New 24" iMac 2.8Ghz Extreme - Ordered

[Irish_Tom]

Quite right my mistake. Still better than a 6800 though and I'd expect it to perform well with recent games such as Bioshock even if you have to scale down some of the fancy effects...

Panzer

 

[Rameses]

can someone with the 2.8 Extreme please do this

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17649132

and post results. It would be ideal if the person was using CS3 also

I will try too, might not be tonight but soon...

Craig.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

I got 24.7 seconds

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended

 

[Johnny|lucidcomposure]

I got 24.7 seconds

hmmm. thats 13seconds quicker than my amd 4400+

 

[Deleted member 651465]

I'm not lying, I pressed "OK" in CS3 and started the timer and waited until the dialog disappeared before stopping it

 

[Johnny|lucidcomposure]

No I believe you. I just actually thought it would be a lot quicker than that. I was expecting 18seconds

 

[Rameses]

20 seconds by my calculations, I did this twice using my head as I didnt have a stopwatch - nor did me crappy phone have this feature..

I did elephant after each second

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Admittedly I used a flash-based timer in Firefox to time it.

So 2 or 3 seconds was probably lost whilst switching between apps

(PS: This was done on a 17" MBP running on batteries.. so possibly slower clock speed?)

 

[Rameses]

Nooo you wont beat meeeee!!!!

 

[Johnny|lucidcomposure]

Admittedly I used a flash-based timer in Firefox to time it.

So 2 or 3 seconds was probably lost whilst switching between apps

(PS: This was done on a 17" MBP running on batteries.. so possibly slower clock speed?)

Oh so you didn't do this test on the 2.8 Extreme iMac then? Coz that was kinda the whole point, lol.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Oh so you didn't do this test on the 2.8 Extreme iMac then? Coz that was kinda the whole point, lol.

I know, but I wanted in on the action!

 

[Rameses]

Oh so you didn't do this test on the 2.8 Extreme iMac then? Coz that was kinda the whole point, lol.

No, but I did ^^^^^^

I am the owner of this thread-title

 

[JDMAN]

PAC2007, can I ask if you've had any problems with the SuperDrive on this model?

 

[Johnny|lucidcomposure]

prob close to 18s then. Like I thought. Excellent!

 

[Rameses]

PAC2007, can I ask if you've had any problems with the SuperDrive on this model?

None at all? (Touch Wood) is this a problem with some?

 

[Deleted member 651465]

None at all? (Touch Wood) is this a problem with some?

It used to be, however evidence of the problem still exist.

clicky

 

[Mr_L]

PAC2007, which windows OS have you installed on yours? and is it 64bit?

 

[Mat]

Ive just had a play with one of these new iMacs and to be honest Im very much in two minds. The thing looks nice but the keyboard doesnt go (fit with the style), the mouse doesnt go and the remote doesnt go or attach anymore. All bad things. The screen is far too reflective and it does seem to get a lot hotter than my previous version iMac and we were just watching trailers.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Ive just had a play with one of these new iMacs and to be honest Im very much in two minds. The thing looks nice but the keyboard doesnt go (fit with the style), the mouse doesnt go and the remote doesnt go or attach anymore. All bad things. The screen is far too reflective and it does seem to get a lot hotter than my previous version iMac and we were just watching trailers.

FYI: The remote doesn't stick to the new SR MBPs now either (I believe)

I agree with the keyboard, it looks decent on it's own but not with an iMac.

Interesting to hear about the heat.. was this a 24" model you tested?

 

[Torquar]

Arent these new iMacs basically powerful laptops that dont fold and arent portable?