2011 iMac 27" 3.4 GHZ Review

This is my review of my 2011 iMac 3.4 4 gigs of ram.




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[800hennessy]

@TheMontagueFilms That's exactly where I'll get mine if I ever get around to it. I'm building a car so every penny gets spent on it lol.

[thereviewman7777]

Why not upgrade your ram

[800hennessy]

@thereviewman7777 It costs a fortune to do it through Apple. Eventually I'll put 16 gigs in it. But I'm building a car so all my money goes there lol.

[NATB100]

I'm a little worried the iMac I ordered will be too slow. I've always been a Mac user, but I was thinking of buying a gaming PC, only I decided to once again go with a Mac. I chose the iMac 27", i7 3.4GHz with the 2GB of AMD Radeon 6970M VRAM and 4GB RAM. The video card is usually made for mobile laptops, as it can be found in Alienware's high spec laptops. I'm worried that it won't be fast enough to run Crysis 2 and the Sims 3 on the highest settings, any thoughts?

[800hennessy]

@NATB100 Well I'm not much of a gamer, more of a video editing person. However I put GTA IV on it for about a month and I think that's a pretty graphic intensive game but I'm not really sure. I only have the single gig video card (which I really regret getting instead of the 2.....) and I think if I remember right could play GTA on full specs at 1920x1080 and had to lower the settings just a hair (and I mean just a hair) to play at the full iMac resolution. But again it's been awhile.

[UnItEdDeAtH01]

@NATB100 Dude i dont if you got it yet but that i7 and that video card with 2gb belive that damn monster will handle it

[800hennessy]

@UnItEdDeAtH01 Definitely. 

[800hennessy]

@TragicTopGun50 First of all. Saying trolling makes you a complete fag. Don't talk to me about stupid, have fun getting 250 frames per second while you can see about 60 fps. I didn't buy this as a gaming computer. You know, because I have friends and do actual fun things. I was making the comparison because everyone seems to think it's impossible to play anything on a Mac.

[TheAppleReviewGuy]

Just ordered a 27" i7, with a 256GB SSD, 1TB, 2GB GPU! I Can't wait to get it!

[ThaHardDude69]

SPEED = 256GB SSD... IF YOU OPEN EVER PROGRAM WITH A SOLID STATE DRIVE, YOU CAN OPEN ALL PROGRAMS ON SYSTEM IN LESS THAN 20 SECONDS...

[TheMontagueFilms]

@800hennessy goto Crucial.com. I bought 16Gbs of RAM for $102.00. I ended up saving $540 off of Apple's ridiculous markup.

[NATB100]

@divad435 Mine is pretty much the same, only I have the 2Gb of graphics. It runs Mirror's Edge at 40fps on all max settings at native resolution (2560x1440), which is really good. I'm not sure how much that extra 1Gb Gives, but it shouldn't be too much slower.

[divad435]

@NATB100 Sweet. I wasn't going to bother with gaming but i'm tempted to try now when i get mine! What are the specs you have though? I just ordered and am currently waiting for my 27" 3.4ghz with 1gb graphics (standard HDD not SSD)

[NATB100]

@UnItEdDeAtH01 I received it at christmas. Let me put it this way, it runs Crysis at 1920x1080 Max settings at a very smooth fps. The screen is perfect, and I spent the whole week after christmas day playing both Mass Effects with this computer. I strongly recommend it.