A guide to gaming with Apple
What gaming PC’s are on offer?
Apple produce high end, high spec computers and the best one for gaming has to be the iMac.
What features does it have?
• 27-inch screen
• 2.8GHz Intel Core i7 processor.
• 4Gb of 1066MHz DDR3 RAM
• 2Tb Serial ATA hard drive
• ATI Radeon HD 4850 512Mb of GDDR3 memory
• Magic Mouse
• Wireless Keyboard
• iSight camera
• wall mountable
Why is it so special?
For a start the new iMac comes with a 27-inch screen; you won’t just be playing the game, you will be in it. It’s LED lit, so it’s instantly bright and has a 2560 x 1440-pixel resolution with a contrast ratio of 1000:1.
What this boils down to is a sharper picture and more defined colours. It’s also visible from 178 degrees, giving you an excellent picture no matter where you are sitting.
An upgrade to the 2.8GHz Intel Core i7 processor gives you one of the fastest quad core processors around, and one of the best gaming experiences. Combined with the upgrade to the ATI Radeon HD 4850 you will have the graphics card to make the most of that screen.
Written by Tom Mowlam
Tom is a young technology journalist based in London. Though a diehard Windows user, if pressed he will admit to quite liking Apple products – he just doesn’t get on with touchscreens.
Fri, Nov 20, 2009