Graphics on my soon to come iMac

I have searched, browsed and read reviews on iMac's like a mad man, to get as much information as possible before I decide which iMac I should choose.

I narrowed it down to the 27-inch: 2.7GHz i5 with 1T drive and 4G RAM ...I plan on buying 16G of Kingston KTA-MB1333/4G to add on arrival (any comments on this brand ??)

This will be plenty of "Mac" for me ...BUT !!

Now I'm in doubt about the graphics on this puppy, will the AMD Radeon HD 6770M graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR5 memory be good enough ??

I don't play games ..well, I do but it's games like Angry birds or other small games, I use Photoshop now and then on a amateur level.

How "bad" is this graphic compared to the 6970M with 1 GB RAM ??

I have read a lot of info on this question, but couldn't find a answer that could help me out ..I hope you guys could

Angry Birds with 512MB of VRAM is equivalent to using a 400hp truck to bring the garbage to the end of the driveway on garbage day. In other words, you should be fine. As for Photoshop, I leave that to the experts around here but I do see that PS CS5 requires (here) 256MB VRAM so, at a minimum, you should be able to run it comfortably.

He -he

So there is no problem with that graphics on that Mac beauty ??

Can't wait to retire my PC and go Mac ;-)

vansmith said:

Angry Birds with 512MB of VRAM is equivalent to using a 400hp truck to bring the garbage to the end of the driveway on garbage day.

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Love it! Nice comparison

vansmith said:

Angry Birds with 512MB of VRAM is equivalent to using a 400hp truck to bring the garbage to the end of the driveway on garbage day.

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lol! Its like buying a Mac Pro to read your email.

It's like buying a CLASS Cougar 1400 RC to mow your tenth of an acre..

I wrote my needs to a new iMac as they are, I'm not a gamer and the games i do play are small ones like Angry Birds so if you find this amusing, so be it !!

I don't know much about Mac's that's why I wrote this topic, but a big thanks to vansmith for a usefull answer

Just enjoy your iMac and watch the others dribble with jealousy and welcome to the forums!

donlon said:

I wrote my needs to a new iMac as they are, I'm not a gamer and the games i do play are small ones like Angry Birds so if you find this amusing, so be it !

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I'm pretty sure they were just having fun coming up with humorous comparisons - nothing they said was aimed at you.

yeah we were just having a laugh OP. vansmith answered you, there was nothing more to be said. just thought his analogy was funny.

Yeah I gotta laugh too. Mate... just enjoy the show. I regularly work on half a dozen documents and have a least two safari windows open at the same time whilst watching TV Catch UP and having load of apps open like iCal, Mail etc., using expose/ and widgets with Time Machine running in the background. You won't get bored enough for Angry Birds!

Here's the ins and outs of the 6770m
AMD Radeon HD 6770M - Notebookcheck.net Tech

As others have said, for what you want it for.... sledgehammer to crack a walnut!

Thanks guys !!

Can't wait to crack a walnut or two

I have an old Intel iMac and I can't throw enough at it to slow it down. You'll be fine for another 10 years.

I have an old G5 iMac, it's old but it's still not that bad ...startup/shutdown and network is waaay faster than my Quad core PC !!

Makes you think ...different

I have just bought the same system you have described. I love it !!!
Enjoy

With the size of your screen if your looking to run graphic intense games I'd opt for the 1gb model especially if your planning to run at native resolution =)

@osk, do you have any yellow screen issues, or is this a thing of the past, you think ??
@macways, I don't play games ...on my computer any way

Lol my bad all I read was the title! And the first few lines of your first post. Hope your enjoying your iMac =)

donlon said:

@osk, do you have any yellow screen issues, or is this a thing of the past, you think ??
@macways, I don't play games ...on my computer any way

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No problems with any yellow screen issues