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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1615445" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>I thought that I would post a link to an Engadget review of the new 27" retina iMac. The Engadget review practically "gushes" at the amazing quality of the 5k retina display (like a 13 year-old girl at a boy-band concert)<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />. But when it comes to performance…here's the basic summary (cpu & gpu):</p><p></p><p><em>"In general-performance benchmarks like Geekbench and Xbench, I saw a slight bump over last year's iMac, which ran on a slightly lower-clocked Intel Core i5 processor and a different GPU. Meanwhile, on Cinebench, my OpenGL test, results rose slightly from 80.18 frames per second to 90.54 fps, while the CPU score saw a slight increase from 525 to 540."</em></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/22/imac-with-retina-display-review/" target="_blank">iMac with Retina display review: A best-in-class screen makes it worth the high price</a></p><p></p><p>This is why I mentioned earlier that similar performance can be had from a lower cost 27" iMac model…and a lot of cash can be saved (if having the 5k display is really not a main need).</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1615445, member: 56379"] I thought that I would post a link to an Engadget review of the new 27" retina iMac. The Engadget review practically "gushes" at the amazing quality of the 5k retina display (like a 13 year-old girl at a boy-band concert);). But when it comes to performance…here's the basic summary (cpu & gpu): [i]"In general-performance benchmarks like Geekbench and Xbench, I saw a slight bump over last year's iMac, which ran on a slightly lower-clocked Intel Core i5 processor and a different GPU. Meanwhile, on Cinebench, my OpenGL test, results rose slightly from 80.18 frames per second to 90.54 fps, while the CPU score saw a slight increase from 525 to 540."[/i] [url=http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/22/imac-with-retina-display-review/]iMac with Retina display review: A best-in-class screen makes it worth the high price[/url] This is why I mentioned earlier that similar performance can be had from a lower cost 27" iMac model…and a lot of cash can be saved (if having the 5k display is really not a main need). - Nick [/QUOTE]
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