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Hi there,
I am currently shopping for an iMac. Wife and I will be using it for
-light to moderate picture editing
-surfing web
-school work after the summer months
-finances
-watching/streaming video/music
-light gaming
I really only play one or 2 computer games; Sims and Civilization. I am more concerned about the second one, its been out for mac for a while now -Civ 5 that is- and here are the specs to run it
---Minimum Mac System Requirements:
•Operating System: 10.6.4 (Snow Leopard)
•CPU Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core)
•CPU Speed: 2.4 GHz
•Memory: 2 GB RAM
•Hard Disk Space: 8 GB
•Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD2600
•Video Card (NVidia): Geforce 8600
•Video Memory (VRam): 256 MB
---Recommended Mac System Requirements
•CPU Processor: Intel Quad Core
•CPU Speed: 2.6 GHz
•Memory: 4 GB RAM
•Video Memory (VRam): 512MB
My ? is, is anybody having issues running Civ 5 using an ATI Radeon HD 4670-256MB GDDR3 SDRAM video card set up? Also,we're to get the iMac from bestbuy with some giftcards we have saved up and they only offer a few models.
Apple®iMac® / Intel® Core™ i3 Processor 3.06/ 21.5" Display / 4GB Memory / 500GB Hard Drive
and
Apple®iMac® / Intel® Core™ i3 Processor 3.2/ 21.5" Display / 4GB Memory / 1TB Hard Drive
Since ram is not an issue currently, the CPU increase is not a must, and 500g/1T is not a concern either since i have an external.
THe difference b/w the 2 models is 300$. Money is tight and since the only thing that will be done on the iMac that will be affected notacably would be the 3D gaming.
Any input?
I am currently shopping for an iMac. Wife and I will be using it for
-light to moderate picture editing
-surfing web
-school work after the summer months
-finances
-watching/streaming video/music
-light gaming
I really only play one or 2 computer games; Sims and Civilization. I am more concerned about the second one, its been out for mac for a while now -Civ 5 that is- and here are the specs to run it
---Minimum Mac System Requirements:
•Operating System: 10.6.4 (Snow Leopard)
•CPU Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core)
•CPU Speed: 2.4 GHz
•Memory: 2 GB RAM
•Hard Disk Space: 8 GB
•Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD2600
•Video Card (NVidia): Geforce 8600
•Video Memory (VRam): 256 MB
---Recommended Mac System Requirements
•CPU Processor: Intel Quad Core
•CPU Speed: 2.6 GHz
•Memory: 4 GB RAM
•Video Memory (VRam): 512MB
My ? is, is anybody having issues running Civ 5 using an ATI Radeon HD 4670-256MB GDDR3 SDRAM video card set up? Also,we're to get the iMac from bestbuy with some giftcards we have saved up and they only offer a few models.
Apple®iMac® / Intel® Core™ i3 Processor 3.06/ 21.5" Display / 4GB Memory / 500GB Hard Drive
and
Apple®iMac® / Intel® Core™ i3 Processor 3.2/ 21.5" Display / 4GB Memory / 1TB Hard Drive
Since ram is not an issue currently, the CPU increase is not a must, and 500g/1T is not a concern either since i have an external.
THe difference b/w the 2 models is 300$. Money is tight and since the only thing that will be done on the iMac that will be affected notacably would be the 3D gaming.
Any input?