Michal Ždanský More interesting information about the upcoming Macbook Pros, which should appear already this summer, is starting to surface. According to the latest information, Apple should change the supplier of graphics cards.
We know or suspect from the last days, that the upcoming Macbooks Pro should have a narrower profile, Ivy Bridge processors, and there is further speculation about a Retina display, USB 3.0 and the absence of an optical drive. If a high-resolution display becomes a reality, laptops will also need sufficiently powerful graphics cards. The ones in MacBooks they were never extra powerful, but that could change this year.
According to the server The Verge all indications are that Apple will change graphics card suppliers again. Last year he switched from Nvidia to ATI, this year he will return to Nvidia again. This is not an unusual practice for Apple, it simply chooses a manufacturer based on the best offer, and this is probably what Nvidia has for 2012 with its GeForce series. The question is which model Apple will choose for its MacBooks. According to server discovery 9to5Mac.com it could be the GT650M, they found references to this graphics card in the developer preview of OS X 10.8.
If it really was a model from the GT 600 series, which has a chip manufactured using 28 nm technology with the Kepler architecture, MacBooks would get a huge increase in graphics performance with minimal impact on endurance. According to available benchmarks on notebookcheck.net GeForce GT 650M can handle even the latest games in high resolution with a framerate above 40 frames per second. Such titles include, for example, Mass Effect 3, Skyrim or Crysis 2. The only disadvantage of this graphics card is greater heating at higher performance.
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GeForce GT 600 and the Kepler architecture
Nvidia introduced the 600 series graphics cards with the Kepler architecture a few months ago. Compared to the previous GT 500 series, it is without exaggeration twice as fast and twice as powerful. The GPU can even overclock itself as needed and has advanced anti-aliasing. Despite these great features, the 600 series cards are not expensive. More on the server Cnews.cz.[/to]
However, Nvidia graphics cards should only apply to the 15″ and 17″ versions of the MacBook (if there will be a 17″ version). The 13″ MacBook Pro should, if Apple sticks to the trend from last year, only have integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics, which is part of the Ivy Bridge chipset. This is about a third more powerful than the HD 3000 version found in the current MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and the lowest version of the Mac mini. But maybe Apple will surprise you. Anyway, if the switch to Nvidia GeForce with the Kepler architecture is confirmed, it can be expected to appear gradually in all Macs.
I would be happy, nVidia is my favorite GPU company. Mainly, I would not want a new Air, precisely because of the absence of nVidia, the first Air or the first new Air from late 2010 is much better, thanks to the nVidia graphics. I will only be happy if nVidia returns to the PC Apple and if also to the Air, maybe I will consider replacing it with a new one ;)
Holy shit, where are the new Airs! :)
I'm in favor, I much prefer Nvidia to ATI :-)
I'd rather be interested in how the iMac will fare. I want to finally buy it, but when it will be introduced in June... Is there anything more known about its changes? :)
I would definitely wait. It should have a 4-core Ivy Bridge, if confirmed, Nvidia GeForce with Kepler architecture and perhaps the retina display. It's just speculation anymore.