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i love my imac but want to use final cut pro is their any way to upgrade the video card to something that has open gl or cl

Technically speaking … yes you can … however, it is extremely difficult to do. The first thing you’d want to do is make sure you have a compatible GPU ahead of time. You sure wouldn’t want to go to all this work and then find out you can’t get a GPU for your model of iMac! If this doesn’t scare you off….you can follow the step by step tutorial at this link … iMac Intel 21.5" EMC 2389 GPU Card Replacement