Firstly I'm not much of a computer geek, I know a bit about computers but don't really know how to compare hardware, the most I know is Googling different components and seeing their benchmark scores, but presumably this doesn't really tell the full story in terms of its performance. So, bear with me.
Recently Apple's new Mac Pro was released and with it plenty of people attempted to gather components to build a better PC for less money, Tek Syndicate made a video in October claiming to have made a better PC before the Mac Pro was actually released to the public - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeIW7PAi6_o
But according to a lot of people, it turns out Tek Syndicate is building their PC incorrectly, approaching it with a gaming stance, while the Mac Pro isn't built for gaming and is actually for things such as video editing. So, from what other people have tried in terms of building a comparable DIY PC, the new Mac Pro is actually 'cheap' for what it is, and it's difficult to build a PC that's close - http://www.extremetech.com/computing/173695-apples-new-overpriced-10000-mac-pro-is-2000-cheaper-than-the-equivalent-windows-pc
Now that the Mac Pro is available to buy people have been doing benchmarks and trying out games on them to find that the overall performance for gaming is rather bad, obviously because it's not built to be a gaming rig, it's built to be a workstation. So, my question really is, what is it about different components that determines whether or not it'll be better for gaming or video editing? Is it easy to build one that will be equally as good at gaming and video editing? Or is this just a load of garbage? What is it that makes such a powerful machine such as the Mac Pro play games badly?
Recently Apple's new Mac Pro was released and with it plenty of people attempted to gather components to build a better PC for less money, Tek Syndicate made a video in October claiming to have made a better PC before the Mac Pro was actually released to the public - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeIW7PAi6_o
But according to a lot of people, it turns out Tek Syndicate is building their PC incorrectly, approaching it with a gaming stance, while the Mac Pro isn't built for gaming and is actually for things such as video editing. So, from what other people have tried in terms of building a comparable DIY PC, the new Mac Pro is actually 'cheap' for what it is, and it's difficult to build a PC that's close - http://www.extremetech.com/computing/173695-apples-new-overpriced-10000-mac-pro-is-2000-cheaper-than-the-equivalent-windows-pc
Now that the Mac Pro is available to buy people have been doing benchmarks and trying out games on them to find that the overall performance for gaming is rather bad, obviously because it's not built to be a gaming rig, it's built to be a workstation. So, my question really is, what is it about different components that determines whether or not it'll be better for gaming or video editing? Is it easy to build one that will be equally as good at gaming and video editing? Or is this just a load of garbage? What is it that makes such a powerful machine such as the Mac Pro play games badly?