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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 5 2012, 02:29 AM (375 Views) | |
| Mrkingdomheartsboy | Feb 5 2012, 02:29 AM Post #1 |
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I've always been interested in PC gameing and i want to know if this is good for playing games like TF2 Diablo 3 and Battlefield 3? http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MC309LL-21-5-Inch-Desktop-VERSION/dp/B004YKXGIK/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1328425844&sr=1-1\ |
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| MrTechnoSqueek | Feb 5 2012, 03:05 AM Post #2 |
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uh no...that is not even a pc..lol |
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| Mrkingdomheartsboy | Feb 5 2012, 03:08 AM Post #3 |
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You get what i mean gameing on a computer. |
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| MrTechnoSqueek | Feb 5 2012, 03:19 AM Post #4 |
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why do you want to game on a mac anyways ...that is a horrible idea...you could build a high end computer for like 600 bucks |
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| Mrkingdomheartsboy | Feb 5 2012, 03:25 AM Post #5 |
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I don't really know i'm not very familiar with this stuff. Also can you give me a link to a place to get the parts building one seems interesting. |
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| MrTechnoSqueek | Feb 5 2012, 03:37 AM Post #6 |
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www.newegg.com |
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| Kharnivore2099 | Feb 5 2012, 07:07 AM Post #7 |
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Yeah, techno is right enough, Mac's are terrible for gaming. Steam have a small library dedicated to them but they are more suited to creative/design/editing programs...or so im told anyway. Im not an Apple/Mac fan by any means so my views may be just a little biased. :p You could pick up a semi decent rig for quite cheap if you know what your looking for. What are you looking to play and are you bothered about it looking as good as it can be? You could have one running at modern console performance for quite a low price to be honest. |
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| turbogamer2point0 | Feb 5 2012, 07:57 AM Post #8 |
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I am going to say this. Yes this would be good for PC gaming. TF2 and Diablo 3 are native to Mac, however you'd need to do Battlefield 3 on a Bootcamp Partition. Bootcamp is pretty much dedicating space on your mac to install windows/linux/etc alongside OSX (in a nutshell, windows on a mac). It is great, and with the specs on any iMac in general, you won't be disappointed BUT!! Are you really willing to blow 12 hundred on a computer plus 100 more to buy a windows disc? I'd suggest going to cyberpowerpc.com or ibuypower.com if you are afraid to build your own rig. If, however you are not afraid to build, then go for newegg like mentioned above. Yes you can game pretty good on a mac, I have friends that do so. But it's way too big of an investment to get into and 9 times out of 10 it's not even worth it (unless you are a mac power user and need a mac for the things you do everyday which in some people's cases this is true). |
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| lol_pc | Feb 5 2012, 08:34 AM Post #9 |
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Mac is an absolutely horrible choice if you're looking for a gaming PC. For starters, a Windows PC has soooo many games to choose from, the Mac has a very, very weak library of games and everything you can find on Mac, can be found on Windows PCs aswell. Secondly, the few games Windows and Mac share, almost always runs better on PC than Mac. And Thirdly, you can buy a much better gaming rig for the money you put down for a Mac. In my mind, Mac only has one thing worthwhile, that is Final Cut Pro, every other creative program can be found on PC, and in most cases runs better on PC. You also have to take into consideration that you can't change hardware in a Mac, you can change RAM and HDD but that's it, you can't switch out your CPU, GPU or Motherboard. That is a huge setback if you're looking to play serious games on your PC in the future aswell. Mac might have a good looking and user friendly UI and some fancy looking designs, but you don't have nearly the same freedom as you do with a PC. |
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| SCScanlan | Feb 5 2012, 11:14 AM Post #10 |
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I agree 100%... well 99% as I want Garage Band on my pc lol. Just build a pc or buy a mid-range pc and upgrade it immediately. |
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| Mamonuth | Feb 5 2012, 03:24 PM Post #11 |
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Invest the money that you were considering to put down on that mac on a windows pc and play all the games. |
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| DonDonRaiden | Feb 6 2012, 03:25 PM Post #12 |
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Almost any of your Blizzard games and games such as TF2 are going to run fine on OSX. However you are going to have a huge source of titles available to you running a PC. Even running boot camp you are limited by hardware limitations. I'm OSX dependent for daily tasks, but I recently picked up a PC to feed my gaming crave. |
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