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New iMac GPU`s: Are you happy? :)
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YES!
But what happened to that sandy bridge thing people kept waffling on about, is it here or not?
Not that impressive actualy
6970M ~ 6850
6770M ~ 6670
6750M ~ 6570
http://netkas.org/?p=757
you cant play any decent game with 6670 on 2560x1440 display and good quality.
6970M ~ 6850
6770M ~ 6670
6750M ~ 6570
http://netkas.org/?p=757
you cant play any decent game with 6670 on 2560x1440 display and good quality.
I'd love to know why the UK store hasn't got the prices up yet
Um yes it does, I'm UK.. I'm on there right now making my BTO
I'd love to know why the UK store hasn't got the prices up yet
Its had them up for a while now.
Also, its strange that the base 21.5 has the same gpu as the high end macbook pro.
Either way, a 6970m isnt too great. People who arent gamers should be fine with it, but its pretty bad for things like MMOs, especially at such a high resolution. 2GB vRAM upgrade should help with that I guess. But meh
It doesnt work if you go via the store select to buy option.
Click on the Mac tab, not the store, then select to buy via that route.
For some reason I get a 'opps' trying to select through the store route
Why isn't this one too great? Doesn't that mean the previous 5870 card was crap?
Surely it's better?
Apologies b/c I'm a little ignorant on the graphics card specs these days. Haven't kept up nearly as much as I should have.
Can someone tell me if a 6770 is worth the price difference over a 6750.
The most taxing games I'd be playing are SC2 and D3 (hopefully this year).
I see that the memory speed is 900 mhz compared to 1600 mhz according to notebookcheck.com but I was curious as to what type of a performance boost I would really see.
Again, sorry for the ignorance, but any help would be greatly appreciated before I pull the trigger.
Thanks!
Can someone tell me if a 6770 is worth the price difference over a 6750.
The most taxing games I'd be playing are SC2 and D3 (hopefully this year).
I see that the memory speed is 900 mhz compared to 1600 mhz according to notebookcheck.com but I was curious as to what type of a performance boost I would really see.
Again, sorry for the ignorance, but any help would be greatly appreciated before I pull the trigger.
Thanks!
Unfortunately no. As someone looking for a 21.5'' iMac (27'' is too big for my desk), why is it that the high end 21'' doesn't have a graphics card with as much VRAM as the 15'' MBP? At least as BTO? Why are we stuck with 512MB max?
Thoughts on the 6770M in the base 27" iMac? I really want the base 27" and would be perfectly happy with the base model, aside from the graphics card. The 512MB of video memory seems rather anemic to be pushing that many pixels around. Is this a legitimate concern?
My gaming, if any, would be very minimal.
My gaming, if any, would be very minimal.
People were playing with the 5850m(5750) in the previous model and doing ok(WoW) but the 6970m is a pretty big boost. It's essentially a desktop 6850 which benchmarks just a hair above my 460gtx 768mb in my current gaming machine.
The ever so slightly higher benchmarks with the 2gb of ram should give similar FPS at the higher resolution coupled with an even faster processor than even my current Core i7 920 makes it a pretty good upgrade for an imac.
The 6970 is awesome: notebookcheck - 6970M (scroll down for FPS)
(keep in mind the resolution of these tests won't be at 2560x1440, most likely 1920x1080)
(keep in mind the resolution of these tests won't be at 2560x1440, most likely 1920x1080)
The GPU ram helps with large amounts of textures as well as gaming at higher resolutions.
i configured a dell xps 8100 and the 6970m is faster than the top end card that dell offers as a bto
I am pretty much clueless about graphics cards. I will have to go for the lowest end 21 inch with the 6750m.
Will it be possible to play Shogun 2 Total War on it's highest settings?
Recommended spec's are: 2nd generation i5, 4gb ram, AMD Radeon HD 5000 and 6000 series GPU.
The numbers seem to match with the low end 21 inch but, as I said, I know nothing about GPU's.
Running bootcamp with Win7.
Will it be possible to play Shogun 2 Total War on it's highest settings?
Recommended spec's are: 2nd generation i5, 4gb ram, AMD Radeon HD 5000 and 6000 series GPU.
The numbers seem to match with the low end 21 inch but, as I said, I know nothing about GPU's.
Running bootcamp with Win7.
its a move in the right direction i think. but you are right, not as impressive as some gamers would need.
