Weblog:		iMac + iBook >= PowerBook?
Subject:		mind the GPU ...
Date:		2004-10-21 15:42:45
From:		apocryphx
.. I agree that two are better than one in this case. However, neither the iBook nor the iMac G5 have particularly powerful GPUs. They also lack video memory. So unless advanced features (3D, CG, ...) are not desired, this combination is a poor starting point.

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• mind the GPU ...
  2004-10-21 17:18:16  Chris Adamson | [View]
  
  

  Lemme do a fact check on the Apple pages... hang on a sec... (omitting some highest-end options)<table><tr><td>Model</td><td>GPU</td></tr><tr><td>PowerMac G5</td><td>NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra with 64MB DDR SDRAM</td></tr><tr><td>iMac G5</td><td>NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra with 64MB DDR SDRAM </td></tr><tr><td>PowerBook</td><td>NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 with 64MB of DDR SDRAM, or<br/>ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with 64MB of DDR SDRAM </td></tr><tr><td>iBook</td><td>ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 with 32MB of DDR SDRAM</td></tr></table>

  Is the Radeon Mobility 9700 (on the bigger PB's) really that much better than GeForce FX 5200? They both do CoreImage/CoreVideo, so it's a push for me.

  -Chris (invalidname

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