Quote: Originally posted by Grrr: Oh look, Another G5 iMac graphics thread! Oh alright then, I'll add some input.. Personally, I think that although Apple could have do…

Core Image, scope the system reqs in the lower right. The FX 5200U is the very bottom rung. This is for the version of Core Image that ships with Tiger. Now, let's go into the n…

Quote: Originally posted by DaBeav: The iMac is a consumer machine. Not only that, it's Apple's high-end consumer machine. Consumers play games. With more GUI functio…

Quote: Originally posted by iBorg: Bingo. For a $1900 purchase, I want to have a desktop that I won't have to upgrade in a year, just to do casual gaming, video editing…

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 the sh!t GPU was just too much for me to handle. …

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 BTO option of a better video card, if only to s…

Quote: Originally posted by gperks: The way you all are carrying on, everyone should throw away any machine with a 5200 or slower! Hey' I'll take 'em -t

Yeah, really, shouldn't apple make it easy for more people to give them more money? i've been waiting for 5 YEARS to upgrade from my imac and am ready to give Apple my money if the…

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 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 …