Mac or high-power gfx card

which is better for image editing?
I could get either a high-end gfx card, or just buy a mac.
opinions please...

gfx card i wud say.

or both. put a radeon 9800 in a mac. perfect!

well i'm capable of an objective view, owning both!

Macs are generally renowned as being better than pcs for this, as they can display more true-to-life colour - hence the fact that 99% of newpapers and magazines are made with a combination of Photoshop and Quark - i also did Media production at college :P

Methinks jginete hit the nail on the head - a mac with AGP graphics is God among desktops :D

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depends how serious you are. if you are really good and really serious get a mak and photoshop :P

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If its only for gfx editing and your serious then a mac, if you want your comp to do anything other than gfx editing, get a PC




Racing Is Life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting
Jesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps

theres an echo in here :P

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lol. thanks for that.
Now I just need to figure out how to raise the money needed...
(I might get a g3 Ibook, as they are about £200 on ebay now...)

And those apple laptops look so damn cool too! For image editing, if thats all you want, consider a Matrox gfx card. Seriously, image quality is so much better than Nvidia and ATi, and you can get triple head cards for three monitors. The Parahelia is still pricey (Why?!) so if you cant afford a mac, cos they cost a lot, then think about matrox. Of course, crap for gaming!

The Apple laptops look good, but they're utterly useless for anything interesting. :P

Yeah. Get a Matrox. I may as well pay for a mac at the prices they are!
£300!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Graphics card!!!!!!!!!!!

@Zcott Apples are supposedly better for graphics work and image editing, tho not for games...

And one more thing
£300!!!!
(I would opt for the mac in that case)

My house is filled with Apples. Just off the top of my head, there's 5 Macs in the house, and there's only five people who live here. I can't stand them. :P

I think i'll end up with a nvidia 5600, and programming cg + modelling in gmax.
Apples are too expensive.
Are they better for image editing?

If you have a new motherboard, get some dual channel DDR RAM, they will have a huge performance increase. I think these motherboards can be bought for just under £100, and the RAM is just a bit more expensive that the standard stuff.

Thats just for image/video editing, and 3D rendering stuff though, not games as it wont make any difference. RDRAM will do the same too.

Thats a good idea. I think I might do that...