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Doom 3 on G5...more RAM or better video?? — #22

Here's the results graph that Barefeats got for Doom3 with the X800 (and one overclocked to X850 speed) on a dual 2.5 with 8Gb ram. Not actually very impressive compared to wha…
MacNN Hardware by R!K

Doom 3 on G5...more RAM or better video?? — #23

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 to find 2GB DIMMS nowhere though.
MacNN Hardware by pffxmacuzer

Doom 3 on G5...more RAM or better video?? — #24

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 R!K

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…
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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

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…
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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…
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Best portable hard drive? — #1

Quote: SmartDisk FireLite 80 GB FW 800 Drive This actually looks pretty interesting. Anyone own one? If not, any recommendations?
MacNN Hardware by Randman
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