Kevlar Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 I am buying an iMac soon, optimizing space as I am moving into a small studio soon. It will be used mainly to surf the net, play WoW and watch dvds on. My question is, performance wise for WoW, would I be better off with a) the new iMac for $1199 core 2 duo 2.0ghz, 1gb ram, radeon hd 2400xt 128mb, or a refurbished iMac for $1099 core 2 duo 2.16ghz, 1gb ram, radeon x1600 128mb ram. I will be adding an extra 1gb of ram to either machine, and I get an educational discount on the new iMac which will make the price the same. Right now I am using Vista Home Premium on a PentiumD 820 with 2gb or Ram and a 7600GS. I will only run OS X on the iMac. What kind of FPS difference will I see, etc? These are my only choices due to budget and I cannot and will not spend any more as I do not have the funds. Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Actually the refurbished mac will be equal, if not better than the new one. Yes, the 2400xt is not the hottest card out. Either way the difference is small, so I say get the refurbished! I think your hack *might* have better gfx performance than both of them. Anyway, either is fine for WOW and movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Just found a review for the Radeon HD 2400 and 2600 series at Legit reviews (here). Basically they don't tear up the charts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevlar Posted August 9, 2007 Author Share Posted August 9, 2007 Thanks for the link. I've been looking for one. Looks like the 2400xt is {censored}. Worse than the 7600gs and x1600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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