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<blockquote data-quote="Zoolook" data-source="post: 550603" data-attributes="member: 21101">I understand hardware, I built gaming rigs for myself and other people for 11 years, wrote numerous reviews for hardware for 7 years and spent far too much of my life analysing hardware performance.It's fine that you dissagree, but don't assert that I am making assumptions.&nbsp; The iMac was not built for gaming, and it shows.&nbsp; Even the Mac Pro has a laughable 7300GT... a poor performer even last generation.&nbsp; At least it can be upgraded though.Just because you're able to play a mainstream game from last generation, by a mass market publisher (EA) doesn't make the iMac a gaming rig.Now I am not attacking your hardware, the iMac is NOT underpowered for what it was designed to do.&nbsp; But it was not designed to play Bioshock, Crysis or UT3 on anything other than modest settings for a quick blast.&nbsp; Don't take it so personally.And YES, arguing that this either doesn't matter or is not the case, is deceptive, because it could influence someone less informed to perhaps buy an iMac thinking it'll cover gaming, rather than say a MacBook and an Xbox, which would be a much better choice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zoolook, post: 550603, member: 21101"] I understand hardware, I built gaming rigs for myself and other people for 11 years, wrote numerous reviews for hardware for 7 years and spent far too much of my life analysing hardware performance. It's fine that you dissagree, but don't assert that I am making assumptions. The iMac was not built for gaming, and it shows. Even the Mac Pro has a laughable 7300GT... a poor performer even last generation. At least it can be upgraded though. Just because you're able to play a mainstream game from last generation, by a mass market publisher (EA) doesn't make the iMac a gaming rig. Now I am not attacking your hardware, the iMac is NOT underpowered for what it was designed to do. But it was not designed to play Bioshock, Crysis or UT3 on anything other than modest settings for a quick blast. Don't take it so personally. And YES, arguing that this either doesn't matter or is not the case, is deceptive, because it could influence someone less informed to perhaps buy an iMac thinking it'll cover gaming, rather than say a MacBook and an Xbox, which would be a much better choice. [/QUOTE]

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