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#1 User is offline   1shot1kill Icon

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 05:39 PM

Got myself a Mac and wanting to start gaming on it. IS there any additional stuff I shoulod get to enhance my graphics or sound. OR is an out the box Mac OK for starters? Any recommendations etc
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Posted 11 November 2009 - 06:08 PM

First, welcome to the IMG forum. To help you I (we) will need to know what is the computer you have bought. I will need full specs (like the ones in my signature).

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Posted 12 November 2009 - 02:19 AM

View PostThe Liberator, on November 12th 2009, 01:08 AM, said:

First, welcome to the IMG forum. To help you I (we) will need to know what is the computer you have bought. I will need full specs (like the ones in my signature).

...and your bank data, credit card number, full adress, telephone numbers and photos, measurements and contact information for all female relatives. ;)

Welcome to the IMG forum. :thumbsup:
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Posted 12 November 2009 - 12:22 PM

View PostJanichsan, on November 12th 2009, 08:19 AM, said:

...and your bank data, credit card number, full adress, telephone numbers and photos, measurements and contact information for all female relatives. ;)

Welcome to the IMG forum. :thumbsup:


Allow me to add my welcome! I personally think you've entered a much more friendly, bug-free environment. There are fewer games available here on the Mac side, but still plenty to keep you busy (plus we generally get the better games, and not all the dreck that gets thrown out there for the PC gamers)

I would also amend Janichsan's suggestion to include photos of the female relatives (all of whom should be over 18, mind you) - not because we're shallow or anything, but because it's just nice to be able to put a face to a name. ;)
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Posted 12 November 2009 - 01:17 PM

Jeez, I hate to derail this thread on-topic, but:

View Post1shot1kill, on November 11th 2009, 06:39 PM, said:

Got myself a Mac and wanting to start gaming on it. IS there any additional stuff I shoulod get to enhance my graphics or sound. OR is an out the box Mac OK for starters? Any recommendations etc


You're probably good out of the box, but then you really only have an option to upgrade most of that stuff if you're on a Mac Pro anyway. What machine are you running?
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Posted 12 November 2009 - 04:32 PM

View PostPeopleLikeFrank, on November 13th 2009, 06:17 AM, said:

Jeez, I hate to derail this thread on-topic, but…

Ha ha ha. Nice Frank, nice! :lol:

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Posted 12 November 2009 - 09:36 PM

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Posted 13 November 2009 - 12:41 AM

Sadly unlike you. :P

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Posted 13 November 2009 - 01:16 AM

You guys scared him away--not one offered a proper answer....


If you want to game on a Mac, you you've got to get Windows.

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Posted 13 November 2009 - 01:33 AM

That's not a proper answer, that's a cop-out answer, and isn't even an answer to the question that was asked. :cool: The real answer is: unless you have a Mac Pro, there's nothing much you can do to enhance graphics over what you already have.

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Posted 13 November 2009 - 01:41 AM

Referring to sound I've been completely happy with the sound on my 24" iMac (2.33 7600) so if you purchased one of the nice new iMacs then I'm sure sound will be fine out the box.

As previously mentioned only the Mac Pro has upgradable graphics however would be good to know what system you bought and what kind of games you like to play so we can suggest a few titles etc :)

And welcome to the mad house! :D
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