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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1009391"><p>Not really.</p><p></p><p>The cards in the iMacs (et al) may not impress gamers and 3D render artists, but they impress everyone else. Indeed they are WAY overkill for the purposes 95% of Mac users put them to, which is precisely why Apple pioneered Quartz (now Core Animation).</p><p></p><p>They have a machine for people who need to play the every-year-a-better-video-card game; it's called a Mac Pro.</p><p></p><p>I'm using Photoshop every day on a GMA950 chipset; I don't even HAVE a real video card and I have ZERO complaints about the speed and performance (and yes, I'm aware I'd have negative numbers of complaints if I *did* have a real video card!).</p><p></p><p>Gamers should offload their gaming to machines built for that purpose, or order the best video card available at the time and live with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1009391"] Not really. The cards in the iMacs (et al) may not impress gamers and 3D render artists, but they impress everyone else. Indeed they are WAY overkill for the purposes 95% of Mac users put them to, which is precisely why Apple pioneered Quartz (now Core Animation). They have a machine for people who need to play the every-year-a-better-video-card game; it's called a Mac Pro. I'm using Photoshop every day on a GMA950 chipset; I don't even HAVE a real video card and I have ZERO complaints about the speed and performance (and yes, I'm aware I'd have negative numbers of complaints if I *did* have a real video card!). Gamers should offload their gaming to machines built for that purpose, or order the best video card available at the time and live with it. [/QUOTE]
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