ATI, Apple Reveal New Hardware
This is a bit delayed, but yesterday was interesting. Two of my favorite companies, ATI and Apple released new/updated hardware. First was Apple. They came out and updated the processors in it's Macbook line, bumping the low end to 2 Ghz and the mid and high end lines to 2.16 Ghz, matching that of the low end Macbook Pro and the 20 and 24 inch iMacs. That's the good news. Bad news is that you still have the same old Intel GMA 950 inside, which put's a stop to any series gaming on the Macbook. I mean, come on Apple, we really didn't need the processor update, if you really want to make us happy, put a graphics card then there. It doesn't even have to be a good one. Maybe just an X1400 or something, I don't care, just let us use T&L and all those shiny effects.That's no. 1. No. 2 is that ATI/AMD rolled out there high end Direct 10 GPU's yesterday, much to the glee of ATI's fanboy's such as myself. I'm waiting for the midrange HD 2600 to come out to consider my options. I was looking around at the new nvidia 8600 GT that just came out a few weeks ago. All I can say is shiny...... And since nvidia seems to have it's act together better then ATI does, I'm tempted to jump ship and buy the 8600 GT along with a new PSU next month. Ah well, we'll see.
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I mean, as a Linux user, I'm barely tapping any of the true potential of my Radeon 9800Pro- especially running a dual-monitor setup. Dual monitor works- but don't expect any 3D acceleration from it as a result. In single-monitor, 3D acceleration works well- but far from perfect. I feel like I'm being penalized for not running a Windows-based OS with my $300 video card!
Ok, sorry, I'm done.