Is the iMac good for Gaming/Video edditing ?

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Is the iMac good for Gaming/Video edditing ?

Hello Apple users,

I´m planning to buy a new Mac and I´m thinking about buying an iMac.

So, my Question is: Is the iMac good for Gaming/Video edditing ?

I want to play Games like Planetside2, Boderlands2, Starcraft2, Minecraft, The Sedddlers: Rising of a Kingdom, Team Fortress 2,Portal/Portal 2, ....

Some of this gmes I´ll play on a Bootcamp Windows or a VM.

I also want to use Screenflow, Cinema 4D, Logic Pro and iMovie.

But is the iMac good enougth for this?

Thanks you for your Answers,

Niggl1999

Sorry for my bad English I´m from Germany and still going to school.

The Details:

3,5 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 Prozessor (Turbo Boost bis zu 3,9 GHz)
8 GB 1600 MHZ DDR3 SDRAM - 2x 4 GB (I´ll upgrade it to 32 GB by me)
1 TB Fusion Drive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4 GB GDDR5
It´s a VESA-iMac 27"

iMac

Posted on Apr 5, 2014 1:49 AM

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Rudegar

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Apr 5, 2014 2:34 AM in response to Niggl1999

macs only play mac games you can't play games made for windows without

buying windows and installing it in bootcamp (dualboot between apples operating system called osx and windwows)

the game goes for windows programs so if the video edit program is not made in an osx version then again you need to install and boot into windows to do it

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Niggl1999 Author

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Apr 5, 2014 5:05 AM in response to Rudegar

@Rudegar

Sorry but that hasn´t anything to do with my questione.

I wrote:

"Some of this games I´ll play on a Bootcamp Windows or a VM."

And all the Video edditing Programms are for OSX.

Please read my questions before answering it.

Niggl1999

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babowa

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Apr 5, 2014 7:37 AM in response to Niggl1999

I can't help with your gaming question as I don't do that; however, I do a fair amount of video editing/rendering/burning and yes, an i7 processor ist ausgezeichnet! Ausserdem 16 bis 32 GB RAM.

Which Mac OS are you on?

Note: the newest version of iMovie (v.10) seems to be concentrated on using the cloud (online sharing) rather than a lot of editing or burning - the export function lacks quality options settings and it is far more difficult to export it to other applications. I've tried it and will stay with iMovie 9 (I have both installed).

Also, any intensive video work will use everything your Mac has, especially when dealing with HD video, so when you need to render, let it do its thing without doing something else on it - it will make things faster.

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Niggl1999 Author

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Apr 5, 2014 9:17 AM in response to babowa

@babowa

Thank you!!!

I have iMovie 09 and 11 on my mac, too.

You realy helped me.➕

(Ich hab den iMac noch nicht ich will ihn mir holen.)

Now i only need some answers about the gaming stuff.

Thanks for your answers,

Niggl1999

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babowa

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Apr 5, 2014 9:32 AM in response to Niggl1999

You're welcome!

Ach ja, und:

remember to have at least as much free space on your hard drive as the files in your current movie project: it needs that much room to render. Personally, for me, I have at least 300 GB empty at all times.

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Niggl1999 Author

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Apr 5, 2014 10:08 AM in response to babowa

Yes,

at my aktuall Mac i have at least 1TB at an external drive for Rendering(Ich hab ein bisschen Hardwar hacking betrieben 🙂).

Niggl1999

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babowa

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Apr 5, 2014 10:30 AM in response to Niggl1999

Aha...

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Niggl1999 Author

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Apr 6, 2014 10:41 AM in response to Niggl1999

Thank you for your help.

Now i only need some answers about the gaming stuff.

Thanks for your answers,

Niggl1999

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Apr 6, 2014 10:49 AM in response to Niggl1999

iMac's are amazing for editing and gaming.

I play a lot of minecraft on mine and it is extremely reliable and it never lags or gets hot!

I use all of those applications and more that uses even more power, I would definitely recommend this product for a person like you.

Hope This Helped.🙂

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Niggl1999 Author

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Apr 6, 2014 11:18 AM in response to Nthrustle

Thanks You realy helped me.

So now the last questione is how good is the iMac at playing Games on Windows (Bootcamp/VM)?

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Niggl1999

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Niggl1999 Author

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Apr 6, 2014 11:21 AM in response to Niggl1999

Thanks You realy helped me.

So now the last questione is how good is the iMac at playing Games on Windows (Bootcamp/VM)?

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Niggl1999

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Answer 12

Apr 6, 2014 11:23 AM in response to Niggl1999

Niggl1999 wrote:

Thanks You realy helped me.

So now the last questione is how good is the iMac at playing Games on Windows (Bootcamp/VM)?

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Niggl1999

Ask in the Boot Camp forum. It's where the BC/Windows folks hang out at.

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