Quick question. I still use the old 1,1 but just as a windows machine with a GT 660 card which still lets me run most games on high quality and has physx. I really dislike the Windows OS though and am considering an imac but I wonder how the 775m performs vs the 660?
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According to this site, the 775M will be 11% worse than the GTX 660 which isn't surprising since the 775M is a mobile GPU.
http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/inde...1&compare=geforce-gtx-775m-vs-geforce-gtx-660
Though if you step up to the optional 780M, it will be 10% better than the 660.
http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/inde...1&compare=geforce-gtx-780m-vs-geforce-gtx-660
http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/inde...1&compare=geforce-gtx-775m-vs-geforce-gtx-660
Though if you step up to the optional 780M, it will be 10% better than the 660.
http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/inde...1&compare=geforce-gtx-780m-vs-geforce-gtx-660
Thanks for the quick answer. I actually picked up an imac since my 1,1 was getting so old. Maybe I can try to upgrade the EFI and run mavericks on the old 1,1. Is there any way to run a target display from 1,1 to imac so I can at least benefit from the screen? The 1,1 is on firewire but I guess I would need to get the firewire to thunderbolt adaptor.
Thunderbolt equipped iMacs only support target display mode when connected to another Mac vis Thunderbolt.
And I would recommend the 780M is you're using the iMac for gaming.
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I play the following games native on my 27 inch iMac
Diablo 3
Xcom Enemy Unknown
Xcom The Bureau
Company of Heros
Civ 5
All of them never pause and have great screen resolution
the only game I switch to windows to play is Elder Scrolls Skyrim and Fallout 3
Tom
I play the following games native on my 27 inch iMac
Diablo 3
Xcom Enemy Unknown
Xcom The Bureau
Company of Heros
Civ 5
All of them never pause and have great screen resolution
the only game I switch to windows to play is Elder Scrolls Skyrim and Fallout 3
Tom
After finally getting mavericks installed on the 1,1, I can say the 775m is much smoother than 660 on osx. Windows is kind of a toss up.
It's tempting to return the iMac now but it does run fantastically. I guess it makes sense to return and hold off for another year but I do really like the iMac.
It's tempting to return the iMac now but it does run fantastically. I guess it makes sense to return and hold off for another year but I do really like the iMac.
That would depend on what games you want to play. The 780M might be a complete overkill for the types of games OP wants to play.
I'm curious do you get the grey tiles in Civ V late game? I'm running it windowed and I get this late game even with all settings to minimum. i5 775m model.
The real problem when deciding is that few consider the native resolution of the 27" iMac. Running any game at 1440p is pretty demanding and most gfx card benchmarks don't always show results for this. Many times 1080 or 1920x1200.
Consider this when looking at the differences between the 775 and 780. The 780 in my testing even struggled quite a bit.
Again, this depends on what types of games. But yes, you are right that most people overlook this.