Posts by auslander

Quote: Originally posted by mattcl Thanks for the comprehensive response. I was suprised at how little processor resource was used by a DOOM 3, even when set on Ultra Quality and 1600 x 1200 - I only get a brief pause when I enter a...

Mine is slated to arrive on Dec 27th. I'll be sure to post if any issues occur. Neil

Well, I'm hoping that the quads CAN perform well as far as gaming goes. I ordered one a few days ago, along with the 7800 graphics card option. It *should* be a monster of a Mac. I'll get it the day after Boxing Day (yes I'm a Brit), so...

Does anyone find with VLC that if you open a movie it hijacks the audio settings? Lately, I've been trying to play some AVI movies using VLC but I get errors and after that I get no audio output from my Mac. I checked in the Sys prefs...

Well...a couple of weeks ago I was updating the firmware on my dual 2.5 G5 and during the process it freaked out. As always I followed all the instructions to the letter, and at first things looked ok, but then it spat open the DVD drive...

Quote: Originally posted by Gavriel How much noise does such a beast make? Mine's really quiet, except when it revs up. That usually lasts about 5 secs.

Quote: Originally posted by the_snitch How about lian-li's g5 inspired V1000. I actually prefer how the ports are at the bottom and centered. Thats how they should have been. You see, this PC has 7 - not 3 - 7!!! PCI slots. How...

Quote: Originally posted by MattB Well the on the PC side NVidia seems to have better OpenGL performance but ATI has been catching with each driver release. Personally on the Mac I prefer ATI cards and the long wait for my still non...

Quote: Originally posted by onlooker This is the kind of reports I was waiting for before ordering a 2.5GHz G5 with that card. (although I never imagined the G5 constraints, or the 6800 delays) I was hoping (dreaming) that it would be...

Quote: Originally posted by Placebo That's damn sweet, especially at that resolution. Well, I presume that it's because there's a lot going on in ONS mode that the framerates are low, but in the modes I usually play, I saw rates of...