The dual video cards of the 15" MBP

Hi,
I have a question about the onboards graphics and the other graphics card of the 15". Does it always use the shared graphics and then use the other card for extra processing? Or can you control which one it uses? Or does it change which one it uses depending on the need?
I ask because I use to be able to play Fallout 3 on Windows in Bootcamp on my iMac but not on my Macbook because the MacBook has shared graphics. Am I going to be stuck with this limitation again if I try this on a 15" MBP?
(it won't sway my choice of buying an MBP, but it will save me from dealing with the whole windoze thing again if it won't work anyway)

Hi Dilnik,
As I understand it, Dilznik, when running under bootcamp the GPU always defaults to the dedicated 9600 graphics processor. The "shared memory" 9400 graphics processor is not used at all.
In other words you should not have any problems with Fallout 3 on account of the presence of the Dual Graphics card with the "upmarket" versions of the current MBP15.
Cheers
Rod

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