[happymac]

I know a lot of you have PCs for gaming along with a Mac for 'real' work. Am interested in what brand you have and why you picked that particular brand; also, what configuration.

[icu400]

I'd be willing to bet anyone that has their own pc for gaming built it themself, from parts ordered on newegg or from frys. I certainly wouldn't buy a dell or hp if I was going to game on it, then again I wouldn't buy a pc at all.
As the mac guy in the commercial said, "Well now macs run windows too, so in a way i'm kinda the only computer you'll ever need."

[happymac]

Macs aren't for gaming, though. Not if you want the newest, go-fast games with all the 3-D effects turned on.
Is building a PC really that easy?

[icu400]

Yes.
And macs can play games just fine, just not your quicksilver g4. My power mac g5 is pushing 2 years old, and the only game I can't play at full settings is COD2, and even then I can get pretty close to full. If I had pci-e graphics like the revision newer than mine then i'm sure i'd be able to.
It depends on what kind of mac you get. Its not like a mac mini will run doom 3, but an imac will run it just fine. Its not like the new intel macs are using inferior hardware than pc's are; they are using the same or better. I see no reason why a new 20" intel imac wouldn't make a pretty good gaming computer. I have a friend at work that plays farcry on his 15" MBP and runs it through DVI out to his HD TV with an external keyboard and mouse.
And thats not even mentioning mac pro's, which would destroy ANY windows pc that you could build for gaming.
So yes, if you want a pc for gaming, it is cheap, and I suppose its easy to build yourself if you know how to do it. And honestly a few years ago I could understand the need to do that, but now, if you are a true mac user you would never consider it at this point, since its a complete waste of money when you could just get a new mac, which would run all the mac software and OS, and play PC games in bootcamp, parallels, or upcoming VMWare just as well as a windows counterpart.

[happymac]

But Macs don't have SLI duo video card support, yet. I can configure an Alienware PC for about 2 grand ang it will play the next gen. games.

[icu400]

Think again. Mac pros support up to 4 pci-e graphics cards side by side, in sli, and for the price you pay for it you're probably getting more than that alienware (which doesn't have 2 xeon processors in it i'm sure).
I just can't fathom someone wanting to spend over 2 grand on a pc when you can get a better computer from apple for the same price (mac pro). Read peter's article on the mac pro from a gamer's perspective, maybe that will make things a bit clearer.

[Peter Cohen]

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Think again. Mac pros support up to 4 pci-e graphics cards side by side, in sli.

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Mac Pros do indeed support up to four PCI-e graphics cards, but neither SLI nor CrossFire is supported.

[icu400]

They aren't? Well then whats the point of having more than one graphics card, that seems a bit silly.

[d00d]

Multiple displays. Imagine 8 displays hooked up to your Mac.

[icu400]

Eh, this is the only display you need:
Godzillatron
I live less than a block from that, and my life would be fulfilled if I could just play halo on it one time.