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Unread 13-06-2002, 01:14
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Originally posted by Matt Reiland
The old idea that they are superior in graphics is holding less and less water especially when they contain the same graphics chipset as regular PC's.

The purely RISC architecture of the G4 processor is far superior than that of the AMD/INTEL Processors. Many, many more operations in a second can be performed on a 1ghz G4 than a 1.8ghz AthlonXP or a 2.4ghz Pentium 4.

Graphics programs that are used (modelling, video editing, photoshop (kinda)) rely on the processor to do all the rendering needed. Photoshop becomes a mere speck to today's processors, but Macs are still very, very good for digital video editing. The video subsystem on a 2d level serves just as a method of putting the image on the screen. Sure, some video cards do have some fancy features, and they will speed up modelling programs that use opengl to pre-render their images, but come time to render it, and the processor is used extensively.
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