Are you serious? You won't wait 4-6 weeks for a component that you'll be using for what could be 50-100 weeks?
I think it'd be worth the wait.
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iMac option: Radeon HD 4850.... mobility?
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Are you serious? You won't wait 4-6 weeks for a component that you'll be using for what could be 50-100 weeks?
I think it'd be worth the wait.
No, the DEFINITION of a good gaming machine is one that runs all games over 30fps ;P
It's an OK gaming machine.
Hey, if it can run most games on high with a good fps, it's a good gaming machine by my book.
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most importantly people, all imacs will easily be able to play my game :
www.plainsightgame.com
boot camp currently required, however i'm working on getting a wine port going...
most importantly people, all imacs will easily be able to play my game :
www.plainsightgame.com
boot camp currently required, however i'm working on getting a wine port going...
Guys, i found this googling in the morning:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/24inch-imacs-graphics-card-is-selfupgradeable-199477.php
what do you think? that means that 24'' imac's owners can upgrade their graphics cards for another new one
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/24inch-imacs-graphics-card-is-selfupgradeable-199477.php
what do you think? that means that 24'' imac's owners can upgrade their graphics cards for another new one
Guys, i found this googling in the morning:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/24inch-imacs-graphics-card-is-selfupgradeable-199477.php
what do you think? that means that 24'' imac's owners can upgrade their graphics cards for another new one
This is from 2006...
yes but that confirms that video cards of the new imacs are not on the logic board, and that is because they could replace my ati 2600 for a new 8800gs.
I would contact my seller if he can gets me an ati 4850
I would contact my seller if he can gets me an ati 4850
i'll probably say soo...how they replace the ati 2600 for a new 8800gs in the 2.8ghz imac? If that is possible, then its possible too replace the 8800gs for a 4850 right?
Yes they first plug in a ati 2600 and then think no wait it had to be a 8800gs, or wait no a 4850.
I'm sorry to say this, but geez you idiot, the plug the thing in place and solder it tight... done deal. You cannot replace it by yourself, or you are some kind of engineer at Apple and know how to solder.
probably refering to the old white version that used the MXM slot for the nvidia 7600. Don't think they use that anymore but let's wait until someone cracks one open.
Even if they used some sort of GPU slot, no one ever made aftermarket MXM cards so the point was moot.
Cheers,
Its all fine Flying, i understand that you cant trust in what im telling here, but is true. Im not an engineer at apple, but im close to graduate from Systems Engineer
lolIm from Argentina, and here the imac 3.06 ghz with a nvidia 8800gs doesn't sell because it's too expensive here; for that reason, they offer me the possibility to make an upgrade to an 2008 imac that it has an ati 2600 for a 8800gs paying U$S 200 difference from the original price.
Before such a thing, i checked the imac before that change and it has the ati 2600, that why im interested of the possibility of a new upgrade for my imac.
Hey, if it can run most games on high with a good fps, it's a good gaming machine by my book.
Now don't get too worked up! There are just theoretical specs. For all we know Apple may underclock the GPU or something...
50-100 weeks? You can't change the graphics components on these things. What are you going to do for the other three or four years?
OK, now I am confused. I just had an online chat with an Apple Rep, and this is what I found:
Also, I called 1800MYAPPLE and they told me the same thing. It is the Desktop Version, NOT the mobility.
I don't know anymore. Are they wrong or are we wrong?
A little later in the chat...
Also, I called 1800MYAPPLE and they told me the same thing. It is the Desktop Version, NOT the mobility.
I don't know anymore. Are they wrong or are we wrong?
BUT... i thought someone posted somewhere in this forum that they asked the Apple Rep as well whether if its the mobility and he said yes?
Well, until our friends at ifixit.com crack open a top end machine in 4 - 6 weeks we'll just have to wait ...
Having posted earlier about the power draw i still think its the mobility part ... the iMac on full draw pulls 280w for the whole system including monitor
The ATI site says the minimum PSU to support the 4850 is a 475w
Having posted earlier about the power draw i still think its the mobility part ... the iMac on full draw pulls 280w for the whole system including monitor
The ATI site says the minimum PSU to support the 4850 is a 475w
Perhaps they are using the Desktop part, but they have underclocked it?
Here is what I got when I asked about clock speed on the 4850:
An underclocked desktop chip is kinda what a mobility part is ... same ram, same core processor but underclocked for heat / power and designed to be mounted on a board more directly and therefore non-upgradable..
I believe the mobility 4850 runs at about 500Mhz whereas the desktop runs closer to 675 ... ditto the GDDR3 ram ...
I believe the mobility 4850 runs at about 500Mhz whereas the desktop runs closer to 675 ... ditto the GDDR3 ram ...
That's one of the myths of power use. Graphics cards don't draw that much power. They give those requirements in order to avoid being sued by someone frying their computer because their PSU wasn't up to par. Using a quality PSU and knowing how much a system actually draws is whats important.
For example, my old PC had an 8800GTX in there. It said it required 500W. In truth, it ran just fine with my Antec 380W PSU and I still had room to spare. My Kill-A-Watt read my entire system at 220W at load at the wall, so take in an 80% efficiency on the system and I was running a grand total of 176W from the system components.
Just because a system can spare that much power doesn't mean it uses that much! My 1000W PSU I use in my enthusiat desktop doesn't use 1000W all the time - it just has the headroom to supply 1000W if I ever need it. And yet, despite a 4870X2 saying it requires 700W PSU.... even with two water cooling loops, an OC'd Extreme Quad core, OC'd RAM, 3 hard drives, etc., my system as a whole pulls less than 500W frrom the wall at load.