Does imac have replacable graphics card?

Game Develop3r · Game Develop3r #1 (**permalink**)

01-01-2010, 06:57 AM

Hey everyone

I ve been researching about 27 inch imac with quad core processor for a week now and was really interested about its graphics card as i need real nice graphics to play quite detailed games. From what i had seen on the pictures. ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB seems to be a removable graphics card rather than a built in one and so my question is whether i could replace graphics cards if I wish to when deciding to play really detailed games.

Thanks.

louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

01-01-2010, 07:47 AM

It is removable, but a fairly specialist part. You have to find a graphics unit in the same form factor, hopefully these may come to market but you'll have to do some research.

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Member Since: Jan 01, 2010 Posts: 1	01-01-2010, 06:57 AM Hey everyone I ve been researching about 27 inch imac with quad core processor for a week now and was really interested about its graphics card as i need real nice graphics to play quite detailed games. From what i had seen on the pictures. ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB seems to be a removable graphics card rather than a built in one and so my question is whether i could replace graphics cards if I wish to when deciding to play really detailed games. Thanks.
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