iMac's ATI 5670 vs AMD 6630M

[beerglass007]

Just thinking about the new mac mini 2011 running the AMD Radeon HD 6630M, is this going to be able to light gaming like starcraft 2.

I have a late 2010 iMac with a ATI Radeon HD 5670 512 MB which is currently used for light gaming

Just wondering if the mac mini could do the same thing

 

[Hellhammer]

ATI 5670 aka 5730M appears to be slightly faster

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Rad...M.43963.0.html
http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mob...0.23825.0.html

 

[Maziar]

+1^
6630M will give you the performance of 5650M which is slower than 5730M(5670) that iMac offers.The difference isn't huge though

 

[jwhazel]

Has anyone figured out roughly what the desktop equivalent to the 6630m is yet? I keep searching for this and all I can find are the mobile equivalents which I don't have much experience with.

 

[Bearxor]

5570, I believe, is the closest desktop equivalent.

Though 5570's are generally sold with a lot more RAM.

 

[jwhazel]

5570, I believe, is the closest desktop equivalent.

Though 5570's are generally sold with a lot more RAM.

I do believe you are correct. Though based on your info I did a bit of digging and it appears the 6630m is almost spec for spec a HD 6570 with a more variable clock speed.

 

[Hellhammer]

Has anyone figured out roughly what the desktop equivalent to the 6630m is yet? I keep searching for this and all I can find are the mobile equivalents which I don't have much experience with.

It's based on AMD 6570, though that GPU has a higher clock (485MHz vs 650MHz).