Gaming on the iMac 27 Inch Display is Scarily Awesome!

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Gaming on the iMac 27 Inch Display is Scarily Awesome!
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So, I love Apple, call me a fanboy if you want. I own two iPads, one wi-fi that I imported that from America on launch, and the standard iPad 3G 64GB model from the UK. I own two iMacs, four iPhones, two iPod Nanos, and two iPod Touches. I even waited outside the Apple Store Regent Street a whole night to be one of the first to get one. I was actually ninth in the Regent Street Store.
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However, though, I also love gaming. Mac and gaming usually don't appear in the same sentence. So, I went to the Apple website, and got a 27 inch iMac, with SSD and i7. I realised that this display accepts input as well! (21.5 inch doesn't). I didn't want to waste this stunning 27 inch, 2560-1440 LED IPS display on slideshows. The problem is, the iMac uses the pesky mini-display port connection. I had two choices, either buy a signal converter/adapter for roughly £150 for my GTX 295, or get a new card with display-port, so I could use a much cheaper display-port to mini-display-port adapter. I went with the latter, and got an Asus ATI 5870 Rev. 2.
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One simple, yet striking word sums up gaming on the iMac display: stunning!
It is amazing how immersive it really is. It reminds of Nvidia 3D vision, but without those horrible flickering glasses. It really is that good. Blacks are so deep, colours are so vivid, and things that pop out, such as blood, do so very well. It really is that good, I promise! Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 runs buttery smooth at max settings, and it is insane how good it really looks. One of my favourite games on this display though is Left 4 Dead 2. The dark scenes around you that work so well with the LED display, combined with the bright lights of the flashing gun, and the blood that flies at you is just so very superb. Some hate glossy screens, but with games in the dark, with my door locked, curtains closed, Sennheiser HD 650's at full blast, it is just so very amazing! I will post some screenshots of my setup and games in a few days time below (trust me, I will!)
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Call me crazy here, but if you got the cheapest 27 inch iMac for £1399, it really isn't that bad of a deal. The display is worth roughly £1,000, amazing build quality, decent specked computer, and it comes with Mac OSX which is a decent OS if you are into the sort of things it offers. If you do go with this option, make sure you card has display-port, if it does, adapters are cheap, if it doesn't, expect to pay about £150 for an adapter.
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To sum up, gaming on this huge glossy 27-inch 2560-1440 LED IPS higher than full HD display is something that will really blow you away!
 
Alright Steve Jobs calm the **** down.

No wonder your Mac is whiter than white with all that jizz on it.
 
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TheTechnoRat said:
Gaming on the iMac 27 Inch Display is Scarily Awesome!
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So, I love Apple, call me a fanboy if you want. I own two iPads, one wi-fi that I imported that from America on launch, and the standard iPad 3G 64GB model from the UK. I own two iMacs, four iPhones, two iPod Nanos, and two iPod Touches. I even waited outside the Apple Store Regent Street a whole night to be one of the first to get one. I was actually ninth in the Regent Street Store.
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However, though, I also love gaming. Mac and gaming usually don't appear in the same sentence. So, I went to the Apple website, and got a 27 inch iMac, with SSD and i7. I realised that this display accepts input as well! (21.5 inch doesn't). I didn't want to waste this stunning 27 inch, 2560-1440 LED IPS display on slideshows. The problem is, the iMac uses the pesky mini-display port connection. I had two choices, either buy a signal converter/adapter for roughly £150 for my GTX 295, or get a new card with display-port, so I could use a much cheaper display-port to mini-display-port adapter. I went with the latter, and got an Asus ATI 5870 Rev. 2.
---
One simple, yet striking word sums up gaming on the iMac display: stunning!
It is amazing how immersive it really is. It reminds of Nvidia 3D vision, but without those horrible flickering glasses. It really is that good. Blacks are so deep, colours are so vivid, and things that pop out, such as blood, do so very well. It really is that good, I promise! Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 runs buttery smooth at max settings, and it is insane how good it really looks. One of my favourite games on this display though is Left 4 Dead 2. The dark scenes around you that work so well with the LED display, combined with the bright lights of the flashing gun, and the blood that flies at you is just so very superb. Some hate glossy screens, but with games in the dark, with my door locked, curtains closed, Sennheiser HD 650's at full blast, it is just so very amazing! I will post some screenshots of my setup and games in a few days time below (trust me, I will!)
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Call me crazy here, but if you got the cheapest 27 inch iMac for £1399, it really isn't that bad of a deal. The display is worth roughly £1,000, amazing build quality, decent specked computer, and it comes with Mac OSX which is a decent OS if you are into the sort of things it offers. If you do go with this option, make sure you card has display-port, if it does, adapters are cheap, if it doesn't, expect to pay about £150 for an adapter.
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To sum up, gaming on this huge glossy 27-inch 2560-1440 LED IPS higher than full HD display is something that will really blow you away!
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Now go spend the same money on a PC and monitor, then come back and tell us how overpriced apple are for no reason.


Yeah im feeding the troll :(
 
Actually I have the Dell U2711 27" HIPS panel (the same as whats in the iMac 27 but without LED) and I have to admit it looks fantastic, but yes to above looks like a bot to me!
 
Well, first of all, I didn't understand how many here hate Apple. Here is the thing, if someone come on here and said something along the lines of: 'I love my GTX 295 so very much, and my i7 is great', you wouldn't care, even if they paid £100,000 for it. However, you can't expect Apple to have no fans. Google has a load of fans, but it seems to be sociably acceptable here, just becuase their products are free. I can't understand why. I think we should flip the tables and say, you are the Apple haters, rather than me being the fanboy.

Secondly, I don't know what 'troll' means, as I don't use the internet much, but I can assume it has a negaitive undertone to it . There is no need to be offensive to me, just because I express an opinion that is hurtful to no one. I am not paid by Apple. Your statement was probably rhetorical saying I was being paid by Apple, but if it weren't, are you saying that they would pay me to say this on a forum post that will only get a few views?

One of the funniest posts I just saw here was the Tom Cruise laughing reply. Yes, at least I don't believe in Scientology.

And last but not least, I am turned off from buying from OCUK anymore to be honest. I have spent a lot of money here, I thought I would join the forum for fun, and if people here retaliate like that to a post about me just explaining why I love the iMac, then that leaves a rather sour taste in my mouth.
 
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Well, first of all, I didn't understand how many here hate Apple. Here is the thing, if someone come on here and said something along the lines of: 'I love my GTX 295 so very much, and my i7 is great', you wouldn't care, even if they paid £100,000 for it. However, you can't expect Apple to have no fans. Google has a load of fans, but it seems to be sociably acceptable here, just becuase their products are free. I can't understand why. I think we should flip the tables and say, you are the Apple haters, rather than me being the fanboy.

Secondly, I don't know what 'troll' means, as I don't use the internet much, but I can assume it has a negaitive undertone to it . There is no need to be offensive to me, just because I express an opinion that is hurtful to no one. I am not paid by Apple. Your statement was probably rhetorical saying I was being paid by Apple, but if it weren't, are you saying that they would pay me to say this on a forum post that will only get a few views?

One of the funniest posts I just saw here was the Tom Cruise laughing reply. Yes, at least I don't believe in Scientology.

And last but not least, I am turned off from buying from OCUK anymore to be honest. I have spent a lot of money here, I thought I would join the forum for fun, and if people here retaliate like that to a post about me just explaining why I love the iMac, then that leaves a rather sour taste in my mouth.
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Im glad you are happy about your purchase but to my mind if the major reason you bought the imac was for the 27" monitor, then why didnt you just buy the Dell for under £900 (based on the same panel) - OCUK are cheaper than that -but currently out of stock

It is a fantastic display, my boss bought one a few weeks ago so I have actually seen it a few times, but as has been mentioned you do pay for the glitz of Apple equipment more than the actual technical componants

a lot of people on here like apple - but they arent exactly the cheapest suppplier either, and your initial post was about a display that can be had for a lot cheaper elsewhere (and "wasting" the imac parts ot it to boot)

If you had posted about why you liked the imac specifically (rather than just the display) Im sure you would have got more positive replies :)
 
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