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Looking for MAC with dedicated graphics
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<blockquote data-quote="sockpuppet" data-source="post: 1772021" data-attributes="member: 395951"><p>Well to be blunt I have yet to find any small format computer, be they PC or Apple which has an integrated graphics system that can outperform a dedicated one. There are too many bottlenecks (memory clock, amount of memory available, bus speed etc etc.) It does not matter on the make of the graphics system they are designed to do a specific job well where as an integrated system is a bit of a compromise, how much depends on how it is implemented but they just cannot produce the same frame rates at the same resolutions as a dedicate system can.</p><p></p><p>To be honest I don't know why Apple has chosen this route, they have a great OS - a **** of a lot better than that 'other' one, good designs - Apples just look so darn cool when compared to a PC blob and yet they keep going for integrated graphics, and seem to be reducing the options for a dedicated system more and more with each new release. Wish I knew why.</p><p></p><p>If anyone can point me at some benchmarks that show otherwise then please do so, but as far as I can tell dedicated beats integrated no-matter what platform they are implemented on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sockpuppet, post: 1772021, member: 395951"] Well to be blunt I have yet to find any small format computer, be they PC or Apple which has an integrated graphics system that can outperform a dedicated one. There are too many bottlenecks (memory clock, amount of memory available, bus speed etc etc.) It does not matter on the make of the graphics system they are designed to do a specific job well where as an integrated system is a bit of a compromise, how much depends on how it is implemented but they just cannot produce the same frame rates at the same resolutions as a dedicate system can. To be honest I don't know why Apple has chosen this route, they have a great OS - a **** of a lot better than that 'other' one, good designs - Apples just look so darn cool when compared to a PC blob and yet they keep going for integrated graphics, and seem to be reducing the options for a dedicated system more and more with each new release. Wish I knew why. If anyone can point me at some benchmarks that show otherwise then please do so, but as far as I can tell dedicated beats integrated no-matter what platform they are implemented on. [/QUOTE]
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