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Rev. C 17" PB and Current + future games? How does it stack up?
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Join Date: Apr 2000
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Just curious cause I think I might just run to the store and grab one of these babies.  After reading abt. 3 millions posts and hanging out in 8 different mac forums for about a month now, I think my hands are getting very very itching for a sweet PB. So, how does it run UT04 or other games? I would like to play to some games when on the go to kill time. 
Thanks!!
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Past Love:
Apple II, Mac SI, PB Duo, Pismo, iMac G4, Digital Audio
iMac Rev.A 256MB OSX10.3
PB 17" Rev. C 1.5Ghz
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MacBook 2.0Ghz 10.5.2
MacBook Pro 2.4Ghz 17" 10.5.2
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just get it!
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-Rev. C PowerBook 17" 1.5GHz
-iPod Mini 4gb Silver (Rev. B)
-Gaming Rig: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester, Asus A8N-E, 2 Gig Corsair XMS, nVidia GeForce 7900GT PCI-E, Seagate 320gb Barracuda HDD, Samsung 16X Dual Layer w/ LightScribe, Thermaltake Tsunami, Antec 550W True Power 2.0, Saitek Eclipse Keyboard, Logitech MX518 Gaming Mouse, Samsung 19" 931B.
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You'll kick yourself for not waiting for the 9800 Mobility.
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Past Love:
Apple II, Mac SI, PB Duo, Pismo, iMac G4, Digital Audio
iMac Rev.A 256MB OSX10.3
PB 17" Rev. C 1.5Ghz
Current:
MacBook 2.0Ghz 10.5.2
MacBook Pro 2.4Ghz 17" 10.5.2
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Originally posted by RonnieoftheRose:
You'll kick yourself for not waiting for the 9800 Mobility.
Won' fit into a 1" enclosure, except with a water colling unit to be worn as a backpack!
... or you can take the marketing approach: put it in but seriously downclock it.
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It will get about the same framerate as a movie theatre(I think).
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Originally posted by Keiretsu:
Won' fit into a 1" enclosure, except with a water colling unit to be worn as a backpack!
... or you can take the marketing approach: put it in but seriously downclock it.
So the Mobile 9800 runs that hot?
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Past Love:
Apple II, Mac SI, PB Duo, Pismo, iMac G4, Digital Audio
iMac Rev.A 256MB OSX10.3
PB 17" Rev. C 1.5Ghz
Current:
MacBook 2.0Ghz 10.5.2
MacBook Pro 2.4Ghz 17" 10.5.2
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Originally posted by Keiretsu:
Won' fit into a 1" enclosure, except with a water colling unit to be worn as a backpack!
... or you can take the marketing approach: put it in but seriously downclock it.
I think Apple has always downclocked its mobile chips. Apparently they are doing the same to the desktop 9600 too. By the time the 9800M is adopted it should be running better. Possibly there will even be another revision by January. Mobile graphics are being updated as fast as desktop cards these days and ATI is very good with power management. Just look at the difference between Nvidia's 6800 and ATI's X800 and also how well the 9700 performs compared to Nvidia's offerings.
I personally think Nvidia is going to go down like 3dFX did. Their chips are running too hot, taking up too much space and now they are trying for SLI (two cards rendering at once).
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Halo, Max Payne, Tomb Raider, Soldiers of Fortune II, Jedi Academy, Warcraft III, Civilization, Age of Mythology, and a ton of other games run GREAT on my Rev C. 17". Got everything maxed out, 128MB VRAM, 2GB RAM, 5400RPM 80GB. Great machine, especially when playing Halo in class...he he he.
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