Quote: Originally Posted by uicandrew well, there are some posts asking if getting the 256mb vram is worth it and asking for specific instances where it is useful. and the gene…

Quote: Originally Posted by Nyl Has anyone tried optimizing the ATI video card on MBP ?? http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1848 what applications would see this …

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell Apple needs to dump the metal enclosure and go back to plastic.

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell Apple needs to dump the metal enclosure and go back to plastic. Am I missing something? What does the enclosure material have to do with …

the pb/mbp is already way overheated ... plastic enclosure is just gonna make it worse

Quote: Originally Posted by Nyl the pb/mbp is already way overheated ... plastic enclosure is just gonna make it worse Indeed. The aluminum metal body of the MacBook Pro ac…

Quote: Originally Posted by Nyl Has anyone tried optimizing the ATI video card on MBP ?? http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1848 It underclocked for a reason. The…

Quote: Originally Posted by aristotles It underclocked for a reason. They underclocked it so that the MBP could be less than 1" thick including the display when closed and could…

Quote: Originally Posted by onlykaria what applications would see this benefit, like would this be for something like aperture or for gaming? IN WINDOWS XP! Games, photosh…

Quote: Originally Posted by MovieCutter Indeed. The aluminum metal body of the MacBook Pro acts as a big heat dissipator. If they made a 1" thick notbook out of plastic, that pl…

Quote: Originally Posted by Enigmaaron Am I missing something? What does the enclosure material have to do with the video card's clock speeds? With a plastic enclosure it w…

Quote: Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey Just out of curiosity, how thick is the current ThinkPad T-series? That's plastic, and should have about the same feature set and heat ou…

I overclocked my PB's 9700 to 580/330 and I see little heat difference and only about -15 minutes of battery life. But Doom 3 runs faster than before. Who knows what this will do t…

Quote: Originally Posted by Danoldo IN WINDOWS XP! Games, photoshop, etc.......... They are able to do all this bc of Windows XP ahhh ok

I couldn't find the ATI Tools 0.2.5b software, can anyone locate it?

Quote: Originally Posted by schalliol I couldn't find the ATI Tools 0.2.5b software, can anyone locate it? First hit on Google, as usual.

Thanks! No where to be found you though it was "ATI Tools" ...as usual

Quote: Originally Posted by Velocity211 I overclocked my PB's 9700 to 580/330... Tell me how. - Xidius

There is a news site out there which has an article about how DDR2 memories in general can get as hot as 85C (nearly the temperature to boil water, and the article claimed it could…

Quote: Originally Posted by Xidius Tell me how. - Xidius I used ATIcellerator II 1.06b.

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell With a plastic enclosure it wouldn't feel so hot. That's simplistic. Just because it doesn't feel so hot doesn't mean it isn't. Plastic c…

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon That's simplistic. Just because it doesn't feel so hot doesn't mean it isn't. Plastic cases mean better heat insulation, mean internal temps ar…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell Simplistic and correct. If my laptop spends most of its life at 45C instead of 40C, does it having a meaningful impact on component life? …

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon It's definitely not that good looks prevented Apple from doing the right thing, it's that different people have different priorities and obviou…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell With a plastic enclosure it wouldn't feel so hot. Lenovo has all the same components (X1300 instead of X1600) in 5 lb, 14" laptop, 1" thick, …