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I would really love to see that video card make it into the Mac Pro is a BTO option. I don't see what would be the point for apple, in not having that card in their Mac Pro, or what they would have instead...
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The question is - you're going to buy one? A PM with such a GPU would cost at least $4,000. |
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I my oppinion Apple isn't reallly known for providing great graphicssolution in their systems...
Look at the PM G5 Quad. It's a rather pricey piece of hardware. And yet it only comes with GF 6600 256mb graphicscard I mean, look at it! I bought a similar card for around 200$ as a midlife upgrade to my PC. And that was more than TWO years ago... |
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Most people, even pros, do not need extremely powerful graphics. The key is that Apple at least offers upgrade options for them. The Power Mac G5 only ships with a GeForce 6600, but you have the option of upgrading to a 7800GT or even a Quadro 4500.
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However, I believe the OP is still in high school, and likely does not have that much disposable income to be concerned about video cards in this tier. |
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Original poster (in this case, Macsforever).
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Well, some high-school students have some money. Heck, I'm a freshman and I drive this beast of an Acura to school each day.
Yeah, I'm working with my grandpa and we hope to fit a turbo in it, but the engine is really cramped. JK But honestly, I know that as a student anything over $1000 is generally out of most people's (including my) range as far as computers go. This is why I want to see a quality replacement to the iBook so I can finally afford a laptop! |
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1) My car is nicer, and I'm not much older. JK :-)
2) If you're a freshman, how do you have a driver's license? |
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You should check it out some time, not a bad place to live... |
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But better than ArKansas... ;^p |
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I doubt it...
What would you need a card like that, in a intel mac? Maya was bought out by Autodesk and they are NOT going to support the mac anymore. So you might have cinema 4d or lightwave... but c'mon. You need Maya for somthing awesome like that. |
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www.portfoliowork.blogspot.com MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz (coming mid-December) | iBook G4 12" 1.2GHz | iPod 5.5 80Gb | iPod 3G 20Gb |
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IRIX is the unix variant run on Silicon Graphics machines...
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