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#1 2006-11-27 3:32 pm
- objectzero
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Hardware advice...tower or laptop
Ok....the choices are...
2.15GHz Intel Duo Core MacBook Pro with 128mg video card and 2 gigs of ram. Runs at 30fps MAX.
I have a G4 Quicksilver tower with Dual 800s and 64 meg video card and 1 gig of ram.
If i put a hardcore video card in the tower would the fps increase past the laptop?
and DISCUSS!
thanks.
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#3 2006-11-27 4:44 pm
- objectzero
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Re: Hardware advice...tower or laptop
PHUSMC wrote:
Get a MacPro...
Thanks for making the extra effort at being totally useless. You might have noticed that i'm a little full on macs atm. Besides, if i wanted a machine to just play wow on, i'd spend 600$ on a PC and through a 256mb card in it.
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#4 2006-11-27 4:49 pm
Re: Hardware advice...tower or laptop
Well, I wouldn't get a MBP because high-end laptops are a waste of money unless you make money with them. If you want something to play games on, get a MacPro or go buy a PC. Putting a newer video card in your older machine isn't going to solve much in the long run. How's that for totally useless? I was being efficient in just saying buy a MacPro. Useless? No.
MacBook Pro 15.4"
2.5GHz CPU, 250GB HDD, 512MB VRAM
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#5 2006-11-27 4:49 pm
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Re: Hardware advice...tower or laptop
Thanks for making the extra effort at being polite. That sure encourages people to help you.
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#6 2006-11-27 5:17 pm
- objectzero
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Re: Hardware advice...tower or laptop
riiiiiight. So i ALREADY OWN the laptop. and i ALREADY OWN the tower. The laptop can't do over 30fps period. Do you think that the tower with a better video card could give me better performance?
Thanks for making the extra effort at being polite. That sure encourages people to help you.
Yea...so i was asking if a new video card in a tower that i already own would bypass the fps on the laptop i already own. And the answer is "buy a MacPro"....
sorry for being impolite. That was obviously the answer.
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#7 2006-11-28 12:57 pm
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Re: Hardware advice...tower or laptop
Okay, asshat. Of course getting a better card will improve the performace - a bit. But it is still a G4. In other words: PoS 4 WoW. Either enjoy the lappie as it stands, or buy a smurfin' Mac mini / iMac / MacPro / mythical $600 PC with a 256 MB card.
BTW - welcome to MAF. Now learn some manners.
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#8 2006-11-28 2:22 pm
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Re: Hardware advice...tower or laptop
Yeah, okay enough swearing.
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