I’m thinking this might be one area where the premium price of Mac hardware will bite it. Apologies for sounding negative, but when I look at my $1000 PC Build, I see bunches of USB connections and multiple HDMI connectors and wonder just how compatible an iMac is?
Looking at https://www.apple.com/imac/specs/, I don’t see a HDMI connector, it has 4 USB3s, 2 thunderbolts, 1 SDXC CardSlot, and a gigabit Ethernet.
My Occulus Rift requires, a USB, HDMI, and a seperste USB connection for each of the 3 sensor, besides having multiple external drives each requiring a USB connection. Is there something on the iMac that can use an adapter to get the HDMI connection?
My previous MBP had a mediocre dedicated graphic card (sold for $2400). The new iMac top of the line graphic card is a Radeon Pro 560X with 4GB of GDDR5 memory. Is that competitive?
My PC has an updated Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G Graphics Card, 3X Windforce Fans, 8GB 256-Bit GDDR6, GV-N2070WF3-8GC Video Card. Now granted this sells for $480 and pushes the cost of my original build up by $280 to $1280.
So there are 3 things I can ask:
Looking at https://www.apple.com/imac/specs/, I don’t see a HDMI connector, it has 4 USB3s, 2 thunderbolts, 1 SDXC CardSlot, and a gigabit Ethernet.
My Occulus Rift requires, a USB, HDMI, and a seperste USB connection for each of the 3 sensor, besides having multiple external drives each requiring a USB connection. Is there something on the iMac that can use an adapter to get the HDMI connection?
My previous MBP had a mediocre dedicated graphic card (sold for $2400). The new iMac top of the line graphic card is a Radeon Pro 560X with 4GB of GDDR5 memory. Is that competitive?
My PC has an updated Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G Graphics Card, 3X Windforce Fans, 8GB 256-Bit GDDR6, GV-N2070WF3-8GC Video Card. Now granted this sells for $480 and pushes the cost of my original build up by $280 to $1280.
So there are 3 things I can ask:
- Are there popular VR apps out there for non-gaming purposes?
- Can a new iMac have the connections to run an Occukus Rift, and without an external GPU that runs $400+?
- Just how much money must be spent to get VR gaming on a Mac? And is it competitive in this regard even when paying a significantly larger purchase price?