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Considering an iMac for animation/gaming
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<blockquote data-quote="blackwash" data-source="post: 668036" data-attributes="member: 57634"><p>Hey there, thanks for all of your replies. I wonder, will anything besides the rendering time in vue or similar be affected if I get a pc or Imac? Like quality? this taking into account everything else hardware and software wise would be similar?</p><p></p><p>Thank you</p><p>BW</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I also just built one from cyberpowerpc for under 1000 (barely) CASE: ($10 off Mail-in Rebate) Raidmax Sagitta II Mid-Tower 420W Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window (Black Color)</p><p>CPU: (Quad-Core)Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz 1066FSB 8MB L2 Cache 64-bit</p><p>MOTHERBOARD: Asus P5N-E nForce 650i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard</p><p>MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)</p><p>VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)</p><p>VIDEO CARD 2: NONE</p><p>VIDEO CARD 3: NONE</p><p>LCD Monitor: NONE</p><p>HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (160GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)</p><p>Data Hard Drive: NONE</p><p>Optical Drive: (Special Price) LG 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)</p><p>Optical Drive 2: NONE</p><p>SOUND: 3D WAVE ON-BOARD 5.1 SOUND CARD</p><p></p><p>would this run better?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blackwash, post: 668036, member: 57634"] Hey there, thanks for all of your replies. I wonder, will anything besides the rendering time in vue or similar be affected if I get a pc or Imac? Like quality? this taking into account everything else hardware and software wise would be similar? Thank you BW EDIT: I also just built one from cyberpowerpc for under 1000 (barely) CASE: ($10 off Mail-in Rebate) Raidmax Sagitta II Mid-Tower 420W Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window (Black Color) CPU: (Quad-Core)Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz 1066FSB 8MB L2 Cache 64-bit MOTHERBOARD: Asus P5N-E nForce 650i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand) VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA) VIDEO CARD 2: NONE VIDEO CARD 3: NONE LCD Monitor: NONE HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (160GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD) Data Hard Drive: NONE Optical Drive: (Special Price) LG 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR) Optical Drive 2: NONE SOUND: 3D WAVE ON-BOARD 5.1 SOUND CARD would this run better? [/QUOTE]
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