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Date: Saturday, 26-May-2012, 9:50 AM | Message # 1

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Got a new mac a couple months ago and the graphic card is sh*t.

you guys know any good graphics cards? i mean google could probs answer but i never get links when i get answers. anyway thanks guys

Date: Saturday, 26-May-2012, 10:52 AM | Message # 2

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Is it a desktop or a laptop.

Date: Saturday, 26-May-2012, 4:37 PM | Message # 3

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desktop

Date: Sunday, 27-May-2012, 8:19 AM | Message # 4

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Can you link me the model?

Date: Sunday, 27-May-2012, 3:27 PM | Message # 5

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my mac miniits the 599 one. their are more tech specs if you just click on teh tech specs thing :P.

ive taken it apart already and put in an ssd drive so no worries about me being able to install it i have the tools etc. i just need a graphics card.

im deciding between a new graphics card or proccessor. both of which arent very impressive

Date: Sunday, 27-May-2012, 3:55 PM | Message # 6

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That's gonna be hard to upgrade... because of the size of it, it will be using laptop spec hardware. It's not carrying any standard size motherboard in there in there for sure. You'll have to ask an Apple Technician, taking that thing apart is probably quite risky, and because a lot of Mac users don't upgrade their hardware, and it's not high-end, I think the GPU is probably going to be soldered on, and if not, buying a GPU and replacing it will be no easy task. Best ask an Apple Technician.

Date: Sunday, 27-May-2012, 4:56 PM | Message # 7

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Mac mini was not meant to be upgraded
In fact, ALL THE PARTS ARE SCREWED IN cause its a retarded mac

and also, apple technicians wont help u SINCE ur not supposed to upgrade mac minis
other words: apple s3clks and u just got ripped off like me (i got mine for FREE though :P)

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Date: Sunday, 27-May-2012, 9:33 PM | Message # 8

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Yeah I've upgraded my laptop and mini before. But apple is retarded and does sh*t like this. I'll probs just get a raedon cause those work most of the time. But there new macs have simple take apart now so I feel like they could help out because they've designed macs for upgrading now sooo..

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Date: Sunday, 27-May-2012, 10:05 PM | Message # 9

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apple products are not supposed to be upgraded. you're supposed to have money to buy the next gen model before it comes out

http://chf.ucoz.com/forum/71-3499-61942-16-1396993348

Date: Monday, 28-May-2012, 1:52 AM | Message # 10

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apple products are not supposed to be upgraded. you're supposed to have money to buy the next gen model before it comes out

soooooooooo true ^^
Its cause macs' fundamentals are VERY different from pc

Chinesekid, i repeat, DO NOT JUST SIMPLY BUY A RANDOM GRAPHICS CARD
MAC IS NOT PC
A tip from an engineer: cool

Unlike windows or linux, macs can almost NEVER be upgraded. Why? Its not just cause its hard to take out, but because the SOFTWARE literally READS the macbook's original stuffs.
Ex.
In Windows, processor = any random processor found
In Mac, software defined PROCESSORS only = any other processors can nvr be found by mac and thus the mac will just...not work ^^

so...dont even plan on getting drivers wink

I assure u 100% of time, u cannot upgrade ur mac mini's graphic driver (2% on processor types ^^)
Now .. if u can do math
100% u can nvr change graphics card...means :P
but as for processor, there are 2% ^^ (those intel cores used by apple -very SPECIFIC ones-)

Summary: NEVER BUY A FREAKING MAC IF UR PLAYING GAMES. And dont even think of buying a graphic card cause u will be liek
"WTF IT DOESNT WORK. SCREW TH3S ^^^" (All this warning is from me...some1 who knows about computers ^^)

Added (2012-05-28, 2:52 AM)
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if ur still confused, learn about simple coded language and complex coded language
simple coded = apple's company (no other companies use this by default...its waste of time. smile )
complex coded = PC (all softwares love this ... ez to program, more efficient, slower (lol), but works on ALL TYPES of processors, ram, driver, and what not that is made of transistors)

btw. if u buy a graphic card for mac mini and it works, i think u can apply for Guinness record for breaking the impossible ^^ (probably even get full scholarship to MIT cause not even they can do it unless they buy a motherboard and reformat the hard drive ^^ )

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Date: Monday, 28-May-2012, 4:19 AM | Message # 11

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Quote (RosarioVampireZ)

Chinesekid, i repeat, DO NOT JUST SIMPLY BUY A RANDOM GRAPHICS CARD
MAC IS NOT PC
A tip from an engineer: cool Unlike windows or linux, macs can almost NEVER be upgraded. Why? Its not just cause its hard to take out, but because the SOFTWARE literally READS the macbook's original stuffs.
Ex.
In Windows, processor = any random processor found
In Mac, software defined PROCESSORS only = any other processors can nvr be found by mac and thus the mac will just...not work ^^

Can you explain the difference?
In a PC, you can't choose any random processor, the socket type of your mobo and the processor has to be the same...
In a Mac, the same principle applies. Macs are using Intel 3rd generation CPU's, so are PC's. The only difference is I think Apple doesn't use AMD products, they use Intel. Still, they are widely available, and easy to upgrade.
Macs are using DDR3 RAM, so are PCs.
Macs are using SATA HDDs and SSDs, so are PCs.
Macs are using PCI-E 16x GPUs, so are PCs.
Macs are using PSU's, like a PC, they aren't powered by a donkey with a carrot stick.

I think the only reason his would be hard to upgrade is because its tiny form factor.

Edit:
Mac Upgrades

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The Mac mini has all of its components on one logic board. Consequently it is not possible to upgrade the graphics cards on these machines.

There are no graphics card upgrades available for these Macs

Date: Monday, 28-May-2012, 4:56 AM | Message # 12

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Just trust me, u can not add graphics card to this cr4ppy computer

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In a PC, you can't choose any random processor, the socket type of your mobo and the processor has to be the same...
In a Mac, the same principle applies. Mac's are using Intel 3rd generation CPU's, so are PC's. The only difference is I think Apple doesn't use AMD products, they use Intel. Still, they are widely available, and easy to upgrade.

Not necessarily true. Yes, in a pc, the pin numbers matter and the type of motherboard per the different processor. BUT
take into account that apple was retarded and went simple coded language (forgot the abbreviation name) while windows went complex coded
Simple is longer but faster BUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. Most softwares were complex so..lolz
Sensing this, mac had to act differently from community to stand out. So, they PURPOSELY configured the retarded OS to fit only laptops/desktops with their "SUPPORTED" cr4p. In other words,
u can add almost any processor to ur windows 7 (just change motherboard and processor)
BUT
u have limited choices when changing processor on ur mac since it was meant to be hardwired to the os...literally
(this thing is a little bit hard to explain when i majored this......2 yrs ago -_- and trying to dumb it down)

just trust me on this though
U CANNOT ADD A GRAPHIC CARD FOR UR MAC MINI.
I even did research right now cause i was surprised at humanity's stupidity.

Date: Monday, 28-May-2012, 5:16 AM | Message # 13

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What le_f0ck lol. It's the same CPU, made with the same manufacturing process, same number of pins, there's not a special "Mac" version of each processor.
And yes you can't upgrade the Mac mini, but that doesn't hold true for all the Macs in the world.

Date: Monday, 28-May-2012, 5:22 AM | Message # 14

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we are talking about the macbook mini here
and U CAN UPGRADE MACS
i just said u have more LIMITED .....

seriously, u shuld consider becoming a grammar nazi ^^ (fix some of my grammar too.. :P )