Was really hoping somebody would have tested that by now... with the deals on in Aus atm, there's about a $400 difference between the i5 1GB version and the i5 2GB version BTO.
I believe that was pretty much debunked. Many people have upgraded just fine.I hate to break it to you, but I'm pretty sure the 2011 iMacs don't have upgradable hard drives. From what I've read, Apple is doing temperature sensing on the drive itself as opposed to using an external sensor. If you install a non-proprietary hard drive, the system can't tell how hot it's running, and the fans kick into permanent overdrive as a precaution against overheating. I think the only solution at that point is to install fan managing software in OSX.
I could be wrong, so you should read up on it, but think you might be out of luck when it comes to installing a custom SSD.
Well I'm going to the apple store in 30, hoping that they have a few models with the 2GB graphics card option in it...
I believe that was pretty much debunked. Many people have upgraded just fine.
This should help a lot of people sitting on the fence....
http://en.expreview.com/2010/08/08/exclusive-review-of-zotac-geforce-gtx-460-2gb-edition/9041.html/8
http://benchmarkextreme.com/Articles/GTX 460 ANALYSIS/P1.html
6970 is not really gonna handle 8xAA at native..... the GPU is going to be the bottleneck long before the memory.......
In most gaming titles GTX 460 2GB just outperformed the 1GB version by 1.97% in average.
With a higher resolution of 2560×1600, the 2GB showed more significant advantage. It’s 2-7 frames faster than the other one in FarCry 2, Crysis Warhead and DiRT 2.
2-7 fps isn't really much or worth the £80..