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Also, the rumors about Hybrid SLI can now be settlet:

Hybrid SLI is supported and running on the MacBook Pro.

That clearly shows that when you choose the "faster speed" option in the system prefs, the MacBook Pro runs both 9400M and 9600M in SLI. That explains the shorter battery life and how good the benchmarks are. The 9600M alone has 32 stream processor, but ad the 18 of the 9400M and the speed gains make a lot of sense.
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Totally got it wrong.

But it's such a stupid decision. Why did they do it like this?]]>Oct 16th 2008 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/
You're not an ass. Your assumption made perfect sense in a world of tech, but with Apple you have to remember the marketing aspect. Hybrid SLI introduces some potential technical issues so Apple's method is to start simple and then get more complex. The speed bump is large enough over Intel that the additional bump isn't' really going to sell more machine at this point in time, but can add the "hybrid actively later" for more marketing affect, which Apple is working on with OpenCL for a higher level parallel computing. Not just across multiple GPUs, but with the CPU being thrown in there... but that is coming with Snow Leopard in 2009. I'm guessing we'll see a major demo and the first 'real' beta of the OS come Macworld in early January.]]>Oct 16th 2008 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/so it should be about to get around 20 fps playing crysis on low settings
20fps is very playable in crysis]]>Oct 16th 2008 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 23rd 2008 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/



to say too late...



.. come on, give me the high rank!!]]>Oct 16th 2008 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/
Um.

No. Just for that - Low Rank! ;-)]]>Oct 16th 2008 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 6:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/
If "satisfactory" means 13 fps at 1024x768 on a year old game.... ]]>Oct 16th 2008 6:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 6:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 6:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Will it blend?]]>Oct 16th 2008 6:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/
Does it play doom?]]>Oct 16th 2008 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 7:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/
According to intel 'Geforce 9400M' is a brand that refers to a motherboard GPU (GeForce 9100M G) combined with a discrete GPU (either GeForce 9300M GS or GeForce 9200M GS). See: http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_9100m_g_mgpu.html

But this new 'GeForce 9400M G' refers to a single motherboard GPU (only the MacBooks pro's have both discrete and integrated GPUs).

To top it off, Apple refers to this new single motherboard GPU on the MacBook (non-pro's) as a 'GeForce 9400M' (without the 'G'). (Actually mentioned on Intels site: "Please note that for Apple products, this goes by the name GeForce 9400M.)
]]>Oct 16th 2008 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Someone tell Nvidia that you can't add chip numbers to make a better chip...]]>Oct 16th 2008 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 6:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/]]>Oct 16th 2008 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 6:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 6:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 6:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/
Except, I'm working on the new MacBook with the 9400M right now ;-)

Seriously, guys, I fully admit this is a little overpriced (I went for the 2.4GHz one) and I'm guilty of falling for it, but the feel of this thing in you hands is un-frickin'-believably good. Not since the 12" PowerBook has there been such a sexy lower end Apple laptop, and as a former diehard fan of said PowerBook G4, this is, folks, the second coming. Regarding Crisis... I haven't tried that yet ;-)]]>Oct 16th 2008 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/Oct 16th 2008 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/
I'm confused about this statement.

Is the 9400M a CPU?]]>Oct 16th 2008 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/nvidia-gets-official-with-geforce-9400m-gpu/
Centrino 2 graphics implies that there are Intel graphics inside...most likely X3100 or X4500]]>Oct 16th 2008 10:54AM