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ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

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tongzilla

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Is the NVIDIA graphics card (24" model) in the new iMac that much better than the ATI (24" model) one?

Will I notice the difference?

This will help me decide whether I get the maxed out version of the new iMac or the second best one (both 24").

Thanks!
 
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tongzilla

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Eidorian said:
What do you plan on using the iMac for? Keep in mind the base 24" model can be upgraded with the 8800 GS.
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For all the usual stuff (work, email, music, surfing), photo and video editing/encoding. I have lots of applications open at the same time.

Is it cheaper to buy the base 24" model and upgrade to 8800 GS myself?

But I thought the 8800 GS cannot be bought separately, since it's made specially for apple.
 
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Muncher

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tongzilla said:
Is the NVIDIA graphics card (24" model) in the new iMac that much better than the ATI (24" model) one?

Will I notice the difference?

This will help me decide whether I get the maxed out version of the new iMac or the second best one (both 24").

Thanks!
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It's actually an underclocked 2600 xt. If you go to http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php you'll see the difference. Keep in mind we have no idea what apple did to the 8800's clock speeds.
 
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Aegelward

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hmm, rather than start a new thread...

I'm having trouble deciding between a 2.8 updated with an 8800, or the 3.0, the difference is pretty significant, in the region of £250

i think i can manage on 320 gigs for system/apps/music, i'd be using external drives for everything else
 
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Scott-n-Houston

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Apr 27, 2008
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Aegelward said:
hmm, rather than start a new thread...

I'm having trouble deciding between a 2.8 updated with an 8800, or the 3.0, the difference is pretty significant, in the region of £250

i think i can manage on 320 gigs for system/apps/music, i'd be using external drives for everything else
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I'm in a similar boat. The HD space is almost a non issue. You can upgrade to 1TB from OWC... same for RAM,

but I'm trying to decide of the 8800 + more processing speed is worth the $400 price bump.
 
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