NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M or 780M iMac, which one to choose for PS CS6?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M GPU can do the job without any issue, so unless you have to work with a lot of photos with enormous resolutions at the same time, this is the GPU you are looking for. For everything else, you will not get all the performance of the GPU because it is more designed for photo and video editing tasks.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M GPU will give you better performance, but if you experience it, do not expect anything enormous because photo editing is not the most stressful task for a GPU like this one. In my opinion, you should go for the first GPU, but it is up to you

video cards differ in terms of 3d powers used by mostly games and less so pro 3d apps

Hi,

I will appreciate very much if you could let me know your impression about iMac with 775M. I want to buy iMac 27, only for work on photo and GoPro movie, no games at all (I have my PS3 for that).

My doubt is if I have to upgrage the video card, but it seems to me that the 780M is better only if you play games, and I surely won't play games on iMac.

But I want to upgrade with 16GB of memory and i7 processor....

Thanks in advance for your advice

Simone (from Italy)

Thanks,

I was thinking to buy iMac in these days... I'm also looking at Mac Book Pro (15" with Retina display).

As I wrote, I need a new computer for edit my GoPro HD video (and Photos).

Best Wishes to you!

Hi Murk,

Thanks for your answer.

Due to my small "desk", and after a talk with a technician in an Apple Store in Roma, I decided to buy a 21.5 iMac.

The configuration is: i7 processor, 16GB and 1Tera Fusion drive.

I started to work with iMovie and my GoPro Video, and I'm very happy: iMac is faster than my previous i5 Windows PC. Now I don't have to wait to convert my videos, and I can assemble them in a very fast way. :)

If you want take a look, this is my last video (I'm the biker, in a 24 hours race in Rome last September).

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VYHUADwTsu0

Bye,

Simone

mende1 wrote:

unless you have to work with a lot of photos with enormous resolutions at the same time...

Can you define "enormous"..? I actually do work with images that are several hundred megs or more and while I usually don't have many open at the same time (sometimes a few) they may have MANY layers with a lot of details, effects, etc. Oh and, I am using Photoshop CC.

Also, not to hijack your thread but, do you know anything about using a lot of these large, layered Photoshop files in InDesign? Will the increased video memory help there as well?

Thanks.

Hi Musch imac,

I bought a 27' iMac a couple of weeks ago and am very pleased with it. I do some work in Photoshop, Fireworks and Dreamweaver CS6. I've not had an issue and don't think i'll have any for sometime as it runs very fast with those apps.

What I'm asking though is, you mentioned to Simcat65 about making sure you get 2 x 8gb of memory. My own has 2 x 4gb, should I get more memory or will I be ok for a while? And is extra memory expensive?

Thank you in advance.

James

Thanks for your reply, Murk

I checked the Apple site and it's £320 for 16gb. Thanks for the tip with Activity Monitor, i see that i'm using almost all of my 8gb when using the Adobe appssimultaneously (I don't have LR at the moment) so I think I should go ahead and buy the extra memory just to make sure I have plenty for bigger jobs.

I'm also very pleased with my new iMac, it's almost as good to look at as it is to use. I had an iBook way back in 2005 and missed using OSX but i'm getting use to it again, like all the little shortcuts and stuff. It just works way better than W*****s 8 (or any previous version) 🙂

Regards,

James

Musch Imac,

Did you ever post your findings?

I'm in a similar situation. I want to get a new Imac in the very near future (few weeks max).

The areas i'm not sure about getting as options are:

1) I5 vs. I7 -> tho leaning towards I7

2) Nvidia GPU 775m 2gb vs. 780m 4gb -> tho leaning towards 775m

From my research if I go with the I7 then I could probably skimp on the GPU and get the 2GB 775M

Currently I do not nor do I plan on any gaming. Photo and video editing is at a bare minimum - HOWEVER, photo and video editing is something I'm interested in and would like to pursue. With the Imac, once you buy it, you can NOT change or upgrade. So i'm thinking better to be safe than sorry.

Having said that, do my poins 1 and 2 above make better sense?

Thanks,

Murk,

Sorry I missed that post

So since I don't game and don't do photo/video editing professionally (but an area of interest) would you agree that the I7 would be ok with the Nvidia 775m with 2GB memory is a good combo? Just not sure if I should get the 780M or not.

Thanks