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[QUOTE="MBirdy88"]Well I didn't want to judge from the start, but this thread turned out to be exactly what I thought it would. "Hey guys, I jumped ship, payed $2000 for a mac because I got use to exclusive software through school/freind/family and I am now convinced this was a good choice, so I will no aggressively defend my purchase." What specs are your iMac anyway? Crysis 3 on max 30 FPS? "yea sure" I have used bootcamp myself back in college with their titanic 30' imacs and the performance is NOT equal to windows. Especially in the world of games, but its not a massive drop. $2000 for 2 pieces of software and Crysis 3 at 30FPS will not impress anyone here. "$800 dollars worth of components" BS.... an i7 is pretty standard pricing now, RAM is irrelevantly cheap and I bet the graphics card is mediocre...... none of which would be able to overclock well in comparison.sleepingzzz
I'm not agressively defending it, I've just been getting on to different points because people are trying to argue about why its a bad purchase when they know little about it.
Do you know what percentage of the music industry uses Macs? Do you know how many use Logic? It is the latest and greatest and will soon become the biggest thing in music production. Why use anything else?9
I Listed my iMac specs, i5 3.2, 8gb ram, gtx 675mx, and yes I made a mistake I was running Crysis 3 with settings on high (very high textures) at 1440p on my iMac display. It was the original crysis that I ran all maxed, used the wrong word.
I have noticed little to no performance difference between my mac and similarly built PC's (that I made for my friends)
It wouldnt cost 800 eh? let me build it quick...
GTX 660 ti(rough equiv. to GTX 675mx): http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500268 --299
Intel i5 3.2: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115234 --199
1tb hard drive: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136939 --100
8gb ram 1600mhz: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233186 -- 50
Dude thats 650 bucks, no motherboard or case even included BEFORE tax, with tax it is already 800. Plus this isnt some random plastic case, its an ultra-slim aluminum package which is almost worth it on its own because I have no room for a tower in my home studio.
I don't need anything to overclock. My Mac runs everything perfectly and makes my music the way I want it. I couldn't be happier.
and FYI smart***, I didnt say it could run crysis to impress anyone or prove it was the best gaming machine. THIS IS A DAM MAC THAT CAN RUN ANY GAME. That was the point.
I don't have anything against apple products. I actually like them but, your way off on the GTX 675 MX. It's more comparable to a regular 560 GTX which is around $160. Newegg has an EVGA one that is out of stock but, went for $139.99. You are basically paying for the small size of the video card that would of been in a laptop.
http://community.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/NVIDIA+GeForce+GTX+675MX/compare
No, I'm not way off. Futuremark is innacurate. Notebookcheck has the GTX 675mx getting 40fps on all high settings in crysis 3.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-675MX.82580.0.html
meanwhile these Crysis 3 benchmarks show it comparing to...what gpu? The 660.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crysis-3-performance-benchmark-gaming,3451-5.html
The GTX 675mx benches alongside the 660 and 660ti in every game. Look it up.
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