Good for games?

i have a very powerfull dell pc, but i really want an apple. i want to know if the G5 is well suited to play games on, or if i should just buy a good graphics card. i really want to get to the simplicity of an apple. and front row looks pretty cool.

I would personally consider the G5 computers to be adequate for gaming. But, I would not expect the same level of gaming performance from them that you would observe on a high-end PC / Windows machine when it comes to gaming.
For general games, you probably wouldn't find any problems. But, when it comes to realistic 3D games, you will probably find that the Mac is slightly disadvantaged.
The Macs are great computers. I really like mine. But, if I were after 3D gaming, I would have gone with a PC instead (or in addition to the Mac).

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