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<blockquote data-quote="Geeky1" data-source="post: 511270" data-attributes="member: 34442"><p>Cam, I saw your system specs in another other thread; your Mac Pro struggles is because it has a 7300, which isn't even fit for a place on my keychain. The Mac Pro with an x1900, though still slower than a modern gaming PC (by virtue of the fact that one x1900 is still slower than 2 8800 Ultras), is acceptably fast for games.</p><p></p><p>As far as the OP's concerns about heat go... Both the iMacs and the MBPs run warm; downright HOT in the case of the MBP. There's nothing that can be done about the iMac and only so much that can be done for the MBP (at least without voiding the warranty on either system...) I think that you'd be better off investing a small fraction of the money you'd spend on an iMac in a decent notebook cooler (the Vantec Lapcool 2, for example) and AppleCare on the MBP, so when it does fail, it'll be covered under warranty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geeky1, post: 511270, member: 34442"] Cam, I saw your system specs in another other thread; your Mac Pro struggles is because it has a 7300, which isn't even fit for a place on my keychain. The Mac Pro with an x1900, though still slower than a modern gaming PC (by virtue of the fact that one x1900 is still slower than 2 8800 Ultras), is acceptably fast for games. As far as the OP's concerns about heat go... Both the iMacs and the MBPs run warm; downright HOT in the case of the MBP. There's nothing that can be done about the iMac and only so much that can be done for the MBP (at least without voiding the warranty on either system...) I think that you'd be better off investing a small fraction of the money you'd spend on an iMac in a decent notebook cooler (the Vantec Lapcool 2, for example) and AppleCare on the MBP, so when it does fail, it'll be covered under warranty. [/QUOTE]
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