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    Apple with Radeon HD6630M performance

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Fishy, Jul 25, 2011.

  1. Fishy

    Fishy Notebook Evangelist

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    I know this is found in the new Mac Mini but it still essentially notebook components so it can be asked in the forum dudes.
    Does anyone have benchmark results for the 6630M? or know what the Apple have that GPU clocked at? The 6630M stock is a down clocked 6650M (underclocked at 485Mhz) but I would love to know if apple have it clocked a little higher.. What sort of gaming performance could I expect? For eg how would Alien vs Predator, GRAW 2 or Crysis 2 run? Something that bothers me is that it only has 256mb GDDR5 memory.. I know this should just affect res settings.. but how high could you push the res before getting a bottleneck?
    See the thing that makes Apples slightly custom mobo design setups good is that the GPU's can run better than typical stock cards.. Probably due to the GPU being squeezed right onto the mobo and not through a typical PCIE interface. For eg my old MPB (2009 model) with a 9600M gt ran the exact same benchmark and in game performances as a typical 9800M.. Also saw this in reviews.. So I am hopeful that the Mac Mini 6630 could perform better than the norm for that GPU..
    Any thoughts?
     
    Fishy, Jul 25, 2011
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  2. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    heh never heard about that (9600m=9800)

    it all boils down on the res. for a low res 1366*768 its actually a good card, that would put you on high settings, as you up the resolution things get ugly
     
    Karamazovmm, Jul 25, 2011
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  3. Arondel

    Arondel Notebook Evangelist

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    Arondel, Jul 26, 2011
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