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 …

Quote: Originally posted by pantalaimon: You can lower the resolution and turn off features so it will run smoothly, but really no-one knows yet how well Doom 3 will run…

Quote: Originally posted by iBorg: Well said! iBorg thx -- j

Quote: Originally posted by Eug Wanker: I would buy an iMac today, if it had a 9600 Pro or better in it. I guess I'll wait for the 9600 XT 128 MB plus 2.2 GHz rev. B. B…

Quote: Originally posted by george68: AhAHHAhHahAhAhHahAHHAhahAHHHahahA Oh yeah, as long as 'pretty well' means 10-25fps. - Ca$h yep, 25 is fine with me

lost my cookie when I emptied the cache!! sonovabeiotch!! had to signup again!!! dung!! smelly dung!!

This thread is now about breakfast. I am eating a sausage mcmuffin. and a coke.

It's 4:54 in the afternoon here so breakfast has long passed. But, FYI, I ate crunchy nut cornflakes (no not those sort of nuts).

hmmm oatmeal

Bye whore. edit: oh nice stealth edit (whore)