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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Shared Memory Graphics Card
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<blockquote data-quote="Aptmunich" data-source="post: 240803" data-attributes="member: 3850"><p>Shared memory means that the graphics chip doesn't have it own dedicated batch of memory, it simply accesses the main memory and uses part of that.</p><p></p><p>So adding memory will improve overall performance, as your standard 512MB are really 432MB for the system and 80MB for the graphics.</p><p></p><p>The graphics card can't access more memory than that under OS X though, so adding more memory will boost overall system performance, but not the graphics throughput.</p><p></p><p>The chip was used because it's whilst it's not brilliant for games, it's cheap and affordable and has enough horsepower for probably 90% of users out there.</p><p></p><p>Performance really isn't that bad... it's probably on par with the 64MB chip in the powerbooks and waay better than the chip in the iBooks.</p><p></p><p>Also because this system is generally really fast, the cpu can compensate quite well.</p><p>Do a search on macbook gaming, there's quite a few first-hand experiences posted - I am one of a number of happy macbook gamers. (It's "good enough"). If you are really into gaming though, look at the macbook pro.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aptmunich, post: 240803, member: 3850"] Shared memory means that the graphics chip doesn't have it own dedicated batch of memory, it simply accesses the main memory and uses part of that. So adding memory will improve overall performance, as your standard 512MB are really 432MB for the system and 80MB for the graphics. The graphics card can't access more memory than that under OS X though, so adding more memory will boost overall system performance, but not the graphics throughput. The chip was used because it's whilst it's not brilliant for games, it's cheap and affordable and has enough horsepower for probably 90% of users out there. Performance really isn't that bad... it's probably on par with the 64MB chip in the powerbooks and waay better than the chip in the iBooks. Also because this system is generally really fast, the cpu can compensate quite well. Do a search on macbook gaming, there's quite a few first-hand experiences posted - I am one of a number of happy macbook gamers. (It's "good enough"). If you are really into gaming though, look at the macbook pro. [/QUOTE]
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