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<blockquote data-quote="vbetts" data-source="post: 910987" data-attributes="member: 122197"><p>Almost any modern quad core machine with decent memory, video card, etc, should keep a stable 30-60fps constant in most games today. Even modern dual cores, like the core 2 duos, or Phenom based dual cores. Me personally, I would rather have one machine to do it all. And I would rather it be a Mac, since I enjoy Macs so much. However, some things have stopped me from buying a Mac.</p><p>1.Money. Money is probably the biggest factor for me, because the only Mac I'm interested in is the Mac Pro, and I don't have that kind of money to throw around exactly. I built my Quad core Phenom 940 rig with a Geforce 250 gts 4 gb of ram, 790 mobo, and other fun things all for under $700. Used Mac pro 1.1's are still on average $1500. Again, money I don't have to throw around.</p><p>2.Overclocking is not possible in Mac. Not anything extreme. I enjoy overclocking my system and pushing it, and this Phenom makes it easy with an unlocked multiplier. </p><p>3.Customization. This isn't that big of a deal to me, but it'd be nice to have a full customized system to my own. I mean, I can still buy the new Radeon hd5 series for windows, just couldn't use it in Mac. I could have it in the Mac, but only use it in Windows, which I don't have a huge problem with. I guess really, I can live without this, since there are easy alternatives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vbetts, post: 910987, member: 122197"] Almost any modern quad core machine with decent memory, video card, etc, should keep a stable 30-60fps constant in most games today. Even modern dual cores, like the core 2 duos, or Phenom based dual cores. Me personally, I would rather have one machine to do it all. And I would rather it be a Mac, since I enjoy Macs so much. However, some things have stopped me from buying a Mac. 1.Money. Money is probably the biggest factor for me, because the only Mac I'm interested in is the Mac Pro, and I don't have that kind of money to throw around exactly. I built my Quad core Phenom 940 rig with a Geforce 250 gts 4 gb of ram, 790 mobo, and other fun things all for under $700. Used Mac pro 1.1's are still on average $1500. Again, money I don't have to throw around. 2.Overclocking is not possible in Mac. Not anything extreme. I enjoy overclocking my system and pushing it, and this Phenom makes it easy with an unlocked multiplier. 3.Customization. This isn't that big of a deal to me, but it'd be nice to have a full customized system to my own. I mean, I can still buy the new Radeon hd5 series for windows, just couldn't use it in Mac. I could have it in the Mac, but only use it in Windows, which I don't have a huge problem with. I guess really, I can live without this, since there are easy alternatives. [/QUOTE]
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