gt 750 m vs 16gb ram

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gt 750 m vs 16gb ram

I'm thinking to buy a new 21.5" iMac but I don't know if it's interesting to me a new one with a gt 750m graphic card or increase ram up to 16 gb. I usually use the computer to surf by the Internet, iWork (Office), editing images (Photoshop), video montages with iMovie (perhaps ever will use Final Cut Pro) and some virtualization with Paralels (or Boot Camp).

Do you think it is enough for me an Iris Pro card??? Because I want to have my iMac for several years and I can't update it. Thank you.

Posted on Apr 19, 2014 10:56 PM

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Rudegar

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Apr 20, 2014 2:31 AM in response to xaviw

mostly the discrete video card helps gaming

2d displaying such as office, Internet, photo editing and video editing don't really use the 3d features which what the discrete video card bring to the table

so rule of thumb if you don't play new 3d video games or use 3d programs such as 3d studio max, maya and the likes the video card is of little importance

and imho then 4gb is not enough for newer osx versions at least I feel on 4gb 21" could benefit from more memory

also boot camp is not virtualization boot camp is dualboot the macs has about the same hardware as much windows pc's so you can compare boot camp with dualboot between linux and windows or the likes on a windows pc

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