New MacBook Pro NVidia Card & Float

Hello,
I need some help making a decision before buying a new MBP.
Does the MacBook Pro switch to from ATI to NVDIA cards mean a kind of downgrade for using Color, as it won't allow 32 bit float?
Cheers,
Gerry

I feel sure that the lack of support for Nvidia cards will be addressed sooner rather than later.
Or they will avoid the issue and include software based rendering and make it GFX card agnostic....
Either way, the new machines are just so pretty, how could you NOT buy one.
Cheers,
Toby

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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
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