iMac specs

MuGeN · 26 Apr 2009 at 10:37

I'm getting a new iMac and have a quick question...

you can get the top one for £1799 and what it has over the next one down is, well, not a lot...

i think i'd get the 2.93Ghz one, stick with the 640GB HDD and just upgrade the graphics to the best one - so the only performance difference will be 0.13GHz which i'm quite sure make sod all difference in the real world - my question is whether this chip is actually from the same range or whether its a better chip as i know these days its not all about clock speeds?

if it is identical apart from 0.13GHz then i think i'd be mad to spend an extra £100... are there any other hidden advantages to the 3.06 model?

Feek · 26 Apr 2009 at 10:42

The more expensive one has a 1Tb hard drive instead of a 640Mb, GT130 graphics card instead of GT120, 512Mb graphics memory instead of 256Mb and a 3.06GHz CPU over the 2.93GHz version.

So it's not just CPU speed. You get a bigger hard drive and a better graphics card with more memory as well.

The CPU is from the same range - In fact, if you choose the cheaper one and change the specs to be the same as the higher priced one, the final price is exactly the same as the second one

MuGeN · 26 Apr 2009 at 12:39

fair enough

thats what i wanted to hear i'm gonna go with the lesser one and upgrade to that funky ati graphics card

luvly jubly

Raymond Lin · 26 Apr 2009 at 12:50

Is it possible just to get the cheapest 24" one but upgrade only the gfx ?

Feek · 26 Apr 2009 at 12:57

No, the lowest priced 24" comes with the Nvidia 9400M graphics with no upgrade option.

steveo · 26 Apr 2009 at 13:10

i have just received my imac 24 with a 3.06ghz 4gb ram and a 1tb drive i also upgraded the graphics to ati 4850 and i love it to bits it plays tf2 and l4d at the native res which is 1920x1200 and that in its own right is worth the upgrade

^187 · 26 Apr 2009 at 14:05

steveo said:
i have just received my imac 24 with a 3.06ghz 4gb ram and a 1tb drive i also upgraded the graphics to ati 4850 and i love it to bits it plays tf2 and l4d at the native res which is 1920x1200 and that in its own right is worth the upgrade

Awesome, mine is on its way at the moment*, mine is the slower CPU though. Ill be playing TF2 on it also, you running XP or Vista on it?

*Just wish the tracking site would show me some info :/

C.

steveo · 26 Apr 2009 at 14:26

^187 said:
Awesome, mine is on its way at the moment*, mine is the slower CPU though. Ill be playing TF2 on it also, you running XP or Vista on it?

*Just wish the tracking site would show me some info :/

C.

yea it can be annoying with the tracking site i was checking mine 3/4 times a day

am running a version of xp performance edition

i cant tell you were i got it from as that talk is not allowed, i did have one problem when playing l4d last night and thats not an mac problem but my choice of rodent i went for the logitech mx rev which is fantastic in osx but has problems in windows for some reason