Hi. Can I use a new 27 iMac as a monitor for my PC?...

... Not as a dual setup, but as a sole monitor to flick between the two?
I have a PC running windows 7 with a Nvidia 560ti GPU.
Due to lack of space, I would like to use the iMac as both an iMac, and then flip to the PC for gaming. Is this possible?
I have googled it and only found answers for dual screen setups. Thanks
Scott

Depends on the iMac.  What you need is something that supports video input into the Thunderbolt ports.  If you can find that, then you can view it in the iMac.   http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3924 explains it further.
Mind you, I still think it can be just as fast directly on the iMac, since there is no hardware being emulated as software.

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