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Eugene
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Hillsborough, CA
 
2008-01-12, 07:53

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Originally Posted by Gargoyle View Post
So you won't be playing any games that use a modern engine such as the Unreal Engine 3 or cryEngine 2?

And your operating system does not keep running in the background? (how strange)

And you don't use 3rd party comms software while your playing?

Now who's the one spreading the FUD?
At resolutions like 1680x1050 and 1920x1200 your games are not even CPU bound, but GPU bound. When I play a games, I usually have various chat clients open and ventrilo open. Those apps and the OS in the background would probably utilize under 10% CPU on average, so a dual-core CPU still is the basis for the most practical gaming system.

And back to the statement about there being no room for the xMac because it's only enthusiasts. Bullshit. It's less of a niche product than the Mac Pro is. The vast majority of desktop Mac users could get by with an iMac.

Last edited by Eugene : 2008-01-12 at 08:21.
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