I am not prepared for the second coming of Jesus (aka, Half-Life 2)

[Jonneh]

Anyone who hasn't already, download and play Poke646, it's a fantasic single player mod, that, rather refreshingly tacks onto the side of the regular half life story. Also rather impressively, the entire thing was done by one guy in his spare time. Go play it you fools!

[PyRo]

Anyone play the warm apple pie version of half life?

[Buff]

Hey, whoever is buying there motherboards, get something better then the A7N8X
I own the A7N8X, NF7, and AN35U.
The NF7 is hands down better and faster.

My current rig

NF7
AXP2500+M at 232x10.5=2435
2x256mb BH-5 2-2-2-11 DC
9800@ 470/300
and various hdd's and cd drives.

[Bluestrike_2]

I will be the first to admit that, except for a few games, that Mac's are not gaming machines. I am a creative professional(Photographer, Graphics Designer) and I would not trade my PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0 ghz processor, 2gb RAM for the world. There is a reason why 95% of the creative world uses a Mac. I also own a Windows XP system. XP cannot compare for my demanding work. The Windows system is not ****ty mass-manufactured, no-name internals, Dell. So, would you like to edit my 100gb+ Drum Scans)(Large Format Cameras) on your Wintel machine? No, I didn't think so...

In conclusion, Macs beat Wintel boxes for the creative professional, but not for gaming(too small variety of games). Just because they don't have as large as a market share as Windows, does that mean it is not as good. ****, I guess I better sell that new BMW...

For those of you who think that these machines are overpriced, it's just not true -- equipping a Dell machine with similar specs will run at least what Apple is asking, if not more (when I tried it, I came out with a $4K-ish PowerMac and a $4.5K-ish Dell). And if you happen to have a spare $5.2million lying around, why not buy 1,100 Dual G5s, cluster them, and build yourself an economical top-five ranked (17.6 terraflops) supercomputer!

http://www.macosxhints.com/g5/index.htm

Why did Virgina Tech. purchase 1,100 G5's(same unit I have, just 1.5 gb less ram/unit)and cluster them. Why not use Dell's or Gateways? Or any other Windows box?

First, I'll start with the obvious. Spending $3,000 on a Dual G5 just to play games is not a wise use of money. If all you want to do is play games, then an Xbox, Playstation 2, or even a homebuilt PC would all be much wiser choices. With that said, the dual G5 makes an excellent gaming platform, especially when equipped with the top-of-the-line ATI 9800 Pro. This 128mb card is one of the fastest cards available, and its performance in the G5 was mostly flawless (see details below).

GO HERE FOR INFO ABOUT THE TERASCALE CLUSTER!!!

http://computing.vt.edu/research_computing/terascale/pressrelease.html

http://www.apple.com/education/science/profiles/vatech/

One hell of a cheap supercomputer, Ranked NUMBER 5 IN THE WORLD!

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Go to http://store.apple.com/

Click on "Software" under "Third Party Products" There are where the games, etc. will be.

[trevorjk]

https://www.newegg.com

[Buff]

hey Blue, ever hear of a opteron 248 rig? two 2.2ghz Opterons.....
dont mean to bash G5's, but the 248's are faster. And no, this is not a guessing thing, the G5 and opteron are actually very similar in design,except the Opteron is cheaper and faster
I have seen the performace differences, close, but the opteron wins......

[PyRo]

This poke thing is pretty good, try it.

[AssassN]

Originally posted by PyRo
Dell is the failsafe, good computers but overpriced.

My Dell was nothing but problems, it didn't play games randomly, it turned itself off, sometimes it wouldnt turn on, sometimes the monitor wouldnt turn on. It had RAMBUS memory which is EXPENSIVE to upgrade. My only complaiment to Dell was their fast responding customer service that unfortunatly never really helped. They came out once and "fixed" it but the next day it was messing up again.

My friend got a Dell as I was getting mine and had similar problems. I would stay away from them. Just build your own.

[painball]

Dell = crap

If you want a nice, fast, cheap PC then build it yourself. It is also a good learning experience when you put it together yourself.

[PyRo]

I agree putting it together yourself is good, but if your too lazy or have no idea what your doing I think dell is the best. I have very few problems with mine.

[Bluestrike_2]

hate to break it to you, but a pricegrabber-check shows the cheapest Opteron's at $890. Multiply by 2. $1780 for the processors alone. Also, remember that 2 Ghz on a Mac is diferent that 2 Ghz on a Windows machine.

Price Example for the Opteron:

http://www.gamepc.com/shop/systemfamily.asp?family=ws4u&cookie%5Ftest=1

Besides, I configured a similair Dell workstation, and it is MUCH more expensive. But don't take my word for it, research it! Besides, the OS is a much smoother interface. And do you really want to have all of those viruses able to infect your PC?

In the end it's a choice that depends on your needs and opinions

[fire1811]