Rev B. iMac G5 question from Mac Newbie

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  • Reply 61 of 65
    thereubsterthereubster Posts: 402member
    Actually the 6200 is passively cooled. It would be a considerable improvement to the 5200....
  • Reply 62 of 65
    dmouritsendkdmouritsendk Posts: 7member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Thereubster

    Actually the 6200 is passively cooled. It would be a considerable improvement to the 5200....



    Who sell passively cooled 6200's? (A few examples of 6200 cards, i could have posted more. But they all look alike )



    LeadTek 6200 model:

    http://www.leadtek.com/3d_graphic/wi...6200_td_1.html



    Aopen 6200 model:

    http://club.aopen.com.tw/pss/largevi...s%206200-DV128



    Club3D 6200 model:

    http://www.club-3d.nl/distri/images/...CGN-628TVD.jpg
  • Reply 63 of 65
    exhibit_13exhibit_13 Posts: 110member
    i think the most likely update is a Radeon 9600 XT. but then they'd also have to up the card on the PM's too. but it seems as if the 9600 is really the next step up for the current existing cards. also, if an imac update is imminent, i'd assume a bump to 512 mb ram, and a small processor increase. i doubt the hard drive will increase. just my thoughts
  • Reply 64 of 65
    thereubsterthereubster Posts: 402member
    Sorry my bad, I was looking at the "turbo-Cache" 6200, which seems to be passively cooled, however, I dont think Apple will use this, the hardware implementation is too PC specific I think. I can't find any passively cooled "normal" 6200 cards so maybe this isn't an option for the iMac. Maybe they will go with a mobile GPU? They are certainly a lot more powerful these days.
  • Reply 65 of 65
    kotatsukotatsu Posts: 1,010member
    Why the insistence on passive cooling? The 20" iMac should have enough space inside for another fan or two. Perhaps some kind of liquid cooling system with a fan on the side, as Sega's Dreamcast used.



    The Radeon 9800 Pro only has a small heat sink and fan on top. Pretty minor stuff, nothing like the monster cooling solutions on the top NVidia cards.



    As for Hard Drives, 3.5" drives are up to 400gb now aren't they? Any reason why Apple couldn't offer one of those on BTO? Actually is there anything stopping someone popping one of those in by themselves? I assume it would work okay...?
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