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Intel Mac Mini
est:
Do you know for sure that Doom3 runs ok on a G4 Mac Mini? If so, at what resolutions? My Athlon XP 2500 + a 128mb Radeon 9800 Pro and 512mb ram had some troubles playing Doom3 at a reasonable resolution until I upped the ram to 1gb, then I could play it *ok*
The major stumbling block in my rig is the Radeon 9800, as even though it's the top of the line for its time it's still getting on in years. I can't understand how an Intel integrated video solution that uses shared video ram could compete with even that. Most recent FPS games actually specify an ATI or Nvidia graphics card as the minimum spec to run the game.
edscoble:
--- Quote from: est ---Do you know for sure that Doom3 runs ok on a G4 Mac Mini? If so, at what resolutions? My Athlon XP 2500 + a 128mb Radeon 9800 Pro and 512mb ram had some troubles playing Doom3 at a reasonable resolution until I upped the ram to 1gb, then I could play it *ok*
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The resolution is 800x600 so it look kinda wonky on my LCD, but playing on a CRT make the game look crisper.
actually I'm surprised a G4 can run it because let fact it, the G4 is probably the slowest processor ever to be produced in the modern world.
est:
That's pretty neat, then! I guess that an Intel Mac Mini might be an even more capable gaming machine for the casual gamer. It's not gonna satisfy the dudes who want their resolutions huge and all the effects turned way up, but for those people who want the Mac Mini mainly for productive uses I guessing that being able to play the odd game here & there would still be welcome.
edscoble:
--- Quote from: est ---That's pretty neat, then! I guess that an Intel Mac Mini might be an even more capable gaming machine for the casual gamer. It's not gonna satisfy the dudes who want their resolutions huge and all the effects turned way up, but for those people who want the Mac Mini mainly for productive uses I guessing that being able to play the odd game here & there would still be welcome.
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you know the game XIII? it suppose to run on a Macintosh with 800MHz-1GHz, 512MB RAM and 64mb vram.
I brushed my old iBook out (G3 700Mhz, 384mb ram, 20GB, 16mb vram) and for some reason XIII actually run smoothly, unless you got too many baddie at once.
I'm still astounded.
edscoble:
Finally! Boot Camp! now I can run Windows in a Mac! now the Mac don't seemed overpriced anymore considering you can boot both OS X/Windows XP natively legally, that's a dream come true, 3 years ago, that's would be unspeakable.
17inch Intel iMac coming on my way on the 20th April, and don't have to pay a grand for it!
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