New iMac 2017 for Unreal Engine - Architectural Visualization

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It’s not coming with a radeon. It’s coming with a vega. Which will fall in line with it’s specs. I’m sure it will run your videos fine.

vega is a radeon. It’s called Radeon Vega.
Also, the 580 has 8GB of VRAM. So, yeah, you are a bit incorrect.

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With 4gb of vram. You will slowly begin to feel constrained. It’s not really a great game dev machine. Unless you plan to max the ram at 32gb, and buy an external graphics amplifier, and gpu in the near future. Adds 1200$
If there isn’t a ram slot on that Imac. I wouldnt buy it unless ram was full, and i would also add the best surge protector $ can buy if the ram is not changable.
Running minimum requirements for UE4 isn’t extremely productive. If I was going to buy anything new. It would have to have an 8gb video card. Right now.
If I got a great deal on Imac with max ram. It would be fine. Bizon box, and GTX1070-80 would come within 6 months of purchase. That was the scenario with my macbook.

Did you already work with an external GPU with MacOS and UE? I am considering to buy the new iMac with the 8GB Radeon Pro 580, too. But as I am developing VR applications, I am concerned that the Pro 580 won’t be powerful enough to satisfy my needs. Are external GPUs a reasonable option? I read that they only work on external monitors and with heavy performance losses.