New iMac Graphic Cards

Yes I am a multimeida major in college and I am thinking of buying the new iMac I have an older G4 Powerbook that works ok but it will not run the new iMoive. So I am thinking in time the G4's will be a thing of the past. My question is, I don't play much games at all but if I did get into playing games is the iMac good for games or no? I mean i've heard the graphics card is not that great but I don't know much about graphic cards. Any help would be great.
Tony

We just bought a new aluminum 20 inch iMac. The only game my family plays is the Sims 2. Imagine our shock at discovering that our sparkly new computer won't play this game. Aspyr (the company that makes the Sims 2 for Mac) tells me that at this time they cannot support any of their games on the new iMacs because of the ATI 2400/2600. They are working with Apple to try and fix the problem, but there is no timeline as to when this might happen.
We love our new computer, but if we had known about this issue in advance we would not have purchased it.

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