Dual Macs+Radeon9700=Great gaming!?

[hulkaros]

Although, I haven't test anything by myself I found this interesting to say the least:
http://www.barefeats.com/#quick

Hmmm... So, after all, Macs can be used for games, too? Nahhh... Maybe with G970

[fryke]

Macs would certainly be good for gaming. Problem is: It's mostly the highend Macs that would qualify for new games. And the market of owners of the latest highend dual processor Macs with highend graphics cards that actually play computer games (and also buy them) is rather small. Thus: Not many games available.

[chevy]

If you make enough money to afford a new high-end mac, it means you don't lose your time playing game on a computer !

[hulkaros]

Originally posted by chevy
If you make enough money to afford a new high-end mac, it means you don't lose your time playing game on a computer !

...you have someone who earns big money in order to afford a high-end Mac for you

[fryke]

Yeah, but if money's no problem, I'd have a GameCube for playing games (oops, I got one all the same), a PC for playing games (hmm, got one for testing and server purposes) and a Mac for everything creative (oh, I _got_ one). I don't really see a purpose in playing games on a Mac, as there are enough good and cheap alternatives (Playstation 2, GameCube...). The expensive thing? The games...

[hulkaros]

...likes to play games should buy a Mac! Of course NOT! I was just trying to show with this "news" post that Dual Macs finally almost catch up with the best Wintels out there...

However, I think that for some games consoles cannot hold a candle compared to computers: Online games AND network games! No matter what Sony, Nintendo, M$ try to tell people out there, for network gaming they still have a LOOONG way to go!

Oh and my gaming thing when free time appears: Sega Saturn & DreamCast but above all, for now and forever, MacMAME

Finally, I think slowly but steady the Mac gaming scene becomes bigger and if I'm not mistaken is bigger than ever before with better titles than ever before... Enough writing, time for action: Go and buy that Dual hottie

[dave17lax]

Originally posted by hulkaros
... No matter what Sony, Nintendo, M$ try to tell people out there, for network gaming they still have a LOOONG way to go!

This comment means you have obviously not played anything on xbox live.

1) The service requires broadband, so unless someone with a very bad dsl connection tries to host 16 people in a game, there is no lag.

2) All xbox live games support voice chat, which is 100 times better than typing in chat on ghost recon, or some similar game. Voice chat is easy to use and comes in clear, again no lag involved so it comes in handy in team games.

3) Though there aren't really any mods or upgrades created by an online community, it keeps the games extremly cheat free. There are no cheat codes that one player may have that the others don't so the gameplay is fair.

4) Most of the xbox live games have good filtering capabilities so you can find the game type you want quickly, just like any good PC/mac game.

The only thing really lacking is a mod community, but as I said I think this is a good thing for now.

[kendall]

Dual Macs+Radeon9700=$2300!

bwahahahhaha!

you could build a PC for less than $700 with a Radeon9700 that would smear any Mac when it comes to video games.

kiss network games goodbye on a Mac as well. Mac game updates are so slow in coming that you can't play online with the 95% of gamers who are using PCs anyway because with a Mac, you'll always be 1 or 2 updates behind them.