News Intel Mac gaming benchmarks

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  1. WilHarris

    WilHarris Just another nobody Moderator

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    WilHarris, 12 Apr 2006
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  2. crayfish

    crayfish Amazing scenes!

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    Dual botting :eyebrow:
     
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  3. Gordy

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    I have to say its made my macbook pro just that little bit better.

    I can run windows software when I'm on the move if needs be as long as using the great os x.

    I was hoping it would be possible when I bought it but wasn't going to be reliant on it.

    I'm taking it to a lan on friday save lugging my pc around :D
     
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  4. mclean007

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    Quite embarrassing that a quad-core G5 at 2.5GHz with a 7800GT gets only 67 fps where an A64 at 2.0GHz with a 6600GT hits 80! Shows how truly terrible the PPC architecture was for gaming.
     
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  5. Gordy

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    Nah it shows how poor the open gl is on mac os x I'm afraid :(

    Hopefully apple will do some more work on it now :)
     
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  6. mclean007

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    Good point well presented.
     
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  7. cpu121

    cpu121 What's a Dremel?

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    Are there any comparisons yet of a Macbook Pro running OSX and another running Windows XP? Would be interesting to see which is faster.
     
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  8. Firehed

    Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match.

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    Hm, if only they had put up some current games/games worth playing. I'm still wondering how a MBP would fare with Oblivion or some more recent FPSs.

    cpu121 - doubt it, but Windows would have to be faster. DX9 for a start.
     
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    I would love to see this too.
     
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  10. Gordy

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    There are some comparisons between the two out there already but they were using none native apps so it wasn't a fair test.
     
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  11. speedfreek

    speedfreek What's a Dremel?

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    Im waiting for the next gen before I even think of a laptop, Mac makes a decent laptop but I wouldnt try one until Im 100% certian that its bug free and car run source decently.
     
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  12. Gordy

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    No such thing as a 100% certainty any laptop is going to have bugs look at the last rev of the 15in powerbooks for proof if you need any.

    They can run source perfectly already (82fps)
     
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