I have a four year old MBP, actually it was one of the first ones to ship and I did not have the graphics problem that some did later on. But this old work horse is getting tired. I was looking at the 17 inch MBP today. Graphics card is this:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 512MB
Is this a good graphics card to run SL? Or should I ask for a different one if I custom order it?
Thanks,
Scarlet Vavoom
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scarlet Vavoom
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11-27-2009 12:42
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Milla Janick
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11-28-2009 07:53
The 9600M GT is the best graphics adapter you can currently buy in a Macbook Pro.
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Lee Ponzu
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11-28-2009 10:20
...and the 9600 is pretty good, too. In fact, the 9400 is "good enough" according to me.
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Missy Malaprop
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11-28-2009 20:42
so your MBP that is almost 4 years old (none of them are 4 years old yet) just isn't cutting it? Well the 9400+9600 has been the only options for a long time now in MBPs... so if you can wait, I would, because most likely the next upgrade of MBPs early next year will have possibly i5/i7 CPUs as well as faster and better GPUs.... I wouldn't buy a MBP right now at all unless you just cannot wait.
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scarlet Vavoom
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11-28-2009 22:19
Yes, mine will be 4 years old in March? I joined SL shortly after I got it.
Thanks,, scarlet vavoom |