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<blockquote data-quote="Zoolook" data-source="post: 551082" data-attributes="member: 21101">Fair enough, and I think your approach is sensible.&nbsp; The original poster specifically asked if they could play modern (serious) games, and mentioned Bioshock and Crysis. I think it's important to answer the actual question, rather than argue about games other posters like?Incidentally the 2400XT (I know you have the 2600HD which is a bit better) is more like a $50 card, which is also a false economy.&nbsp; Like the 440mx or the FX5200 or even the dreaded GeForce 2MX, these thing are just marketing gimmicks, but are pretty awful bits of hardware.&nbsp; They're pretty much there so OEMs can sell entry level computers and market them to people who want to play games.&nbsp; Afterall, even the FX5200 is better than an Intel Integrated solution... just.It is one thing to buy a $400 card 12 months later for 25% of the price, and another thing to buy an already outdated entry level card that never cut it in the 1st place.&nbsp; I'd much rather buy the 12 month old 7900GTX for $120 of ebay than have a new 2600HD.PS - The iMac is a great machine and will play 99.999% of all games exceptionally well.&nbsp; Just not DX10 games... and not the games mentioned in the opening post and there will be games in 2008 and 2009 that will really struggle to run, especially on the entry iMac (2400XT).I respect your opinion too and your post, it was actually interesting reading the different opinions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zoolook, post: 551082, member: 21101"] Fair enough, and I think your approach is sensible. The original poster specifically asked if they could play modern (serious) games, and mentioned Bioshock and Crysis. I think it's important to answer the actual question, rather than argue about games other posters like? Incidentally the 2400XT (I know you have the 2600HD which is a bit better) is more like a $50 card, which is also a false economy. Like the 440mx or the FX5200 or even the dreaded GeForce 2MX, these thing are just marketing gimmicks, but are pretty awful bits of hardware. They're pretty much there so OEMs can sell entry level computers and market them to people who want to play games. Afterall, even the FX5200 is better than an Intel Integrated solution... just. It is one thing to buy a $400 card 12 months later for 25% of the price, and another thing to buy an already outdated entry level card that never cut it in the 1st place. I'd much rather buy the 12 month old 7900GTX for $120 of ebay than have a new 2600HD. PS - The iMac is a great machine and will play 99.999% of all games exceptionally well. Just not DX10 games... and not the games mentioned in the opening post and there will be games in 2008 and 2009 that will really struggle to run, especially on the entry iMac (2400XT). I respect your opinion too and your post, it was actually interesting reading the different opinions. [/QUOTE]

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