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what a crappy IGP they used, like they couldnt of at least used a 4 series from intel?
I am curious where you got this info. I would love to get an adapter so that I could retire my Athlon64 desktop and use my dual monitors from my laptop.Triple monitor support = win
I am curious where you got this info. I would love to get an adapter so that I could retire my Athlon64 desktop and use my dual monitors from my laptop.
Thunderbolt digital video output
* Native Mini DisplayPort output
* DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter (optional)
* VGA output using Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter (optional)
* Dual-link DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter supports 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display (optional)
* HDMI audio and video output using a third-party Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter
I'm lucky to live right next to Cupertino. There are Apple stores all over the place.
After swapping out the hard drive for an X25-M, this thing is ridiculously fast and responsive. The 6750 seems like junk tho--the integrated graphics in my Macbook Air are faster at native res in Source Engine games. Not sure what's up with that?
Holding out to see if there's an air refresh... really like the higher res screens, hopefully we can get something like that in a sandy bridge flavor this summer.
Did you get the version with the HD6490m or the version with the HD6750m? The HD6750m should be a lither faster than the desktop 9800gt, if the HD5770 mobility performance is considered...
Got the one with the 1gb HD 6750M. It seems to be slower than the integrated graphics in my 11" Macbook Air in Source engine games. Definitely a disappointment on that front. General OS graphical flair is smooth and responsive tho.
I haven't tried it in Windows yet. I'm expecting the Windows driver to be much faster.
imo, AMD > NVIDIA > Intel in terms of IGPs.
Intel is and always has been the bottom of the barrel cheap/low-quality when it came to graphics.
Not to say AMD is amazing, but their IGPs are second to none in terms of power management, performance, and quality.
NVIDIA used to be on top, but lately their IGPs are lacking in the quality department (I'm using them now, so I know).
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arent the basic macbook using the intel 3 series IGP though?
- okay, didnt see the ATI in it as well, i guess to save power when not needing 3D related power.
They do use them, but for regular 2D usage. The AMD GPU is used for any heavy 3D usage. It's mainly for power saving.
btw, I don't mean Intel IGPs are bad or anything (much better than SiS), but they just do not have the performance of AMD or NVIDIA IGP/GPUs whether it is video decoding or 3D graphics. Where they win is power-saving abilities and features, and honestly they have picked up their game in recent years with drivers and options in the driver suite.
No i agree, intel IGP is basically crap compared top AMD / NVIDIA, why i was wondering why Apple was using them, but since it is for 2D, doesnt matter really.
Got the one with the 1gb HD 6750M. It seems to be slower than the integrated graphics in my 11" Macbook Air in Source engine games. Definitely a disappointment on that front. General OS graphical flair is smooth and responsive tho.
I haven't tried it in Windows yet. I'm expecting the Windows driver to be much faster.
Got the one with the 1gb HD 6750M. It seems to be slower than the integrated graphics in my 11" Macbook Air in Source engine games. Definitely a disappointment on that front. General OS graphical flair is smooth and responsive tho.
I haven't tried it in Windows yet. I'm expecting the Windows driver to be much faster.
I'm going to do a clean install of OS X tomorrow and see if that fixes the slow gfx. I did something that may have fucked up the OS when I swapped my SSD in (basically swapped from a 2.0ghz 2011 MBP to a 2.2ghz 2011 MBP without reinstalling) and I don't want to go blaming the graphics chip just yet. Even though I already did.
I'm going to do a clean install of OS X tomorrow and see if that fixes the slow gfx. I did something that may have fucked up the OS when I swapped my SSD in (basically swapped from a 2.0ghz 2011 MBP to a 2.2ghz 2011 MBP without reinstalling) and I don't want to go blaming the graphics chip just yet. Even though I already did.
I thought it was dependent on how well the drivers supported a specific game. Anandtech did a preliminary bench on the Sandy Bridge IGP a little while back and it was neck-in-neck with the NVIDIA 320M. Not a huge improvement over the NVIDIA integrated graphics, but given that it was roughly the same performance and way faster than the old Intel IGP, I guess that would be a success for Intel.
It's a good thing since there are a ridiculous number of notebooks out there that use Intel graphics. Once Sandy Bridge notebooks really filter into the low end, you'll see many more machines out there that are really capable of gaming.
I thought it was dependent on how well the drivers supported a specific game. Anandtech did a preliminary bench on the Sandy Bridge IGP a little while back and it was neck-in-neck with the NVIDIA 320M. Not a huge improvement over the NVIDIA integrated graphics, but given that it was roughly the same performance and way faster than the old Intel IGP, I guess that would be a success for Intel.
It's a good thing since there are a ridiculous number of notebooks out there that use Intel graphics. Once Sandy Bridge notebooks really filter into the low end, you'll see many more machines out there that are really capable of gaming.