It about on par with the 680mx from late 2012 iMac. I think the 680 inches it out, but the 780 beats the 680.
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It about on par with the 680mx from late 2012 iMac. I think the 680 inches it out, but the 780 beats the 680.
So this is my saga. My wife's crappy PC was about to die and I made her an offer. I sold her my 2011 21.5" Imac (2TB hard drive, 16 mb memory - a year left of AppleCare). Ironically about a month ago Apple had to put a new hard drive in so the most likely part to fail is brand new.
At first since I was trying not to spend much more money, I opted for the 27" 2012 i5 base refurb. My dilemma is that I have a music library of over 600gb. After ordering the 1tb had model, I decided I didn't want to get into the convoluted mess of having my iTunes library on an external drive, so I needed a bigger hard drive.
So I caved and ordered the 2012 i5 with the 3Tb fusion drive. I'm very excited. I paid the extra $30 for overnight shipping so finally it should come tomorrow morning.
My one regret is that I really think Apple should offer a upgrade option from the 1tb for the 21.5". It sucks that if you want a larger hard drive that either you have to go external or 27". In any case I can't wait until lunchtime Monday.
At first since I was trying not to spend much more money, I opted for the 27" 2012 i5 base refurb. My dilemma is that I have a music library of over 600gb. After ordering the 1tb had model, I decided I didn't want to get into the convoluted mess of having my iTunes library on an external drive, so I needed a bigger hard drive.
So I caved and ordered the 2012 i5 with the 3Tb fusion drive. I'm very excited. I paid the extra $30 for overnight shipping so finally it should come tomorrow morning.
My one regret is that I really think Apple should offer a upgrade option from the 1tb for the 21.5". It sucks that if you want a larger hard drive that either you have to go external or 27". In any case I can't wait until lunchtime Monday.
Was going to wait for the next versions but needed to sort something quicker. Just ordered from Chapelfield in Norwich. 27" with 1TB fusion drive - went for the larger GFX card - GeForce GTX 780M 4GB.
Does anyone have any experience of this card? I'm going to play the odd game (if I ever get the time) but in the main just decided it was worth it for the extra £130..
I've not used a desktop for so long now! I currently use a 15" 2011 MacBook Pro which is a little too bulky to be portable and a little too small to be comfortable everyday working with multiple windows.
I have my eye on a new Air this year as a companion to the iMac
Does anyone have any experience of this card? I'm going to play the odd game (if I ever get the time) but in the main just decided it was worth it for the extra £130..
I've not used a desktop for so long now! I currently use a 15" 2011 MacBook Pro which is a little too bulky to be portable and a little too small to be comfortable everyday working with multiple windows.
I have my eye on a new Air this year as a companion to the iMac
I finally decided it's time to upgrade my late-2008 2.6GHz MacBook Pro to a new 27" iMac.
At almost 5.5 years, it's probably the longest time since I've upgraded and the first time I've had a desktop since my Rev B iMac in 1998-2003.
- NVIDIAGeForceGTX780M 4GB GDDR5
- 3.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7
- 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM-2X8GB
- 3TB Fusion Drive
At almost 5.5 years, it's probably the longest time since I've upgraded and the first time I've had a desktop since my Rev B iMac in 1998-2003.
Well it's been an interesting day. Refurbed Imac arrived. Booted it up with Moutain Lion which was preinstalled. After upgrading within ML to Mavericks, everything went haywire. Spinning beach ball of death.
So here I am three hours into this new Imac and it's not working. I'm thinking I have to take this damn thing into a store, order another one and wait another week?!
I called Apple Tech support ready to scream at them. The lady on the other end was basically like reinstall the OS. Before panicking I decided to reinstall the Mavericks. This time it worked!
Finally got this thing working. I digging the Fusion drive.... keeping my fingers crossed for Day two tomorrow.
So here I am three hours into this new Imac and it's not working. I'm thinking I have to take this damn thing into a store, order another one and wait another week?!
I called Apple Tech support ready to scream at them. The lady on the other end was basically like reinstall the OS. Before panicking I decided to reinstall the Mavericks. This time it worked!
Finally got this thing working. I digging the Fusion drive.... keeping my fingers crossed for Day two tomorrow.
Mine moved around China from the 27th to 30th, then to Alaska, pass by Texas to Kentucky on the 31st, then back to Texas today to DFW airport. The delivery was actually pushed up 1 day and is on schedule for delivery tomorrow.
it shipped UPS by the way.
I got bored waiting for a refresh of the Mac Mini, and decided to spend more and get a refurbished:
- iMac 27" 3.5ghz i7
- 8gb RAM (I'll upgrade this soon, not sure how much to upgrade by just yet, or if I should keep the existing 2 4gb sticks in there)
- 3TB fusion drive (genius idea)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5
Very pleased with it so far!
- iMac 27" 3.5ghz i7
- 8gb RAM (I'll upgrade this soon, not sure how much to upgrade by just yet, or if I should keep the existing 2 4gb sticks in there)
- 3TB fusion drive (genius idea)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5
Very pleased with it so far!
Your post made me laugh. Hope you got your new Mac.
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Anybody with this spec playing World of Warcraft? If so, what settings you have and how's it play? I'm seriously tempted to get unit.
I installed WoW yesterday and immediately turned everything to Ultra and I was getting 35+ on 2560x1440 and that is literally every setting maxed.
It looks great but WoW is one of those monsters that can bring even the best high end video cards to under 30fps depending on exactly where you are on the map, like out with zero other people and you look at the scenery wrong.
Wow, 35 fps is lower then I'd of hoped. Do you have vsync enabled and what setting for shadows?
At work right now so I can't remember right off or check but everything was to the highest setting possible and turned on if available.
I've seen reports from multiple people that on high settings they are getting 60-75, just depending on the amount of eye candy you want.
I won't get a chance to play with it tonight so I can't say for sure.
I have a feeling you have vsync on and if you do you should turn it off. It prevents screen tear but you won't need it. Also if you put shadows on the lowest setting you won't see a big difference but your performance will improve significantly. If you have both on/up and you change them you'd probably see a 2.5x increase.
Ordered this yesterday:
Originally released September 2013
27-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2560-by-1440 resolution
8GB memory
3TB Fusion drive1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M graphics processor with 4GB of GDDR5 memory
Built-in FaceTime HD camera
Hopefully this will keep up with wow. It's certainly overkill for my other needs.
Originally released September 2013
27-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2560-by-1440 resolution
8GB memory
3TB Fusion drive1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M graphics processor with 4GB of GDDR5 memory
Built-in FaceTime HD camera
Hopefully this will keep up with wow. It's certainly overkill for my other needs.
Just bought my very first!
Just bought my very first Imac ever and I bought a brandy new 21.5inch iMac with 3.1ghz I7, 8GB of ram, 1TB HDD! I can't wait to get it this will be the first mac I ever had with GUI the last one I had was 20yrs ago! LOL Once I get the it how can I migrate over to the mac from windows 8.1?
What else will I need to know about my new iMac when I get it?
Just bought my very first Imac ever and I bought a brandy new 21.5inch iMac with 3.1ghz I7, 8GB of ram, 1TB HDD! I can't wait to get it this will be the first mac I ever had with GUI the last one I had was 20yrs ago! LOL Once I get the it how can I migrate over to the mac from windows 8.1?
What else will I need to know about my new iMac when I get it?
This:
from the thread I had started into this thread that it is in now.
Yeah and now I am just waiting for it to ship and then arrive! Definitely can't wait!
Yeah and now I am just waiting for it to ship and then arrive! Definitely can't wait!
Same here. Supposed to arrive on the 9th. I'm on pins and needles waiting.