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    Nvidia GT650M with 512mb ¿?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by mikeypinero, Sep 15, 2012.

  1. mikeypinero

    mikeypinero Notebook Consultant

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    Hi, I am planning to buy a Macbook Pro 20 120 Non-Retina.

    Someone could tell me what frequencies works Nvidia GT650M 512MB?
    I would appreciate a screenshot of gpu-z

    Intend to use it for some sporadic play, and I've seen some videos on youtube does not seem to move too well to native resolution.

    Thanks
     
    mikeypinero, Sep 15, 2012
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    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    in some games you are going to be memory starved, but the frequency is around 800mhz core and 1ghz vram
     
    Karamazovmm, Sep 16, 2012
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    mikeypinero Notebook Consultant

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    The 512Mb´s version have a same frequency 1Gb Version? are you sure?
     
    mikeypinero, Sep 16, 2012
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    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    positively sure, you are still going to be vram constrained. 512mg aint enough for some newer games, or even some older ones. If you can wait I would expect a minor bump in specs when there is refresh in apple line up, it should be soon, 2-3months tops
     
    Karamazovmm, Sep 16, 2012
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    lewdvig Notebook Virtuoso

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    good advice, same pattern as the 2011. I would be upset if I paid full pop only to have a better gpu in the baseline model a couple of months later.

    it hurts to wait though

    but there are lots of people to share you pain with on this site (mac and otherwise).
     
    lewdvig, Oct 12, 2012
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    I highly doubt Apple is going to put more than a 512 MB GPU into any baseline MBP. The 6750M in the late-2011 was a big step up from the 6490M in the early-2011s but still had all the same VRAM constraints as any 512 MB part.
     
    saturnotaku, Oct 12, 2012
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