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    65nm in low end mobile nvidia cards

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Dinosaur.rar, Dec 4, 2007.

  1. Dinosaur.rar

    Dinosaur.rar Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nvidia recently has been changing the fabrication processes on their Video cards from 90nm to 65nm as seen in recent cards such as the 8800 gt and 8800m gtx (soon the 8800 gts revision 2). Will Nvidia do the same for the lower end mobile chips? I think that will be a yes.

    The reason I keep going on about it is because i am looking into a macbook. I'm sold on it except for the fact of the X3100 (don't start a flame war over this please as I've seen in other parts of this forum). I only plan to play Call of Duty 2 Multiplayer. The X3100 does not meet the standards I'm looking for. With less heat, less cost, and less power consumption, the 8400m gt with 65nm fabrication processes is mighty attractive.

    I know that apple wants to differentiate their products and it is possible the macbook is too slim for the card or the weight sacrifice is too much for apple. The Mac world this year (next year) is around the corner and I hope to hear of something like a dedicated video card.

    Do you see this as an opportunity for apple or any other company? Is it even possible in a Macbook?
     
  2. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The transition to smaller chips will most certainly mean that more powerful chips will be able to be manufactured for small notebooks. However the question lies with Apple and whether they would like to put a more powerful GPU in the Macbook which I doubt because that is why they have the Macbook Pro series.