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Doom 3 on G5...more RAM or better video?? — #25

Quote: Originally Posted by pffxmacuzer You're right, not that impressive but still good enough for me too. Pretty cool, i didn't know the 4 slot PM held 8GB of RAM.Can't seem…
MacNN Hardware by Big Mac

Doom 3 on G5...more RAM or better video?? — #27

I will say that RAM is your best bet, but also there is another option that hasn't been suggested yet. The best upgrade I ever did for my G5 was to get a Raptor 10K RPM HDD. A litt…
MacNN Hardware by freebasen

Doom 3 on G5...more RAM or better video?? — #30

Sorry for the late responde. I'm running a Dual 1.8 G5. I have a ATI 9600 64 Meg, and 2.5 GB of RAM. I play Doom 3 at default setting with no problems on my 20 inch widescreen, wi…
MacNN Hardware by t500

Doom 3 on G5...more RAM or better video?? — #31

That's great to hear. I just traded off my G5 and 20" Cinema yesterday for another PC though. I never got the money i was expecting to upgrade. Anyway, I like rockin back and forth…
MacNN Hardware by pffxmacuzer

Doom 3 on G5...more RAM or better video?? — #34

Quote: Originally Posted by R!K but you can't blame Apple for a lazy port as it is rather more compicated than that, with a number of factors involved.. Apple is partly t…
MacNN Hardware by a2daj

Doom 3 on G5...more RAM or better video?? — #35

I have a 2x2 G5 with 1.25 GB RAM and a Radeon 9800Pro(retail). It runs Doom3 at PLAYABLE speeds at modest quality settings. That said, it runs everything else more than adequatel…
MacNN Hardware by jcadam

Doom 3 on G5...more RAM or better video?? — #36

I always understood that the slowdown in games using OpenGL were directly related to how OSX handles openGL in the OS (something about there being an extra layer that games have to…
MacNN Hardware by svtcontour

Doom 3 on G5...more RAM or better video?? — #37

OS X's implementation is a big reason, but so are the drivers. Optimizations at both levels can help performance independently. Example, I believe 10.3.7 contained some ATI drive…
MacNN Hardware by a2daj

iPod on Mac — #1

Hi, recently I bought a new iPod 20GB color, and I formatted it on my PC rig, thus in my iPod it says its using Windows. When I get my iBook, will I have to do anything different …
MacNN General by tikibangout

iPod on Mac — #2

gotta reformat it which means erase everything on it
MacNN General by markb8705

iPod on Mac — #3

Quote: Originally Posted by markb8705 gotta reformat it which means erase everything on it Do I have to reformat on my Mac? Or can it be done on my PC?
MacNN General by tikibangout

iPod on Mac — #5

Quote: Originally Posted by markb8705 gotta do it on your mac Okie dokes, thanks much.
MacNN General by tikibangout

iPod on Mac — #6

Many people have said PC formatted iPods can be used on Macs, and other than them being FAT formatted I don't see why they would not work. The shuffle is PC formatted.
MacNN General by Big Mac

song ratings if manually updating — #1

If you have erased all the songs off your hard drive and would like to occasionally add songs to your iPod, I can do this manually, but once I put it in the iPod playlist, it isn't…
MacNN Hardware by brunseye

Will the 30" Cinema Display Work w/WinXP? — #1

What the thread title says. My workplace, a police 911/dispatch center, is looking to streamline our current array of 9 monitors per station with 2 of the giant Apple monitors for…
MacNN Hardware by DigitalEl
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