The biggest update to the new MacBooks—on the inside anyway—is their graphical muscle, which has been hooked up with some Barry Bonds-level steroids. Apple ditched Intel’s crummy integrated graphics and chipset (basically the traffic controller between the processor and everything else) entirely, opting for a new one from Nvidia that combines the chipset and a GPU on a single chip—the GeForce 9400M. The MacBook Pro, being more Pro-erer than the MacBook, now rocks two graphics cards—the integrated 9400M and a separate, beefier GeForce 9600M GT. If that swirl of numbers, letters and BS is confusing, here’s what’s up.
John Cleary
October 16, 2008 at 8:33 AM
Um.. Apple didn’t invent OpenGL bud… It was created by Silicon Graphics…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL
John
Report PermalinkBennish
October 16, 2008 at 11:17 AM
John you misread – OpenCL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCL
Report PermalinkDan
October 16, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Look again John.
It’s OpenCL, not GL
Report PermalinkOpen CL is not Open GL
October 16, 2008 at 12:44 PM
I think you’ll find Open CL is not Open GL, smartypants.
Report Permalinkmatt
October 16, 2008 at 5:38 PM
Dell xps 1730 uses to graphics cards. An 8800 GT and a second 8800GT.
Report Permalinkkane
October 19, 2008 at 10:27 PM
so the limitation of not allowing sli on the mac setup, is this a software or hardware limitation? Hopefully just software, coz that would be kick arse, and yes i don’t mind plugging a power cord in to use that kind of grunt, geez. So heres fingers crossed for a system update that allows this feature, or at the very least, bring on the snow leopards.
Report Permalinkcary Whittier
February 12, 2009 at 8:59 AM
where is this ‘switch’ in the system prefs you write about? could not find it.
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