yes 8600GT is better than 9400M. I also have a question tho. My 2006 MBP may be dying on me soon so i kinda have my eyes on the entry-level aluminium macbook for now. ive done some research and i got the impression that the 9400M performs better than the 128MB radeon X1600. is this true for games? i know it wont run the latest games, but i only wanna play CS source n UT3 anyway. my PS3 gets to handle the big stuff (cant wait for GT5!)

also, since snow leopard will feature OpenCL (which the 9400M supports on top of CUDA i think), then the new macbook would benefit a lot from snow leopard as compared to my MBP's X1600. the new macbook is also 64-bit compared to my aging Core Duo.

so, aluminium macbook > 2006 macbook pro? anyone agree/disagree? screen size and firewire issues aside of course

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Added on January 13, 2009, 1:58 pmi dont mean to be rude, but could anyone enlighten me?

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Jan 13 2009, 01:58 PM

Yep!

Was playing Quake 4 (Mac) on my 9600 just now. I know it's an old game, but it's my first time playing any game smoothly at native 1440 x 900 resolution haha! High quality summore (Ultra quality need 512 MB VRAM...i only have 256 so it wont let me)~

Also tested out a little video conversion. 9400 & 9600 got around the same time. but its just around 8 short videos though, not exactly a thorough test mind you ;p

currently playing Dead Space at native resolution (1440x900). going smooth damn haha this is enjoyable!

also tried Unreal Tournament 3 at native reso. the settings cant really remember but i think full for both texture detail and world detail. very smooth except for that one map got 'portals' where u can go from space, jungle, snowy place map. 4got the name

fan running really fast tho

i normally play 1 game at a time now still wanna play dead space hehe... after that mebe will try left 4 dead

wow how come until black screen???

im also considering an active cooling pad. probably the one from zalman. any recommedations? or shud i juz buy the cheap china ones?

oh true oso...didnt think of fan position . cooling pads are out then...hahaha

wow haha never encountered that b4 but then i dun play crysis n farcry 2 yet. how smooth can it run?

dead space runs good. i dun remember wut settings but pretty high la. cant access my bootcamp for some reason right now


lol burnout paradise port forgot to put exit button? anyway thx for the burnout review, was thinking of getting it. i guess having to play only at 1024 reso is a bummer

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Added on April 28, 2009, 7:33 pmforgot to mention. im playing dead space at 1440x900

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Apr 28 2009, 07:33 PM

memang got right mouse click what... ;p wanna play DOTA / warcraft3 using trackpad oso can...but sure kena pwn la hehe

the Boot Camp Assistant is installed when u install mac osx... its under applications > utilities. u need the OSX dvd after installing windows bcuz the drivers (for the gpu, sound, isight, bluetooth etc) are in the dvd

good news for those owning/getting iMac 27".

http://gizmodo.com/5427186/adapter-puts-bl...on-your-imac-27

what do u mean can play with laptop too? play PS3/Xbox360 on macbook screen? for that im not sure since macbook miniDP port only for output

yeah only 27"

btw why would some1 want to play hi-def gaming on 13/15/17" screen is beyond me

have to be specific which game oh... even diner dash considered as a game too ;p

3d accelerated graphics on 1920x1200 is not easy. i cant test though since i dont have the game nor a monitor big enough ;p

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Dec 17 2009, 12:44 PM