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Power Mac G5 or iMac G5?
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<blockquote data-quote="nomore" data-source="post: 69990"><p>The FX5200 is not capable of running a game like Half Life 2 at full resolution with all the effect settings on because it doesn't support all the effects... and the frame rate will drop signifcantly.</p><p></p><p>All the game graphics are handled by the GPU, not the CPU, so the fact that it's a G5 doesn't make much difference for graphics. You could have a 800MHz G4 with a Radeon 9800 which would thrash the 1.8GHz iMac G5 in terms of gaming.</p><p></p><p>The iMac is designed for home users who do not demand great performance from games. The G5 Power Mac will also be a lot quicker for CPU intensice tasks such as raytracing and video encoding because of the greater memory bandwidth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nomore, post: 69990"] The FX5200 is not capable of running a game like Half Life 2 at full resolution with all the effect settings on because it doesn't support all the effects... and the frame rate will drop signifcantly. All the game graphics are handled by the GPU, not the CPU, so the fact that it's a G5 doesn't make much difference for graphics. You could have a 800MHz G4 with a Radeon 9800 which would thrash the 1.8GHz iMac G5 in terms of gaming. The iMac is designed for home users who do not demand great performance from games. The G5 Power Mac will also be a lot quicker for CPU intensice tasks such as raytracing and video encoding because of the greater memory bandwidth. [/QUOTE]
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