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<blockquote data-quote="Coolknight" data-source="post: 992350" data-attributes="member: 142561"><p><strong>Gt130...</strong></p><p></p><p>Apple just calls it a GT130... in fact it is a Nvidia 9800m GTS. A very good card for Windows XP, Vista and 7. It has 64 Cuda cores and the 9400m chipset has 16, so you get 80 Cuda cores, which is nice for games, doing math and video... in fact there is more and more software that can make use of these 80 Cuda cores, such software will give you some serious speed, more then even the best Intel 4 Core can give you for some math.</p><p></p><p>As to the 24'' I-MAC, it is sort of a Mobile / Desktop hybrid, which is great cause it consumes less power, makes less noise and is very close to a Power Notebook... but with much better cooling and screen, and performance.</p><p></p><p>I would not hesitate to buy that machine if it is in good working order, myself I have a 24'' I-Mac with 4GB the GT130, XP Pro 3 and the current Nvidia drivers (which you will need to install yourself after you installed the Bootcamp drivers). I am very happy with my purchase.</p><p></p><p>I would not buy one with an ATI GPU as then you have ZERO Cuda cores, Nvidia disables those on the 9400m is it detects a non Nvidia GPU. Also most Windows games are Nvidia optimized, so having an ATI makes no sense at all.</p><p></p><p>Regards,</p><p>Coolknight</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coolknight, post: 992350, member: 142561"] [b]Gt130...[/b] Apple just calls it a GT130... in fact it is a Nvidia 9800m GTS. A very good card for Windows XP, Vista and 7. It has 64 Cuda cores and the 9400m chipset has 16, so you get 80 Cuda cores, which is nice for games, doing math and video... in fact there is more and more software that can make use of these 80 Cuda cores, such software will give you some serious speed, more then even the best Intel 4 Core can give you for some math. As to the 24'' I-MAC, it is sort of a Mobile / Desktop hybrid, which is great cause it consumes less power, makes less noise and is very close to a Power Notebook... but with much better cooling and screen, and performance. I would not hesitate to buy that machine if it is in good working order, myself I have a 24'' I-Mac with 4GB the GT130, XP Pro 3 and the current Nvidia drivers (which you will need to install yourself after you installed the Bootcamp drivers). I am very happy with my purchase. I would not buy one with an ATI GPU as then you have ZERO Cuda cores, Nvidia disables those on the 9400m is it detects a non Nvidia GPU. Also most Windows games are Nvidia optimized, so having an ATI makes no sense at all. Regards, Coolknight [/QUOTE]
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