[bnumerick]

Looking for some advice on which of these two powermacs to get. First of all I'm new to owning a mac although i use them some at work.

Power Mac G5 DUAL 2.5GHz/ 512MB/ 160GB/ 8x SuperDrive/ PCI-X/ Rad9600XT
OR
Power Mac Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5/512MB/160GB/16x SuperDrive double-layer/PCI/ATI Radeon X850 XT w/256MB DDR SDRAM

My main concern is playing World of Warcraft decently at 1280x1024. The Dual 2Ghz is about $150 cheaper but i'm thinking it might be worth getting the dual 2.5 since if i need to I can update the card down the road. I know a 9600xt will play WoW fine on the PC side but what about on the mac? Also I do a lot of multimedia/3d/animation work but since this is a home box and not for work i'm thinking either will be fast for that or am I wrong here?

Thanks for your help!

[supernovamac]

Originally Posted by bnumerick

Looking for some advice on which of these two powermacs to get. First of all I'm new to owning a mac although i use them some at work.

Power Mac G5 DUAL 2.5GHz/ 512MB/ 160GB/ 8x SuperDrive/ PCI-X/ Rad9600XT
OR
Power Mac Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5/512MB/160GB/16x SuperDrive double-layer/PCI/ATI Radeon X850 XT w/256MB DDR SDRAM

My main concern is playing World of Warcraft decently at 1280x1024. The Dual 2Ghz is about $150 cheaper but i'm thinking it might be worth getting the dual 2.5 since if i need to I can update the card down the road. I know a 9600xt will play WoW fine on the PC side but what about on the mac? Also I do a lot of multimedia/3d/animation work but since this is a home box and not for work i'm thinking either will be fast for that or am I wrong here?

Thanks for your help!

I just bought a Powermac G5 2/2,3 Ghz 515 mb ram, 250 Gb Hd, ATI 9650 256mb ram. And I also could have bought a Power Mac Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5/512MB/160GB/16x SuperDrive double-layer/PCI/ATI Radeon X850 XT w/256MB DDR SDRAM, But with the 2,3 Ghz model I can upgrade ram to 8 GB, the same as you can with the 2,5. Plus You can always upgrade the video card later if you want. The 2 Ghz only takes 4 GB ram…..

So I say go for the 2,5 Ghz…..

[angelmb]

Welcome to the boards. Whatever it is your selection, please add more RAM.

[bnumerick]

Thanks. I plan to put in a min of 2 gigs in either.

[hpence]

Id go with the 2.5ghz.

You can upgrade the ram, video card, DVD drive, etc - at any time down the road.

The what you cannot currently upgrade are the CPUs, number of RAM slots, and PCI speeds.

I run WoW at 1680x1050 res with a consistant 20-30 fps (more than enough for that style of game). I have a dual 2.5ghz with 2.5GB ram and a radeon 9800pro (can be picked up and flashed from the PC side for like $120).