Can you upgrade your iMac's Intel chip to a faster one?

[ngvietcuong86]

Does anyone know if you can upgrade your Intel chip to a faster one. I currently have Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz but some of the games seem slow.:confused:

[discomandavis]

it is possible, I dont wanna get booted from this forum so im not gonna say to much, but if you google "mac on a PC" you might find some good info

[Eidorian]

You can in the iMac but you'll void your warranty for a 167 MHz gain.

[serega]

So as I understand you can swap CPU? I just lately got c2d 2.4, but in future to stay with everybody else to put more powerful CPU.:confused:

[Eidorian]

So as I understand you can swap CPU? I just lately got c2d 2.4, but in future to stay with everybody else to put more powerful CPU.:confused:You'd be able to put in the Core 2 Extreme X7900 but one more it wouldn't be worth it.

[iW00t]

Does anyone know if you can upgrade your Intel chip to a faster one. I currently have Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz but some of the games seem slow.:confused:

Even my 1.8Ghz Pentium 4 will play games faster than the very fastest Mac Pro.

It is NOT the processor, it is the lousy GPU that your Mac came with.

[AlexisV]

It's the Radeon X1600 that's the problem. The 2.16Ghz Core2Duo is very fast.

[velocityg4]

Even my 1.8Ghz Pentium 4 will play games faster than the very fastest Mac Pro.

It is NOT the processor, it is the lousy GPU that your Mac came with.

In general this is true however there are a few CPU intensive games where the processor makes a large difference as well, such as the Sims 2. Or if you are playing intense chess programs they can max out the CPU and take 5-10mins to move on a 2Ghz Athlon 64.

"I had pit two different chess programs against each other it ended in a stalemate, I would have lost in three moves since I suck at chess."