macbook pro ATI vs Nvidia - Polyloop

dooki · 17th May 2008, 01:22

hey guys,

Shopping for MBP. Any advice on ati vs nvidia? Both will 256mb on the card.

Mahalo!

-Dooki

Hugo · 17th May 2008, 08:31

No more Ati in the MacbookPro ... are you buying an older MBP ?

Tartiflette · 17th May 2008, 09:42

As Hugo said there is no more ATI in the MacBookPro line at the moment, so you probably ask about the X1600 that was there in older MBP vs the 8600M that is there in the actual line.

From what i can remember, the X1600 works fine with 3D programs so it's a good overall graphic card and ATI cards are known to be very good with Apple's Core technology so if you use Motion for instance or programs like this, this graphic card will "feel at home"...

However the 8600M is a more recent card and nVidia's line of product is a lot more powerful when it comes to pure 3D than its ATI counterpart.
So if you are mostly into 3D you should consider nVidia card rather than ATI.

Cheers,
Laurent aka Tartiflette

dooki · 17th May 2008, 14:56

Great info!

OK, yes, I was looking at closeout models (2.2/2.4 GHZ models).
As far as use. I do a lot of Photoshop (40%), 3D (40%), and gaming (20%). I don't do any motion/video editing stuff. So from what you are saying the X1600 would be OK eh?

-Dooki

Tartiflette · 17th May 2008, 15:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by dooki

Great info!

OK, yes, I was looking at closeout models (2.2/2.4 GHZ models).
As far as use. I do a lot of Photoshop (40%), 3D (40%), and gaming (20%). I don't do any motion/video editing stuff. So from what you are saying the X1600 would be OK eh?

-Dooki

Yes it should be good for what you want, although in 3D and gaming a nVidia would perform better.

Cheers,
Laurent aka Tartiflette

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dooki Box modeling Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Northern Calif. Posts: 259 My Photos: (0)	Great info! OK, yes, I was looking at closeout models (2.2/2.4 GHZ models). As far as use. I do a lot of Photoshop (40%), 3D (40%), and gaming (20%). I don't do any motion/video editing stuff. So from what you are saying the X1600 would be OK eh? -Dooki __________________ PC/ P4/ /XP/ 2.4GHz/ 512RAM/ ATI Radeon 9550/256RAM Macbook Pro/Leopard/2.4GHz/4RAM/NVIDIA 8600M (256MB) eMac/ G4/Tiger/ 1.25 GHz/ 768RAM/ ATI Radeon 9200

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17th May 2008, 09:42	#3 (permalink)
Tartiflette Bob dans Monsters, Inc Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lussan, Gard Posts: 1,671 My Photos: (20)	As Hugo said there is no more ATI in the MacBookPro line at the moment, so you probably ask about the X1600 that was there in older MBP vs the 8600M that is there in the actual line. From what i can remember, the X1600 works fine with 3D programs so it's a good overall graphic card and ATI cards are known to be very good with Apple's Core technology so if you use Motion for instance or programs like this, this graphic card will "feel at home"... However the 8600M is a more recent card and nVidia's line of product is a lot more powerful when it comes to pure 3D than its ATI counterpart. So if you are mostly into 3D you should consider nVidia card rather than ATI. Cheers, Laurent aka Tartiflette