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<blockquote data-quote="Amen-Moses" data-source="post: 172791" data-attributes="member: 114">Says who?&nbsp; CreativeMac have posted their comparison test and the quad 2.4 system only managed to match the quad Mac in most tests, slightly beat it in a few and got roasted in a couple so they appear to be a very good match.&nbsp; Of course the tests were all about professional level graphics, i,e rendering tests, video editing etc.The video card they used (quadra 4500) points to what their test was all about, they obviously don't care about doom 3 stats but there again anyone who buys a Mac to play doom on is a few sandwiches short of a picnic imo.I could build a system tomorrow for under a grand that will blow away even a quad G5 btw.&nbsp; Simply get 10 EPIA M1000 boards, a rack mount+PSU and set it up as a Linux cluster.&nbsp; That won't play doom very well either but with the right software for some tasks it would blow away any off the shelf system at the same cost.Personally if I wanted a workstation for any graphics intensive work I'd definitely choose the quad G5, if I wanted to play games I'd probably chose the Xbox360.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" />Amen-Moses</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Amen-Moses, post: 172791, member: 114"] Says who? CreativeMac have posted their comparison test and the quad 2.4 system only managed to match the quad Mac in most tests, slightly beat it in a few and got roasted in a couple so they appear to be a very good match. Of course the tests were all about professional level graphics, i,e rendering tests, video editing etc. The video card they used (quadra 4500) points to what their test was all about, they obviously don't care about doom 3 stats but there again anyone who buys a Mac to play doom on is a few sandwiches short of a picnic imo. I could build a system tomorrow for under a grand that will blow away even a quad G5 btw. Simply get 10 EPIA M1000 boards, a rack mount+PSU and set it up as a Linux cluster. That won't play doom very well either but with the right software for some tasks it would blow away any off the shelf system at the same cost. Personally if I wanted a workstation for any graphics intensive work I'd definitely choose the quad G5, if I wanted to play games I'd probably chose the Xbox360. :cool: Amen-Moses [/QUOTE]

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