I wanted to start a new thread to get as much response as possible.
Also i should point out this is not just hate apple thread and it concerns Only Imac 5k 2014-2015
I own a lot of apple products and im pretty happy with all of them so far. (i even liked the new 2016 macbooks with touch bar and not really getting the hate they get..especially about missing ports)
Also i believe that i have every reason and proof"s to state that imac 27 5k has MAJOR design flaw.
Let me start with the less important one.
My specs are
imac 27 late 2015
intel core i7 6700k
32gb ram
ati r9 395x 4gb
1tb ssd
The less important but most irritating issue is the ati drivers support.
Tot only, that unlike nvidia, they require separate drivers for bootcamp windows, their drivers are crap and until recent updates, there were a lot of crashing issue and very poor performance. So i waited.
no crashes As of today but i cant simply run a lot of latest games because they require new drivers (16.20)to run an application and ati .just like old times. dont have those drivers for imac. The latest supported drivers are 15.30 .This is really irritating.
SAme issue that stoped me from buying 2014 imac retina still exists 3 years later!!!!Holly molly i could have learn and code my own drivers by now ! As of today im willing to overpay a lot but i will always and forever avoid ati.
Ok ,whatever.. Mac are not for gaming as the say..Even when equipped with a powerful but useless gpu.
Moving on
The second issue is based on a long and dedicated data collection of imac gpu failure equipped with ati cards.
They all overheat and fail eventually..ANd by all i mean almost like 84%.
And im going to go even further and say the r9 200 series and 300 series will /eventually. die,like 99%
Thats of course if you use them under load. Just browsing and watching movies wont count.Those will live.
The major design flow that i was saying is that this cards overheat a lot.Under load i get from 90-105C
and thats with modified scalped processor and liquid metal thermal paste!!! I have like 10C better cooling in idle or minor load but as soon as something heavy runs i have no difference in temperatures before or after liquid metal.. THis oven cannot be stopped )
Thats a lot and shortens the life span of a card to.Thos card will die. For some its 3 month for some its two year.There are exceptions but rarely id say. its a slow death but a bit faster then 2011 models.
I dont know why apple decided to go with ati AGAIN (like 2011 models haven't taught them anything)
2012 -2013 models with nvidia were flawless. There were issues of course but gpu related were more of an exception and not that common unlike new models with ati cards.
Any way .those are my thoughts.any opinions matter.
PS. of course im selling my imac and i will avoid it until i will see nvidia gpu in them.IMHO
Also i should point out this is not just hate apple thread and it concerns Only Imac 5k 2014-2015
I own a lot of apple products and im pretty happy with all of them so far. (i even liked the new 2016 macbooks with touch bar and not really getting the hate they get..especially about missing ports)
Also i believe that i have every reason and proof"s to state that imac 27 5k has MAJOR design flaw.
Let me start with the less important one.
My specs are
imac 27 late 2015
intel core i7 6700k
32gb ram
ati r9 395x 4gb
1tb ssd
The less important but most irritating issue is the ati drivers support.
Tot only, that unlike nvidia, they require separate drivers for bootcamp windows, their drivers are crap and until recent updates, there were a lot of crashing issue and very poor performance. So i waited.
no crashes As of today but i cant simply run a lot of latest games because they require new drivers (16.20)to run an application and ati .just like old times. dont have those drivers for imac. The latest supported drivers are 15.30 .This is really irritating.
SAme issue that stoped me from buying 2014 imac retina still exists 3 years later!!!!Holly molly i could have learn and code my own drivers by now ! As of today im willing to overpay a lot but i will always and forever avoid ati.
Ok ,whatever.. Mac are not for gaming as the say..Even when equipped with a powerful but useless gpu.
Moving on
The second issue is based on a long and dedicated data collection of imac gpu failure equipped with ati cards.
They all overheat and fail eventually..ANd by all i mean almost like 84%.
And im going to go even further and say the r9 200 series and 300 series will /eventually. die,like 99%
Thats of course if you use them under load. Just browsing and watching movies wont count.Those will live.
The major design flow that i was saying is that this cards overheat a lot.Under load i get from 90-105C
and thats with modified scalped processor and liquid metal thermal paste!!! I have like 10C better cooling in idle or minor load but as soon as something heavy runs i have no difference in temperatures before or after liquid metal.. THis oven cannot be stopped )
Thats a lot and shortens the life span of a card to.Thos card will die. For some its 3 month for some its two year.There are exceptions but rarely id say. its a slow death but a bit faster then 2011 models.
I dont know why apple decided to go with ati AGAIN (like 2011 models haven't taught them anything)
2012 -2013 models with nvidia were flawless. There were issues of course but gpu related were more of an exception and not that common unlike new models with ati cards.
Any way .those are my thoughts.any opinions matter.
PS. of course im selling my imac and i will avoid it until i will see nvidia gpu in them.IMHO
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