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robo74
Jul 7, 2006, 05:25 PM
Ok, so we have been running some form of XP on our iMacs, and this goes out to he gamers in the bunch.

Has anyone who was using a PC before intels gave up their gaming rig for good?
AKA, you use bootcamp now instead of a seperate computer all together?

If so, how is it working out for you.

For me:
I find my 17 intel iMac to perform pretty good to where I dont really use or miss my AMD system at all.

Rob



iCeQuBe
Jul 7, 2006, 06:06 PM
I gave up my gaming rig and my old mac in excahnge for an intel iMac running boot camp. I had P4 3.2Ghz with 1 gig of RAM, 2 74 Gig 10,000 RPM Raptors in raid 1 and a Radeon 9800 Pro. The iMac runs faster! I know that my gaming rig wasn't state of the art by todays standards but it ran all the games I play well. I ran two benchmark programs PC Mark and 3D Mark and both tests saw the iMac demolish the PC that I replaced The only thing faster on my old PC was the two 10,000 RPM Raptors in Raid 1. But over all the iMac has been great. I am really impressed by it's performance. I mainly play battlefield 1 and 2 and Call of Duty 2. But I have played half life 2 and doom 3 as well.

Ok, so we have been running some form of XP on our iMacs, and this goes out to he gamers in the bunch.

Has anyone who was using a PC before intels gave up their gaming rig for good?
AKA, you use bootcamp now instead of a seperate computer all together?

If so, how is it working out for you.

For me:
I find my 17 intel iMac to perform pretty good to where I dont really use or miss my AMD system at all.

Rob

CYBER PETE
Jul 10, 2006, 04:35 PM
Great thread. I'm curious as well. I'll post my results next Monday when my 20" iMAC arrives. :-D

kouljackson
Jul 11, 2006, 01:03 AM
can we get somone to post thier specs, their old PC specs, and then a 3dMark score? Keep this ball rolling, it's exactly what i need before I buy a Mac Desktop.