Bought the Bot as a temp computer till I decided on which new intelMac to get and only to play EQII with my buddies.
Bot is a P4 3.2Ghz 1GB Ram Win2K ATI x1300 256MB PCI-E Card (low end).
iMac is stock but with the 7600 GT running XP.
Using 3D Mark 03 demo I got:
Bot 4152
iMac 12678
Bootcamp worked flawlessly including the all at once drivers install CD you create. Not surprisingly Apple does it smoother than anyone else. I had to wait a few days for my XP software so I dusted off my WoW CDs and played in OS X. Full res, everything cranked except view distance (at 33%) I got ~32 FPS average, my rev A, 17" PB gets ~11 with conservative settings. EQII set on preset Better Appearance (one higher than Balanced) but at full resolution looks and plays fantastic. I was totally mezmerized.
The barefeats benchmarks prompted me to CTO the 7600 and it's a must if you game. Summary, Apple finally gave us a fully updgradable (in theory) awe-inspiring, gaming, iMac.
A full res screenshot for your viewing pleasure. (Putting it in preview and showing full size (you may have to scroll
)will give you and idea of how it engulfs you).
http://www.chadhoc.com/EQ2_3.jpg
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