i think it's the pro version

It's the regular version - Apple has clearly stated when a card was a Pro or XT variant.

The gpu can probably be overclocked back to normal speeds, although that slow memory speed is going to really hurt it, especially because its a 9600 and really needs the bandwidth.…

it's still a pretty good card tho , right ? i'm sure for most duties apart from intensive gaming it should suffice

Apple answered the biggest complaint about the initial version of the iMac G5. The Radeon 9600 is a good card for this price point and will even handle most games without issues. …

Quote: Originally Posted by Abit667 The gpu can probably be overclocked back to normal speeds, although that slow memory speed is going to really hurt it, especially because its…

Yeah, it's a plain Radeon 9600 with 200 MHz memory and 325 MHz core. This thing (with 256 MB) sells for about $100 on the street and it's not really a screamer by any stretch of th…

Quote: Originally Posted by jcadam Apple answered the biggest complaint about the initial version of the iMac G5. The Radeon 9600 is a good card for this price point and will e…

I have the iMac G5 with the 5200, how much better is this card? And is there any way to upgrade?

Doom 3 Requirements: Bling Bling Homies PC version 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectX� 9.0b compatible 64MB Hardware Accelerated video card and the latest driver…

Quote: Originally Posted by Recontech I have the iMac G5 with the 5200, how much better is this card? And is there any way to upgrade? You can't upgrade the GPU in the G5 i…

Quote: The 2nd graph shows a 1.8Ghz G5 with an FX5200 benchmarking 48fps while the same 1.8Ghz G5 with Radeon 9600 manages a whopping 81fps! Of course there are faster g…

The 9600 does not support Core Image in Tiger either does it?

Quote: Originally Posted by thefunkymunky The 9600 does not support Core Image in Tiger either does it? Yes it does. About the comments that the GPU is mostly relevant to g…

This list here http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301347 says only the 9600XT and above supports CI. So which is it.

Quote: Originally Posted by thefunkymunky The 9600 does not support Core Image in Tiger either does it? Yes it does, and so does the 5200U in the older G5 iMacs, and so does…

OK thanks. Wish Apple will post the correct info on their site.

Is the 9600 in the new iMac the same as the 9600XT that is in the PM 1.8GHz as a BTO option? If not what is the difference?

Quote: Originally Posted by discotronic Is the 9600 in the new iMac the same as the 9600XT that is in the PM 1.8GHz as a BTO option? No. Quote: If not what is t…

So, will the video Card in the iMac run Motion?

Yes...

Quote: Originally Posted by lsrdsc So, will the video Card in the iMac run Motion? Technically yes, as Lateralus says, but I've been told GPUs with that kind of performance …

Quote: Originally Posted by discotronic Is the 9600 in the new iMac the same as the 9600XT that is in the PM 1.8GHz as a BTO option? If not what is the difference? Clockspe…

Stolen from Toms Hardware: The ones I marked with the red dot are in recent Macs. Since relative performance on the PC can be different and the Mac cards aren't exactly the same…

Quote: Originally Posted by Eug Wanker Since relative performance on the PC can be different, and the Mac cards aren't exactly the same, this is just a ballpark gauge of perform…