topic G5 iMac and ArchiCAD 9 Graphics Card Compatiblity in Installation & update

G5 iMac and ArchiCAD 9 Graphics Card Compatiblity

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:37:42 GMT

With respect to ArchiCAD 9.0 System Requirements,
Can anyone confirm that the following graphic card is compatible.
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra with 64MB DDR SDRAM with AGP 8X support .
(As in the just released G5 iMac www.apple.com/imac )

Re: G5 iMac and ArchiCAD 9 Graphics Card Compatiblity

glenn_peters — Sat, 02 Oct 2004 19:35:08 GMT

Received and set-up a new 20-inch widescreen G5 iMac this past week and it certainly works fine in ArchiCAD 8.1 (full report on speed impressions withheld as I wait for my 3rd party 2GB RAM upgrade kit to arrive... running with only 256MB RAM and this is affecting overall system performance).

I suspect that AC 9 will be fine but cannot confirm yet as my ordered upgraded from GSCNE has not yet arrived (next week?). I recall seeing a post from a beta-tester that stated 64MB of VRAM was OK and the nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200X Ultra, while initially released back in early-2003, still packs a bit of punch.

Anyone else have first-hand experience with this combination yet?

Re: G5 iMac and ArchiCAD 9 Graphics Card Compatiblity

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 01:54:31 GMT

I am looking to buy an iMac G5 for home, and will get 1Gb of RAM.
I was just wondering how the machine is performing, as the G5 tower looks like a more futureproof option, certainly for the video card, but at an extra $1400 (without a monitor) is a lot more.

Re: G5 iMac and ArchiCAD 9 Graphics Card Compatiblity

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:29:20 GMT

Paul wrote:
I am looking to buy an iMac G5 for home, and will get 1Gb of RAM.
I was just wondering how the machine is performing, as the G5 tower looks like a more futureproof option, certainly for the video card, but at an extra $1400 (without a monitor) is a lot more.

The future proofing was my main concern when I posted the question.
These are the apparent ArchiCAD 9.0 System Requirements.

Required Hardware:
PC: P4 or Compatible Minimum: 512 MB Recommended: 1 GB
Mac: Minimum: Power Macintosh G4 1 GHz Recommended: Power Macintosh G5 1,8 GHz
Professional OpenGL video card with 64 MB RAM

Note also, since my orignal posting Apple has re-realeased a single G5 1.8Ghz PowerMac. At least the video card can be upgraded.

http://store.apple.co.nz/public/product/group.php?pgid=AP03

I decided to get a Dualie myself.

Regards
Dean