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Why does Apple hate gamers so much?
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Thats quite the liberty since there is no statement even similar on the site. Additionally pretty much any site trying to sell something advertises their products so your warning is pointless.
Given that Dell bought Alienware eight years ago in 2006 you are a little late on that warning.
I don't disagree with you on there being better gaming system manufactures our there.
Are you nuts?
My cousin bought a 3.4/680MX 27" iMac back in April. You so CAN game on them. Tomb Raider runs smoothly on his iMac at 2560x1440 with everything turned up to maximum.
If you can afford a Mac Pro, you can afford a few hundred to put a GTX 680 in it and then it games beautifully.
And if you're suggesting an Ivy Bridge Xeon with dual FirePros can't game, sure... maybe if you bring back a game from 2019 in your DeLorean.
I would just stick with a gaming PC. You could buy a decent one for around $600.
OS X isn't the best gaming platform. I get ~20-25 more FPS playing Starcraft 2 on Windows on my Mac Pro. Same settings and all.
OS X isn't the best gaming platform. I get ~20-25 more FPS playing Starcraft 2 on Windows on my Mac Pro. Same settings and all.
Because other than the 5% of gamers who will drop serious money on a specialty rig, most want to spend $600 at Newegg on a rig, and then maybe another $300 on a video card.
OriginPC seems to start their serious rigs at $1500 approx. Here is a middle of the road custom rig I built, choosing just minimal upgrades. I wasn't going for upgrades - this is just what I'd personally buy. You can get a LOT more expensive.
Hardcore gamers will build their own stuff. Casuals will spend as little as they can. It's the hardcore gamer who can't build a PC who buys this stuff, and there's a lot of those.
Why would they buy apple over this? There's zero reason for apple to compete, just like there's not a Ford boat or motorcycle.
OriginPC seems to start their serious rigs at $1500 approx. Here is a middle of the road custom rig I built, choosing just minimal upgrades. I wasn't going for upgrades - this is just what I'd personally buy. You can get a LOT more expensive.
Hardcore gamers will build their own stuff. Casuals will spend as little as they can. It's the hardcore gamer who can't build a PC who buys this stuff, and there's a lot of those.
Why would they buy apple over this? There's zero reason for apple to compete, just like there's not a Ford boat or motorcycle.
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Doubtful and they introduce driver scaling and micro stutter issues. Look at the relevant tests that would impact a Windows based game and the results below. Drivers are skewed this time the other way. The cost vs. performance is terrible for any game. Yes, I know Tom's ain't the best but this was a massive benchmarking.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-workstation-graphics-card,3493.html
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Stop with the common sense already. We can't yell at each other anymore.
2 of the MPs in our lab are used regularly for gaming after hours. The 1,1 spends hours a night playing League of Legends in bootcamp, while the Dual 5680 has gone through all 3 Crysis games at least once.
I enjoy turning the high power CPUs into gaming monsters, and it is a great way to test video cards.
The 1,1 runs Windows 8 64bit like a dream, it doesn't know that it is old tech until you try to run Mountain Lion on it. I would never buy a MP just to game on but as a "plus" it can't be beat.
I enjoy turning the high power CPUs into gaming monsters, and it is a great way to test video cards.
The 1,1 runs Windows 8 64bit like a dream, it doesn't know that it is old tech until you try to run Mountain Lion on it. I would never buy a MP just to game on but as a "plus" it can't be beat.
Apple Loves gamers because game production houses buy bucket loads of Mac's. Well they use to.
So PowerPC era. I'm a little shocked by that considering how much game development software would have been unavailable on the platform.
A ford v8 motorcycle? Yes please.
Pretty much... I just assumed the gaming market wasn't worth it to them.
I know gamers aren't typically into Macs since it costs more for inferior specs, the hardware is much less configurable, and this leads to Macs getting less support for games.
If you really do want gaming, either get a console, PC gaming rig (even an lower end would work, and be quite affordable), or there should be a growing library of Steam games that also work on OSX.
I know gamers aren't typically into Macs since it costs more for inferior specs, the hardware is much less configurable, and this leads to Macs getting less support for games.
If you really do want gaming, either get a console, PC gaming rig (even an lower end would work, and be quite affordable), or there should be a growing library of Steam games that also work on OSX.
Apple has tried to appeal to gamers before and it's just blown up in their faces. It's a combination of bad luck and management not fully understanding the market.
Remember when Steve Jobs decided to really push into gaming and put a lot of marketing into this little game called Halo? The way that turned out it's not a surprise Jobs decided that games weren't really worth his time. Apple just really hasn't been able to get over the failures they've had in gaming on the Mac.
The new iMacs are much better for gaming though. You won't get 5k out of them for most games, but 1440p should be ok, and they won't overheat.
Remember when Steve Jobs decided to really push into gaming and put a lot of marketing into this little game called Halo? The way that turned out it's not a surprise Jobs decided that games weren't really worth his time. Apple just really hasn't been able to get over the failures they've had in gaming on the Mac.
The new iMacs are much better for gaming though. You won't get 5k out of them for most games, but 1440p should be ok, and they won't overheat.