New iMac have a Poor Video Card Tell Apple!

[Pietro Marchesi]

I was waiting to get a beautiful new iMac 24 but now I will wait until Apple puts in a better graphics card at the very least the good old nVidea GeForce 7600GT.

Nearly 2 years ago I upgraded my 4-5 year old PC with a 7600GT and now I was hoping to replace it with a iMac and to get something really newer and faster..

The now old 7600GT is faster then the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB the new iMac lineup...

Hoping to get a iMac 24" in the future

Tell Apple!!

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Med Vänlig Hälsning / Best Regards
Pietro Marchesi
Stockholm Sweden

Canon G7, 20D, 10D, Sony F717, Canon A95, A80, Ixus 500, Nikon CP995, Olympus D400Z, Agfa ePhoto 307.

 

[redsox]

The now old 7600GT is faster then the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with
256MB the new iMac lineup...

Last week you could upgrade the white iMac to the nVidea 7600GT 256 graphics card as an option. New iMac has the ATI Radeon 2600 PRO 256.

Is this a step backwards in terms of this component? I've read similar sentiment on other discussion forum.

Thanks for feedback.
Kevin
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Redsox
http://www.blueridge.photoshare.co.nz

 

[Jon Laye]

What are you using the iMac for?

 

[redsox]

What are you using the iMac for?

lightroom and elements for processing raw image files; web surfing; streaming audio (internet radio); itunes

No heavy gaming.

The previous iMac had a basic config including a 128MB graphic card, but offered buy-up to the 256. I'm just curious if apple took a "step down" in terms of what it offers for this component with the next-generation iMac.

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Redsox
http://www.blueridge.photoshare.co.nz

 

[Pietro Marchesi]

I using my PC for trading stocks, word and Excel, Surfing the net, HDTV, HDVideo and Photo editing.

Thinking on getting a 15" MBP and use my 1600x1200 21" LCD and get a larger LCD +24" 1920x1200 later.

Found this diskussion on the matter of videocards:

http://forums.macrumors.com/forumdisplay.php?f=91

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Med Vänlig Hälsning / Best Regards
Pietro Marchesi
Stockholm Sweden

Canon G7, 20D, 10D, Sony F717, Canon A95, A80, Ixus 500, Nikon CP995, Olympus D400Z, Agfa ePhoto 307.

 

[uwe_r]

Well, I have not seen full benchmark comparisons yet - but all reviews indicate that the cards have different strengths. The 7600 GT will certainly be better for gaming - but the 2600 HD PRO seems to handle H.264 decoding extremely well, it supports DirectX 10 (important for running Vista Premium editions under Bootcamp) and it supports HDCP (so, connecting an external Blu-Ray or HD-DVD player you could watch even protected movies at full resolution). At least I can see why Apple did that - my limited tests with the new 24" iMac and Aperture so far were great - definitely faster than the 7600 GT on our 24" white iMac - and certainly a lot faster than the standard 7300 GT on the Mac Pro.

It becomes obvious that Apple did focus on aggressive pricing and consumer appeal to increase market share - the GPU and screen will be more than enough for approx. 99% of the market. Unfortunately it seems that the only unlimited choice for graphics and pre-press is now the Mac Pro. Apple should show better support for the industries that helped them survive.

Cheers,
Uwe

 

[Paul5D]

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