About to buy an iMac - Unsure of graphics option

[^187]

Morning, Im about ready to order an iMac 24" but Im unsure of which graphics option to go for....

Im not a huge gamer but love TF2 and would like to play this on Mac (via windows of course) and I was wondering which of the 3 choices available I should go for, to refresh your memory, here are the options;

# NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 256MB
# NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 512MB [+ £120.00]
# ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB [+ £160.00]

I read somewhere else on these forums (I think) that the only option if I want to play games on an iMac is the ATi. The thing is TF2 played great on my old 3 year old PC system (had a 9800XT in it iirc). Do I really need the top end card for the iMac? I'd sooner spend my money on something else rather that over doing it on the graphics department.

Any help would be much appreciated, this will be my first Mac so Im not so familiar with the ins and outs of it all :>

Thanks in advance.

C.

 

[Feek]

I'd be going with the 4850, just because it's the best of the three options and will help future proof yourself.

 

[^187]

Thanks very much (and thanks in the other thread too)

Ill order it shortly. :>

C.

 

[steveo]

i would hold of for now as theres problems with the 4850 card at the moment with crashes and freezes ( i ordered mine before they found out about it ) am hoping it can be fixed with the 10.5.7 which is due out soon