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aryayush

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goobimama said:
I happen to play games like Age of Empires III, Need for speed Carbon, and tried some other demos with full 1650*1050 resolution and almost all effects turned on...
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And what will you do when a new game comes out that requires a better graphics card? You cannot pop in a graphics card, right? So, if you want a computer for dedicated gaming, a self assembled PC is the way to go. A Mac Pro would do the job better than most PCs but of course, it will be very heavy on the pocket.

For all other tasks (except gaming, that is) nothing beats a Mac.

Milind, your iMac has X1600, right?
 
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aryayush

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There's mail2and but he's busy studying nowadays.

amanbandla is also a Mac user.


@goobimama, which graphics card does it have? Don't tell me you play NFS: Carbon on an onboard graphics card.
 
goobimama

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ATi x1600 pro...256MB

@pathiks: Something wrong with your math? First you say 3 of us, and then you name 4!!! :)
 
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gxsaurav

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goobimama said:
@arya: Agreed, future games will not play on the Mac (especially those DirectX 10 ones...)
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Don't worry, many future games will play. MacOS X doesn't have DirectX anyway, what it has is OpenGL & even Geforce 6600GT supports OpenGL 2.0. OpenGL 2.1 will take quite some time to relese cos it is not required (they make it depending on workstation requirment)
 
goobimama

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Hmm...I'm a bit confused. Anyway, to arya, I've got the 20" iMac. And I was also referring to playing games through bootcamp.
 
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aryayush

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Yeah, kind of obvious since you mentioned Need For Speed Carbon.

I never knew you had the 20-inch model. Now I'm envious. I would trade my extra 512 MB of RAM for those precious three inches anyday. :D
 
nepcker

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Yeah, I've got the same one. You have the 17-incher, right?
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How many macs do you own? I thought you had a MacBook Pro.

I've got the 20" iMac. And I was also referring to playing games through bootcamp.
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You should have saved some more money and have went for the 24" version. A recent review had claimed that "24" iMacs are nearly perfect". (google for review).

As for me, I don't buy a mac that comes with a display- as I bought a 23" HD Cinema Display a few years ago. I had a mac mini, and I now own a Mac Pro. (The only mac I've bought with a display is my iBook.)
 
goobimama

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If only one knew that Apple was going to release a 24 incher...

Actually, that was all the cash I had and I don't think I can afford the 24 incher. Anyway, I've got a 24inch Dell for the PC...

Wondering whether my next mac (at least another two and half years from now) will be a portable or a workstation...
 
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aryayush

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Well, you definitely would have loved to use the Apple Remote while watching movies. :D

@ nepcker, when I said that "I've got the same one", I was talking about the graphics card. Unfortunately, I have only one Mac. :)
 
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I said that "I've got the same one", I was talking about the graphics card
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I have a ATI Radeon X1900 XT with 512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM.

Unfortunately, I have only one Mac.
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Me too. I used to own an iBook and a Mac mini but I sold them both to buy a Mac Pro.
 
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aryayush

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nepcker said:
I have a ATI Radeon X1900 XT with 512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM.
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WOW! That's some serious graphics power. Though since I am not a gamer, the graphics card on my machine is more than sufficient for me. :)
 
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