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Quote: Originally posted by nguyenhm16 I remember somebody posting here that Apple writes their own OpenGL implementation, so just because NVidia can tweak their PC OpenGL drivers to be faster at Doom III, doesn't necessarily mean that it will be…
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Quote: Originally posted by slughead like I said, for Non-OGL 3D tasks the x800 is faster. Doom 3 is a pretty big OGL 3D task The 6800 GT is a best buy, that's why I own one for my PC. But if I really, really wanted performance for the games I…
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Quote: Originally posted by slughead The x800 WILL be faster than the 6800 (U or GT) for non OGL 3d tasks. What non OpenGL tasks exactly? As far as I am aware, everything 3D on MacOS X is OpenGL including Quickdraw Extreme. Quote: The x8…
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Quote: Originally posted by onlooker If Apple could get either of them to perform well compared to the PC versions I'd still go with the Nvidia. Well the on the PC side NVidia seems to have better OpenGL performance but ATI has been catching …
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Cancelling my July 6800 Ultra order right now.
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Much to my surprise my Dual 2.5Ghz G5 finally arrived today (no BTO options). Now just waiting for the 6800 Ultra to ship but that's a bit of an easier wait.
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Quote: Originally posted by KCOM2006 4th Ship Date - Oct 29th It just changed to that date this afternoon !!!! OMG! Oct 29th!!!! I ordered mine late june and I knew being in New Zealand I wouldn't be getting it till the early US orders we…
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You can get optical switch boxes. I've got one at home to switch between my PS2, Minidisk and G5 (When it arrives). It's a little bit of a hassle but it's still easier than unpluging cables, etc
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It does look like what you say is largely right according to ID's Doom 3 hardware guide released today. It seems the amount of memory on the card has more effect on how Doom 3 runs. They say the Fx5200 can do 640x480 medium quality vs low quality on…
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Quote: Originally posted by John I can't decide if you're being sarcastic, or if you are actually insane. Sounds like you're suggesting that Konfabulator is itself an original idea. To me it's a case of the Konfab guys saying something like "…
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Quote: Originally posted by emig647 Only reason I would take the 6800 over the x800xt is drivers. ATI's drivers suck big time... always have. In my experience ATIs drivers are better on the Mac than NVidia's although NVidia's Mac drivers appea…
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Quote: Originally posted by sanity assassin Sorry, but that opinion piece by daring fireball was nothing but slight of hand in regards to Konfab/DB. Who cares where certain, very basic, ideas may have originated, it;s how they are executed th…
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Quote: Originally posted by John Again, what makes you think Dashboard will be better in this regard? I'm not claiming anything one way or the other, I'm just asking why everyone seems so sure that similar widgets will have wildly different CPU …
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Quote: Originally posted by wizard69 It is the design advantages of PCI-Express that Apple will exploit. The absolute performance is only a small part of the equation. True, but a 9600 chip probably costs more than an X300 chip and in most c…
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Quote: Originally posted by mmmpie While doom III is reported as playing ok on an mx440 ( which is the best mx 4, and much faster than the mx400 ), the geforce 5200 isnt any faster. Its just got pixel and vertex shaders. This is handy for letting…
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Quote: Originally posted by Mac Voyer Is this really what we have been reduced to? Why should we accept that the resolution has to be low for a game played on a built-in, high res monitor? Why should we accept that a decent game should have low…
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Quote: Originally posted by ChilliMac Better 17" LCD G5 1.8 512MB RAM (2 256MB DDR 400), expandable to 4GB 80 GB Serial ATA HD Combo DVD/CDRW Drive ATI 9600 64MB $1299 Best 17" LCD (maybe 20" …
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Quote: Originally posted by rok all i know is that the new imac had better be able to run doom 3 out of the box, no questions asked. doesn't need to be the highest resolution, but there ain't a teenage boy on earth who will tell his parents he* w…
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I expect the new iMac will either have the NVidia fx5200 or a mac edition of the new ATI X300. Anything less than these two cards will probably be unable to provide any hardware acceleration of Core Image in 10.4 and anything more will outperform th…
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As far as a music player goes, visualizers are the only reason I can see you'd want a color screen. That said, I don't expect to see colour any time soon. Even greyscale level meters might look quite nice and wouldn't take much CPU power. Not holdin…