Hello everyone,
I'm going to be switching to a Mac very soon (just as soon as I can find someone to buy my Desktop PC off of me!), and I thought I'd come here for some last bits of buying advice.
To catch you up: I have a Desktop PC, as I mentioned before, that I built last year. It's got wonderfully powerful hardware in it that I configured specifically for gaming, but I've found that I don't take full advantage of it very much anymore, as school and work (involving graphic design) have come to dominate my life. As such, I've gotten tired of all the errors and hic-ups I run into with Windows while running CS3 for work, and I decided back in May that I'd be switching to a Mac as soon as I could afford it.
And here I am. I'll probably have enough for the new base-end iMac in a week or two, and I'm left deciding whether or not to save just a liiiiiittle bit longer and get the 2.4GHz model with the 2600 Pro in it. The only reason I'm hesitating is because I still do play a game or two, and I'm wondering if the 2400XT in the base-end is enough power. I'm mostly only going to be playing Half-Life 2 and TF2 (when it comes out, that is) on it through bootcamp.
So after my long winded rambling, I guess my question is this: Has anyone had any experience with gaming on the 2400XT, and if so, what was it like?
Thanks so much for the help.
I'm going to be switching to a Mac very soon (just as soon as I can find someone to buy my Desktop PC off of me!), and I thought I'd come here for some last bits of buying advice.
To catch you up: I have a Desktop PC, as I mentioned before, that I built last year. It's got wonderfully powerful hardware in it that I configured specifically for gaming, but I've found that I don't take full advantage of it very much anymore, as school and work (involving graphic design) have come to dominate my life. As such, I've gotten tired of all the errors and hic-ups I run into with Windows while running CS3 for work, and I decided back in May that I'd be switching to a Mac as soon as I could afford it.
And here I am. I'll probably have enough for the new base-end iMac in a week or two, and I'm left deciding whether or not to save just a liiiiiittle bit longer and get the 2.4GHz model with the 2600 Pro in it. The only reason I'm hesitating is because I still do play a game or two, and I'm wondering if the 2400XT in the base-end is enough power. I'm mostly only going to be playing Half-Life 2 and TF2 (when it comes out, that is) on it through bootcamp.
So after my long winded rambling, I guess my question is this: Has anyone had any experience with gaming on the 2400XT, and if so, what was it like?
Thanks so much for the help.
