PC Gamer question

[bluemax]

So I finally got my new work computer and now that I'm all settled on it I had a performance question.

The box I have is a C2D E4400 2GHz with 2GB of Ram.

I also have on my desk a Mac Pro which is a Dual Core Xeon @ 2.6 Ghz with 1GB of ram.

The Mac Pro has a 7300GT in it, right now the HP has a 6600 GT but I am considering bringing my 7800 GS from home in to put in the HP box. If I did this would the HP box performance be better than the Mac Pro? Or is it not worth the effort of swapping video cards around?

[T234]

If your quest is anything like mine, be prepared for confusion at the end. WTF, laptops with a GeForce Go 7950 GTX's smoke ones with GeForce 8600M GT's?!?!??!?!?

[Van Cruncheon]

a 7950GTX for laptops is just a small-form factor, lower power-draw iteration of the original 7950GTX bigrig card. the 8600M GT -- note the "M" -- is NOT the same as a 8600GT PCI-X card -- the M is lower clocked and has 32 (16x2) instead of 48 (12x4) "stream processors" (read shading/transform units). (The 8600M GS has only 16 [8x2].)

[bluemax]

Well fuck the 7800 GS doesn't fit in the shitty ass HP. So I guess I'm stuck with a 6600 GT :/

I wonder if Bioshock will still run better than on the Mac Pro.

[T234]

Prof., You would be proud of the research I've done:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

The cards at the top of the list are almost impossible to find.