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    MacBookPro Questions

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by samuelll, Nov 18, 2008.

  1. samuelll

    samuelll Notebook Enthusiast

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    From: http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2243

    " Question
    Does the Apple Macbook Pro (Late 2008) support NVIDIA's Hybrid SLI® technology?

    Answer

    No. NVIDIA Hybrid SLI technology for notebook computers allows a motherboard GPU and a discrete GPU to work together for extreme multi-GPU SLI performance when needed (called GeForce Boost mode), or use just a single GPU for low power consumption and long battery life (called Hybrid Power mode).

    Apple's Macbook Pro (Late 2008) does feature both the NVIDIA® GeForce®9400M motherboard GPU for everyday computing and the NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GT discrete GPU for high graphics performance. You can switch between the Geforce 9400M motherboard GPU (called energy saver mode) and the Geforce 9600M GT discrete GPU (called performance mode), but you cannot use both GPU's at once in this implementation.

    Apple's hybrid graphics technology is supported under the MacOS X operating system version 10.5.6 and higher only. When running Microsoft's Windows XP™ or Microsoft's Windows Vista™ using Apple's Boot Camp, the system locks into performance mode which uses the Geforce 9600M GT discrete GPU for all graphics related tasks and can not be changed to use the Geforce 9400M motherboard GPU for low power mode."



    1. Is hybrid SLI supported in Windows (xp/vista) now with the nVidia drivers?

    2. How many MegaPixels is the iSight camera?

    Cheers
     
    samuelll, Nov 18, 2008
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