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Offline eric j

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« on: May 14, 2008, 04:16:59 PM »
Hi,

A Mac site is an unlikely place to seek advice for a good Wintel desktop machine for playing games, but a Swiss friend asked me for advice and I have no idea how to respond.

It's just that I have received such wonderful help from the folks here and I trust what people here say,

Anyone able to offer help?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

eric j
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« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2008, 04:53:45 PM »
What sort of games? Different games have different requirements. For some games, the video card is very important; and therefore he doesn't want anything with "integrated graphics" - ie: a low end PC. Generally, higher-end gaming rigs are pretty expensive if you buy one pre-assembled. Alienware is a big name in the gaming end of things.

Of course, he could get a Mac Pro and install Bootcamp and XP. wink.gif
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« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2008, 05:26:12 AM »
Mac Pro running Windows.

It has in Intel processor. wink.gif
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« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2008, 11:36:22 PM »
The new 24" IMac with the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics card makes a good game mach. It will run all the high end games in both windows and mac OSX.
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« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2008, 11:49:51 AM »
Hi folks,

Thanks for your help. Would have replied earlier but had difficulty in getting Techsurvivors' site to respond yesterday.

The friend has now given me a minimum specification, based on information from one of the games she plays. From this it's apparent that her needs are modest. It should be easy to find a suitable computer in Basel, where we both live.

Thanks again

eric j
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