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<blockquote data-quote="gilesjuk" data-source="post: 399946" data-attributes="member: 29394"><p>Nobody is saying you can't game on a Mac Pro. But although they are the fastest Macs going, they still can't compete with a PC built for gaming.</p><p></p><p>A Mac Pro will have 4 cores typically, many games won't take advantage of these. They will typically be designed for 2 cores.</p><p></p><p>The memory used in a Mac Pro is a bit of a niche type, it suffers latency.</p><p></p><p>I would say a good gaming rig needs a good 3D card at best, CPU second. Unfortunately the Mac Pros have tons of CPU power but the 3D cards lag behind the PC world.</p><p></p><p>If money is no object, get a 3GHz 4 core Mac Pro, X1900 with about 4GB RAM. But you would get a better gaming experience spending that money on a PC, simply because of the choice of newer 3D cards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gilesjuk, post: 399946, member: 29394"] Nobody is saying you can't game on a Mac Pro. But although they are the fastest Macs going, they still can't compete with a PC built for gaming. A Mac Pro will have 4 cores typically, many games won't take advantage of these. They will typically be designed for 2 cores. The memory used in a Mac Pro is a bit of a niche type, it suffers latency. I would say a good gaming rig needs a good 3D card at best, CPU second. Unfortunately the Mac Pros have tons of CPU power but the 3D cards lag behind the PC world. If money is no object, get a 3GHz 4 core Mac Pro, X1900 with about 4GB RAM. But you would get a better gaming experience spending that money on a PC, simply because of the choice of newer 3D cards. [/QUOTE]
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