Previous gen iMac 24" vs new
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:54 pm
Hi all,
I won't go into details as to why, but I might have to replace my current iMac 24" with a new generation one. The newest has much better specs obviously, but I was wondering about one thing, which I'm afraid might not be better (but maybe not worse either). My old iMac, if I'm not mistaken, has a discreet video card in it. It's an ATI 2600 Pro, with its own 256Mb of ram. I was looking at the specs of the new generation of 24" iMacs, and since I'll have to take the least expensive one, it's going to have an integrated Nvidia 9400M chip, with shared memory. I don't do gaming on it, but I was wondering if I'll see a performance hit with that integrated chip, compared to the previous iMac. Anyone knows?
Thanks.
I won't go into details as to why, but I might have to replace my current iMac 24" with a new generation one. The newest has much better specs obviously, but I was wondering about one thing, which I'm afraid might not be better (but maybe not worse either). My old iMac, if I'm not mistaken, has a discreet video card in it. It's an ATI 2600 Pro, with its own 256Mb of ram. I was looking at the specs of the new generation of 24" iMacs, and since I'll have to take the least expensive one, it's going to have an integrated Nvidia 9400M chip, with shared memory. I don't do gaming on it, but I was wondering if I'll see a performance hit with that integrated chip, compared to the previous iMac. Anyone knows?
Thanks.