posted some exciting new gaming benchmarks. Additionally, PCMag has published a separate set of benchmarks.