Upgrading my MPB.. Please help me decide with the graphics card

Hi Guys
I have got a late 2007 model MBP Santa Rosa 2.2 Ghz 2 Gb RAM and 128 Mb NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT video card
I am planning to upgrade my MBP. I just want to know that how is the performance of NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics processor 256 Mb compared to my dedicated one. I do normal photo and video editing and DONT play any games at all.. I sometimes feel that my this MBP is a bit laggy when I use photoshop or something.
If the integrated one that is standard on MBP's is quite good to what I generally do (which I have mentioned above), then I wont look into getting the one with dedicated Graphics as I need to save money.
I have tried looking on the internet but I cant find anyone who can give direct comparison between these two in MBP
Please suggest!!!
Thanks heaps!

Hey Singh,
If you're looking for completely anecdotal evidence, I can help with that. I recently purchased the 2.8 GHz 17" MacBook Pro with the dual 9400M (256MB shared/9600GT (512MB dedicated) graphics cards. I user Photoshop and iPhoto a lot, a little iMovie and some Final Cut Pro. I also do quite a bit of video encoding, DVD rips and conversions to iPhone format. I prefer my PS3 for gaming and never do so on the Mac.
What I have noticed is that I can really tell the difference in graphics performance when encoding video and not much any other time. A slight exception is with hardcore Photoshop filters. For those two things I'm glad I can switch to the dedicated 512 card especially when time is a concern. It's also really nice to be able to choose between horsepower and battery life if necessary.
All that being said, if I was getting a 15" MBP I would forgo the extra graphics card and spend the money on more RAM which seems to make a bigger difference in what I do. The 17" did not have an option like that so I have the dual card and a lot of screen real estate. That reminds me, I use the additional 24" LED Cinema display and do not notice any difference when running the extra monitor.
My girlfriend owns the 13" MacBook Pro with the 256MB integrated graphics and iMovie and Photoshop run very nicely and are vastly improved in comparison to her old white MacBook. I have owned the 2007 model MBP Santa Rosa 2.2 Ghz and the new 13" 2.2 6GHz MBP is noticeably quicker in all respects.
In conclusion I would say that the dedicated graphics card is a must for anything in Final Cut Studio (Motion, FCP, DVD Studio Pro) or anything 3D, but for typical Photoshop use, iMovie, etc. you'd be better off with more RAM if you had to choose. If you don't have to pick between the two, get the 512MB card with 8GB of RAM and sleep tight knowing that if your Mac is too slow there's nothing you can do about it hardware wise and you're just too quick
If you're looking for benchmark tests, this article is good http://www.macworld.com/article/141144/2009/06/macbookprobenchmarks.html
Hope that helps!

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