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Windows runs smooth?
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It runs silky smooth! 
It ALMOST seems more repsponsive than the mac side actually. Like I just built a smokin' PC and loaded up windows.
Performance of the 7300 card is also not as bad as I thought it would be. I run Half-Life 2 pretty well with everything maxed out. It does dip down quite a bit when I get to large open spaces or places w/ a lot of water (20ish fps). But it works for me.
It ALMOST seems more repsponsive than the mac side actually. Like I just built a smokin' PC and loaded up windows. Performance of the 7300 card is also not as bad as I thought it would be. I run Half-Life 2 pretty well with everything maxed out. It does dip down quite a bit when I get to large open spaces or places w/ a lot of water (20ish fps). But it works for me.
ejewels52 said:
They run beautifully, though the FBDIMM's are less well suited towards games than DDR/DDR2 memory. It's server memory, but maybe with more multicore oriented games its pedigree will come in handy.
I've been a PC gamer for years, and I can tell you that the Pro with a X1900 is smoking! I just got mine today so I'm in the process of getting some benchmarks, but the fact that I can run some pretty high end Games such as Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter at 1920x1200 with everything turned up makes me pretty dang satisfied.
Plus running Quake 4 version 1.2 or higher is a must, it's one of the games that supports duel cores, hot knife through butter, it can't get any smoother!
Plus running Quake 4 version 1.2 or higher is a must, it's one of the games that supports duel cores, hot knife through butter, it can't get any smoother!
These success stories are very encouraging.
Did you all achieve these performance highs after fixing the SATA issue by using the slipstreamed disc, or is it working like this with only the standard Boot Camp install?
Did you all achieve these performance highs after fixing the SATA issue by using the slipstreamed disc, or is it working like this with only the standard Boot Camp install?
don't forget you'll need a 64bit version of Windows on a Mac Pro... and I guess allso 64bit versions of all your other software, but I'm not sure about that last one...
Hey, I'd heard from numerous sources that you need a 64-bit version of XP, but someone on here had a thread stating that x64 was much more complicated to install than the standard 32-bit versions. Is this true, or is it basically the same process?
It's not that the OS won't run, it's that if you spent the money to have two CPUs in your computer, you want a version of Windows that will utilize both of them. Running XP home on a Mac Pro will work, but it will only use one of the two CPUs.
true that if you want to take advantage of the 64bit processor you will need xp 64 but windows xp pro runs very well on the mac pro and recognize all the 4 cores.Doctor Suarez said:
and it is the one supported by boot camp i don't know how hard it will be installing the win xp 64 but any way in the windows realm there is only few softwares that run 64 bit, so i don't see need for the hasle except if you want to run any high end 3d animation package that support 64 bit
Wait, so the non-x64 version of XP pro recognizes all four CPU cores? I wasn't aware that was possible.
But since 64-bit apps are not part of my windows needs, that's great news.
But since 64-bit apps are not part of my windows needs, that's great news.
Yes lets not confuse multi-core and 64bit. A 32bit copy of Windows XP will be fine and both will utilize multiple cores.