Quote: Originally posted by gperks: The way you all are carrying on, everyone should throw away any machine with a 5200 or slower! Still, I do hope Apple soon offers a …

Quote: Originally posted by jcadam: I was waiting for the iMac G5. The only spec I didn't like was the GPU. Really, I tried hard to convince myself to buy one. But th…

Quote: Originally posted by iBorg: Perhaps Apple's crippling of the video card will end up saving me from problems that will be solved by revision B, when they'll also u…

Quote: Originally posted by gperks: If they had put in today's greatest video card, not only would it cost $300+ more, this time next year people here would be scoffing …

Quote: that really sums up the baseline for you Apple apologists. "It's great, compared to the graphics card in my five year old laptop." That was the origina…

Alright, let's put this into a bit of perspective. Look at the hardware we can get for the same amount of money from Dell: For $1616 (then take off a $100 rebate, meaning $1516) w…

Quote: Originally posted by gperks: They may very well... However Apple will ask for $350 for a 9800XT, or heck $500 for a GeForce 6800. My $300 suggestion for a top-en…

Quote: Originally posted by jamesa: this is a very weak link in what is otherwise an excellent machine. At the very least, the top of the line model should have had a be…

Quote: Originally posted by jamesa: There is no reason why Apple could not have put a better graphics card in for very little extra dollars - except they want to force u…

Quote: Originally posted by Link: You mean like the ibook's flexible case causing motherboard flexing which caused many ibook motherboards to dislodge the video chip, th…

i dont play games on my powerbook. it's made for work and internet browsing ... n ilife .. n what not ... i still believe pc's are superior for gaming as porting games to mac's see…

Apple charges $50 to swap out the 5200U for a 9600XT in the G5. The 9600 is a great mid-range card. Would have been nice to see it as an option in the iMac.

Quote: Originally posted by DaBeav: Apple charges $50 to swap out the 5200U for a 9600XT in the G5. The 9600 is a great mid-range card. Would have been nice to see it …

Quote: Originally posted by turtle777: And an impossible option, too. The heat of the 9600 could not have been absorbed in the current iMac design. Numbers, links,…

Quote: Originally posted by Simon: Numbers, links, proof? Or are you taking this from... He whipped it out of his butt.

- The 9600XT in the PowerMacs has only a heat sink, no fan. - A lower-clocked 9600 Pro would run even cooler. - All variants of the 9600 tend to be overclocking monsters (just ask …

if you were to assume that apple chose this video card for the sake of cost and cooling, could it be possible that one of those mac accessory companies might make a replacement bac…

Quote: Originally posted by turtle777: And an impossible option, too. The heat of the 9600 could not have been absorbed in the current iMac design. -t Are you ki…

Quote: Originally posted by jamesa: I go to the Dell Store, I can go from an integrated graphics card to a 128MB Radeon 9800 Pro (which is pretty much the same as an XT)…

A lot of the people complaining about the graphics (myself included) would probably never consider buying an iMac anyway. Just the idea of a completely non-upgradable computer is d…

Quote: Originally posted by yen_lai: then go. in fact all you gameboys need to figure out something, apple is a company that sells products, if you a) like/need/desire …

Quote: Originally posted by Luca Rescigno: A lot of the people complaining about the graphics (myself included) would probably never consider buying an iMac anyway. …

I used to own an iMac G4 700MHz but went over to using PCs. As soon as I saw the iMac G5 I placed an order for one. With my old iMac I could play Alice, Unreal Tournament, Quake 3…

Quote: Originally posted by tonyibook: I used to own an iMac G4 700MHz but went over to using PCs. As soon as I saw the iMac G5 I placed an order for one. The iMac G5 a…

Quote: Originally posted by jamesa: sorry yen, it's highly unlikely we are going to stop bitching. We are at the moment taking position "don't buy the thing". But a lot …