[dr.zeissler]

i was told that it is possible to upgrade a late07 imac from 2600pro(MXM-II) to 8800gs (MXM-III).
i think i will do that, if the upgrade does not cost too much.

has anyone done this and can tell how much it was and if there are any disadvantages.

Thx
Doc

[Eric5h5]

You can't upgrade iMacs. Only Mac Pros.

--Eric

[dr.zeissler]

Eric5h5, on January 11th 2009, 03:33 PM, said:

You can't upgrade iMacs. Only Mac Pros.

--Eric

no that is NOT true.

go to your ASP and ask for the MXM-III 8800GS modul.
they will get it from apple and install it into your imac 24" alu >= late 2007 !

no 20" model is supported, because the MXM-III module is a bit larger than the 2600PRO an the MXM-II.

i was told that it is quite expensive, but tomorrow the price will be calculated.

if i bought a 24" 2.4Ghz modell iMac than i would sell it to get a newer one,
but i bought the 2.8er modell and if i look at running cod4 there are only 50% peaks for the CPU's
but the GPU is far to slow if you want to play it in high details and full res.

Doc

[Eric5h5]

You can't upgrade it in the sense of buying a retail card and swapping it out. Only Apple can do it, as last I heard it's a specific part only they can provide and they want $1000 for the job. So you'd be better off selling the iMac with the 2600 and buying a new one with the 8800.

--Eric

[dr.zeissler]

Eric5h5, on January 11th 2009, 04:57 PM, said:

You can't upgrade it in the sense of buying a retail card and swapping it out. Only Apple can do it, as last I heard it's a specific part only they can provide and they want $1000 for the job. So you'd be better off selling the iMac with the 2600 and buying a new one with the 8800.

--Eric

that's right, i can't do it by myself.
it can be done by an asp (appleserviceprovider)
the card costs and installation cost below 500 EUR.

I got a 24" 2.8 and i would buy that upgrade for <500EUR.

Doc

[Sargiel]

Is it possible to upgrade an older imac ? I've a 2.33Ghz C2D with 7600 GT (ie one in white).

[dr.zeissler]

as far as it is only possible to change the mxm-modules with alu-imac's.
the upgrade from 2600pro to 8800GS cost 430 EUR with installation.

Doc

[dr.zeissler]

http://www.mxm-upgrade.com/store.html

wenn will there be cards for the mac (efi)

[Greg Gant]

dr.zeissler, on January 12th 2009, 11:00 AM, said:

that's right, i can't do it by myself.
it can be done by an asp (appleserviceprovider)
the card costs and installation cost below 500 EUR.

I got a 24" 2.8 and i would buy that upgrade for <500EUR.

Doc

Apple only does certified upgrades, you can't simply buy hardware and ask them to do the dirty work, hence the $1000 job quoted above, although I'd be surprised if you could even get Apple to do it with certified parts.

dr.zeissler, on March 1st 2009, 10:49 AM, said:

http://www.mxm-upgrade.com/store.html

wenn will there be cards for the mac (efi)

I assume this is a question, and I'll go with likely never. Without any sort of real way for consumer driven upgrades, the market probably isn't there. There may be some bold daring soul with extremely astute prowess who may complete such an upgrade but at the cost I just don't see it happening. This isn't like the Mez slot on the Rev B 233 MHz iMacs that is somewhat accessible all those years ago. The previous Macs using the MXM interface weren't accessible at all, and they were soldiered on the board. There were a few souls who attempted with the white iMacs to use other MXM cards but as I recall no one ever did anything more than factory 7300 to an Apple OEM 7600. Probably even worse news than that is just how little attention the MXM gets as whole, let alone on the Mac side. If it weren't for Mac evangelists jumping the gun on the intel iMacs being upgradable, I'd never had heard of MXM and still wouldn't have to this day.
http://reviews.cnet...._7-6636341.html

Considering how little I've heard about the new iMacs and MXM, I'm assuming there's been no success stories. As said, if you want to upgrade, it'd be cheaper to buy a new iMac and sell off your old iMac. I'd assume 24 inch intel iMacs fetch a good deal of money considering I was able to fetch $800.... for my PowerMac 2 GHz G5 last month.

[dr.zeissler]

i know someone who works at an asp. this person offered me the upgrade (2600 to 8800gs) for 430 EUR.
i don't know if it is possible to get a 4850 working in my 2.8 iMac, but i asked him to verify that.

before he told me, that it is much cheaper if he could send the changed card back, but apple does not pay for
an other one, which means that there will be no cashback for the 2600pro.

i don't like nvidia, so i decided NOT to change to the 8800gs, but now i want to do it, because i like ati
and the 4850 is very powerfull.

Doc

[dr.zeissler]

i just got the information, that there is no upgrade for an old 24" to the 4850 because the layout has been changed.
for older 24" imac's the a gs8800 is the max.

doc

[dr.zeissler]

hmm, possible that this will come in future mac's ?

look at the os that they are using and remember that most of them were apple employees!

http://www.engadget....s-on-caustic-g/

Doc