The new iMacs are shipped with the nvidia GeForce FX 5200, using the NV30 core. The early GeForce FX cards (most notably the GeForce FX 5200, 5600 and 5800 all using the NV30 core) suffered from the need to have a huge hunk of copper on the back of the chip, with a vacuum cleaner attached in order to effectively cool the card. This lead to the cards not only weighing a great deal and taking up a great deal of space, but the cooling solution was extremely loud.
One of the great assets of Macs is that they are generally significantly quieter than the competition; this has traditionally been due to its use of Passive cooling solutions. In the cramped confines of the iMac however such an extensive cooling solution for the graphics card would be impractical for obvious reasons. I dare say as well that the iMac shifts about as much air as the old cube, which suffered from constant overheating.
I am curious to see if anyone has experienced problems regarding this heat generating graphics card in the new iMacs. Problems could range from forced quits during 3D games, stalls while using graphics intensive tasks e.g. video editing, etc
The GeForce FX 5200 ULTRA (Windows edtion)
One of the great assets of Macs is that they are generally significantly quieter than the competition; this has traditionally been due to its use of Passive cooling solutions. In the cramped confines of the iMac however such an extensive cooling solution for the graphics card would be impractical for obvious reasons. I dare say as well that the iMac shifts about as much air as the old cube, which suffered from constant overheating.
I am curious to see if anyone has experienced problems regarding this heat generating graphics card in the new iMacs. Problems could range from forced quits during 3D games, stalls while using graphics intensive tasks e.g. video editing, etc
The GeForce FX 5200 ULTRA (Windows edtion)
