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<blockquote data-quote="Village Idiot" data-source="post: 426226" data-attributes="member: 29446"><p>I think they're seriously slacking in the game department when you have a fully built pc that can run anything you want on a 30" monitor at 2650 x whatever resolution with everything jacked up.</p><p></p><p>The x1600 is not a good gaming gpu. I've ran several games where I come across lag on my MBP and it's most definitely a graphics thing. The new 8600 or 8800, I forget the exact model, in the mbp is getting there. </p><p></p><p>I mean, I have an nvidia go 7900gs in my inspiron, which isn't considered to be worth comparison to a mbp by most and it blows the x1600 out of the water.</p><p></p><p>There's a chart that's constantly reference on here with benchmarks on a lot of the mobile GPUs. The x1600 is horribly low in comparison to my 7900gs and the new gpu in the mbp's is just about even, only really gaining an advantage because of DX 10 support.</p><p></p><p>Macs will run games, but getting by and running a game with everything maxed to the brim with room to go are two different things.</p><p></p><p>I'd like to test how some things run on the new MBP 17" at 1920x1200. I bet it's pretty good and comparable to my Inspiron, as long as it's not one of those rare games that's dependent on CPU power more so than GPU.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Village Idiot, post: 426226, member: 29446"] I think they're seriously slacking in the game department when you have a fully built pc that can run anything you want on a 30" monitor at 2650 x whatever resolution with everything jacked up. The x1600 is not a good gaming gpu. I've ran several games where I come across lag on my MBP and it's most definitely a graphics thing. The new 8600 or 8800, I forget the exact model, in the mbp is getting there. I mean, I have an nvidia go 7900gs in my inspiron, which isn't considered to be worth comparison to a mbp by most and it blows the x1600 out of the water. There's a chart that's constantly reference on here with benchmarks on a lot of the mobile GPUs. The x1600 is horribly low in comparison to my 7900gs and the new gpu in the mbp's is just about even, only really gaining an advantage because of DX 10 support. Macs will run games, but getting by and running a game with everything maxed to the brim with room to go are two different things. I'd like to test how some things run on the new MBP 17" at 1920x1200. I bet it's pretty good and comparable to my Inspiron, as long as it's not one of those rare games that's dependent on CPU power more so than GPU. [/QUOTE]
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