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You know, you could always, maybe, adjust your monitor so it's not retina burning bright. I use F.Lux and it works great for managing eye strain.
iMac: Looking for GTP's user opinions
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You know, you could always, maybe, adjust your monitor so it's not retina burning bright. I use F.Lux and it works great for managing eye strain.
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My (LED) monitor has its brightness at 0 and Contrast at 69. I actually uninstalled Flux yesterday, after finding it in a Youtube comment of Linus Tech Tip's review of some Gaming glasses that had the similar effect as Flux. However, I didn't like how Flux made the image so red, and I decided to uninstall it. However, I found the idea of it pretty good, especially with its 24 hour automatic change. Even though there are settings to adjust the image during night and day, I figured that taking break from staring at my monitor would be more beneficial to both my health and mind than using Flux at those settings. My current monitor settings are a compromise between Image quality and Eye friendliness.
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If you experience eyestrain after 15 minutes with a demo model on a shop floor, you probably need to have your eyes looked at. An astigmatism will increase the rate at which you experience eyestrain from something that is bright. Comparing your usage at home to a display on a shop floor is pointless, as what matters in that case is the contrast from the ambient setting to the display, rather than what you are personally use to at home as much.
But that is money. Quite a bit more than an iMac and then we go back to the piece on cables, which was one of his key points.
It is his money being spent here, not a companies, so I feel he might want to get a bit more bang for his buck. Certainly Mac Pro's have their place in professional work environments, but that isn't what we are dealing with here.
You realize brightness is a very minimal part of image quality, right? Those are two very different things most of the time - IQ is generally how sharp and accurate an image along with its contrast and dynamic range. Even taking an LED monitor down to 0, you can easily tell what are whites, what are blacks, and the values in between, so no real impact to IQ.
Secondly, you can adjust the temperature change Flux induces on your computer from very mild warming to extreme warming, which is what it sounds like your case. Further, Flux shouldn't be making anything red but rather yellow/orange, so you might want to look into your white balance settings.
Third, you are missing the point of Flux, which is to emulate the light found closer to evening, which is considerably warmer, to help put your mind at ease. This relaxes the mind considerably if you are working later into the night, which will make sleeping easier after working with a computer for extended periods.
Fourth, gaming glasses' main benefit isn't the temperature adjustment but rather the anti-glare coating found on them. This can greatly reduce long term eye strain caused by glare. Which virtually every pair of prescription glasses have these days, which is why I often tell people that already have glasses that gaming glasses are pointless, since you can easily emulate the temperature change via software.
EDIT: I'll add on that eyestrain is often the result of high contrast comparison with the eye. In short, black on white or white on black text. Sharper displays will reduce eyestrain because the brain won't have issues resolving them properly. It is why many of my console and coding windows are setup with a light grey on very dark grey schemes when I work for long periods of time. Not a huge deal as my monitors are quite crisp and significantly better than average consumer models, but still helps a bit.
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I think we've found the issue. My right eye is astigmatic, which coincidentally is the eye with the most strain.
As for Flux, I'll give it another try then.
EDIT: Oh my god.... Flux + a few minutes of setting changes = Drastically less eye strain. You can feel the relief in your eyes.
EDIT 2: I'm pressing the preview thingy, and think I can feel my pupils changing sizes as the nighttime setting transitions into daytime.
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Ya I have an astigmatism too and it sucks. Best way to overcome that though is with yellow tinted glasses. I have a pair that I wear when I'm staring at a computer for a long time, it makes such a huge difference.
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Wut?
Best way to fix it is a proper prescription. I have a massive astigmatism in my right eye, less so but still poor in my left, and because I worked with my optometrist carefully, I'm 20/15 in both eyes with my glasses on. Yellow tinting, optically speaking, won't adjust anything besides possible edge glow. But that is only if your lenses aren't properly focusing for your astigmatism anyhow.
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About the graphics cards in the current iMacs:
Does anyone know if these are Radeon cards found in desktop computers, or whether these are the same as the Mobility HD cards?
The reason I ask is because I went to a multimedia store yesterday and took some time to perform a small personal review over the 21,5" iMac. I really liked it, but the screen seemed so thin in comparison to the components that are being cramped up in there for it to perform like a desktop.
It's been at least 7-8 years since I've last used a desktop (Windows 98 days), before I stayed with laptops. So obviously I have no idea how large the graphics cards these days are. The current card in my ASUS is a Mobility Radeon HD5730 with 1 GB of memory and if I recall correctly it was Casio pointing out desktop graphics cards perform on a level much higher than mobility cards. I'm going out on a leap and therefore say the HD6750M, even though it has half the memory, would perform better than my laptop's card, but you guys probably know quite a good deal more about this than me.
About compatibility between Autocad and Mac: The 2011 version was a bit buggy with OS X, but I've read that the 2012 version works a lot better. Currently I'm running the 2011 version on my laptop, but since I'm still a student registered until June 2012 there should be no problem for me upgrading my client.
Does anyone know if these are Radeon cards found in desktop computers, or whether these are the same as the Mobility HD cards?
The reason I ask is because I went to a multimedia store yesterday and took some time to perform a small personal review over the 21,5" iMac. I really liked it, but the screen seemed so thin in comparison to the components that are being cramped up in there for it to perform like a desktop.
It's been at least 7-8 years since I've last used a desktop (Windows 98 days), before I stayed with laptops. So obviously I have no idea how large the graphics cards these days are. The current card in my ASUS is a Mobility Radeon HD5730 with 1 GB of memory and if I recall correctly it was Casio pointing out desktop graphics cards perform on a level much higher than mobility cards. I'm going out on a leap and therefore say the HD6750M, even though it has half the memory, would perform better than my laptop's card, but you guys probably know quite a good deal more about this than me.
About compatibility between Autocad and Mac: The 2011 version was a bit buggy with OS X, but I've read that the 2012 version works a lot better. Currently I'm running the 2011 version on my laptop, but since I'm still a student registered until June 2012 there should be no problem for me upgrading my client.
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The Radeon cards differ between each Mac.
The iMac have PC laptop Radeon cards (6770M and 6970M), whereas the Mac Pro has PC desktop Radeon cards (5770 and 5870).
The iMac have PC laptop Radeon cards (6770M and 6970M), whereas the Mac Pro has PC desktop Radeon cards (5770 and 5870).
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I'm pretty sure they come with 3 cards; the 6750M, 6770M and the 6970M. That's what Apple's website is telling me, anyway.
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Yep, the 6750M is included too... didn't see that one.
However, when comparing GPUs between OSX and Windows, it is important to note that the drivers are different too.
However, when comparing GPUs between OSX and Windows, it is important to note that the drivers are different too.
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Cheers.
The 6750M scores a notable bit better on G3G marks than my current card in my laptop. But both seem to be waaaay down the table and score pretty horrible compared to everything else. Will have to keep this in mind.
The 6750M scores a notable bit better on G3G marks than my current card in my laptop. But both seem to be waaaay down the table and score pretty horrible compared to everything else. Will have to keep this in mind.
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The iMac is effectively a laptop with a larger monitor and a stand. At least for the hardware in it. Likely the only things that can really be upgraded after purchase will be the RAM and HDD.
Mobility cards shouldn't be taken seriously. And for the type of work you want to do, mainstream cards might not even be the best option for the money depending on the software you are using is designed.
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....why revive a dead thread?
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