Is a amd radeon 6490m good for games

hii i wanne buy macbook pro but dont now if i must take the one with intel hd 3000 or amd redeon 6490 can somone help me
i play games the new ones like dragon age 2 , world of warcraft and diablo 3
annyone can help me with this
tnx

The only way to play high games with high response times on an IMac is to get an IMac with high end specs and that'll make it a very expensive gaming machine.
You need to check the sites for the games you play for the nominal (average) hardware specs as well as the higher end hardware specs.
None of the 21 inch screen IMacs will hack it for high end gaming as their GPUs top out at 1 GB VRAM and the i7 CPUs are NOT the fastest available.
The only 5K retina iMac is the 27 inch screen model that starts at $2500 U.S.D. and the 27 inch screen models are the only models to get all of the bells and whistles needed like maybe a top of the line i7 CPU(for games the i7 CPU is really needed over the more common i5 CPUs), top of the line GPU (or see if you can get away with the base (2 GB VRAM GPUs) and faster 7200 RPM hard drives (the 21 inch screen iMacs only come now with laptop standard 5400 RPM hard drives, now) or faster/larger Fusion or SSD/Flash based drives.
You'll be close to the $3000 mark or more if you go with both the fastest CPU (4.0 Ghz) AND the 4 GB VRAM GPU.
If you are trying to compare an iMac gaming machine to a cheap PC for gaming, it sounds as if to me you do not have the budget for a $2500 IMac???
Even the non-retina 27 inch iMacs will set you back, at least $2000 U.S.D. for the higher spec'd. model.
If you are really considering the cheap PC route (which won't be as cheap as you think for a comparable PC with good gaming hardware specs), maybe just stick to your PC for gaming.
It seems to me that the budget is not there or realistic for a IMac with the specs you are going to need.
Good Luck!

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This is my first posting, I will try to give as much as detailed information refering to my problem as possible. Please be patient if I ask for solutions which for you all seem easy and logical, I am a Newbie.
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Sorry for my piss poor English I am Austrian. Sorry for eventually causing any inconvenience asking this question. Regards, Fladi.
Last edited by fladi (2014-11-04 05:01:28)

fafik1234 wrote:
I have the same problem, free drivers, xfce4, procesor AMD5350(Kabini), vga radeon R3 (8400)
downgrade linux kernel to linux-3.16.4
download: http://seblu.net/a/arm/packages/l/linux … pkg.tar.xz
pacma -U linux-3.16.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
edit /etc/pacman.conf
IgnorePkg = linux linux-headers
screenshot
linux 3.17 xfce http://pics.tinypic.pl/i/00592/ek3z3ip81ky2.png
linux 3.17 compiz http://pics.tinypic.pl/i/00592/bddprwn4tey8.png
linux 3.16 compiz http://pics.tinypic.pl/i/00592/ja5ma8c7rdgl.png
On a laptop, free drivers, linux 3.17.1-pae, openbox, procesor core i5, vga integrated card - everything OK
The screenshots you posted match exactly to my problem ! Are you really sure the bug is coming from Kernel 3.17 ? I had this kernel running for about a week without any problems, the problems came when updating mesa.

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