Macbook Pro Graphics

Promote your ideas on the dazzling new displays. Throw in the color and clarity of the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT MacBook Pro with 256MB of GDDR3 SDRAM, and you'll have the power to do it all, anywhere.

Moving performance.

The combination of a 16-lane PCI Express architecture and the powerful NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor brings a new level of realism to MacBook Pro users. 16x full-screen anti-aliasing, 128-bit High Dynamic Range rendering, and a texture fill rate of up to 8.2 billion per second provide unrivaled picture quality and lifelike contrast and tone for next-generation 3D animation and games. The new MacBook Pro graphics performance is up to 60% faster than that of the original Core Duo-based MacBook Pro.

Everything is illuminated.

MacBook Pro makes your ideas more enlightening with a sharp, high-resolution screen. See blacker blacks, whiter whites, and many more colors in between on a brilliant 15.4-inch, 1440-by-900-pixel or 17-inch, 1680-by-1050-pixel digital display. Enjoy a nuanced view simply unavailable on other portables.

Pixel perfect.

MacBook Pro is the ideal vehicle for viewing high-resolution Photoshop images or the latest HD Hollywood blockbusters. The optional 1920-by-1200 resolution on the 17-inch MacBook Pro offers a 30% increase in viewable area over the 1680-by-1050-resolution display. With more than half a million extra pixels at your disposal, you can view 1080 resolution HD video in all its glory — no need to resize the window to fit the screen.

More than beautiful.

The new 15-inch MacBook Pro is better for the environment, thanks to its mercury-free display. Backlit by light-emitting diodes (LEDs), the display weighs less and is more power efficient than the cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) that most notebooks employ, and it provides full brightness immediately after the system is turned on.

Pure digital signal.

When you connect an Apple Cinema Display to MacBook Pro, you lose nothing in translation. That’s because the DVI connection gives you a pure digital signal from system to display. View more than 4 million pixels on the 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display, powered by the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT and dual-link DVI built into MacBook Pro. You get three options for using your display: dual-display mode, video mirroring, and lid-closed mode.

Finishing coat.

MacBook Pro offers an antiglare widescreen display that’s perfect for color-minded professionals. For a more immersive viewing experience, you can configure the MacBook Pro display with a glossy finish. This gives everything you see a richer, more saturated feel.

On the go.

Projector ready

MacBook Pro works with a host of projectors, thanks to the standard DVI port or an optional video adapter. DVI-to-VGA adapter included.

On display

Extend your desktop by connecting your MacBook Pro to a larger display or an HDTV via the DVI port.

Faster Graphics Performance

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT¹

Doom 3 Timedemo demo1

60% faster

Motion Benchmark total

48% faster

Percent faster than 17-inch MacBook Pro with 2.16GHz Core Duo

Baseline

Performance Test Results and Descriptions

Just how fast is MacBook Pro? We loaded up a new MacBook Pro with a 2.6GHz Core 2 Duo Processor, 4GB of RAM and a 200GB, 7200rpm hard drive, and compared it to an original maxed-out MacBook Pro with 2.16 Core Duo processor, 2GB of RAM, and 100GB, 7200rpm hard drive. Processor speed, system RAM and 7200 rpm hard drive are the maximum supported in each model at the time of introduction.

• Doom 3. In this test, the maximum number of frames per second is measured.
• Motion 3. This test measures the amount of time it takes to render effects in real time, and render QuickTime movie files.

1. Testing conducted by Apple in October 2007 using preproduction 2.6GHz Core 2 Duo-based MacBook Pro units. Core Duo-based MacBook Pro systems were shipping units. Testing conducted with a pre-release version of Motion. MacBook Pro continuously monitors system thermal and power conditions, and may adjust processor speed as needed to maintain optimal system operation.

Source apple.com