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lewdvig
Dec 5, 2003, 12:47 PM
A list of the changed files in the new update is here:

http://gulbee.osworld.org/C1769234397/E676837344/

We should be seeing this soon.

The new NV and ATI drivers are known. Of particular interest to me were all the changed audio related files. I really think there is a lot of room for performance enhancements in Apple's implementation of soft audio. That might help us in games.


Maclarny
Dec 5, 2003, 08:31 PM
cool...
neoelectronaut
Dec 8, 2003, 09:46 AM
What the? No 7500 drivers!? Fine apple, leave us in the cold then.
mikeyredk
Dec 8, 2003, 10:14 AM
no 9000 either
iJon
Dec 8, 2003, 11:25 AM
well this is good news being bad gaming on the mac is usually due to poor programming (warcraft 3 being an example of what a game should play like). The audio drivers could easily enhance the performance because audio accounts for much of the performance in a game, guess we will have to wait and see once its released, unless somebody here on the board has tried with the beta floating around.

iJon
lewdvig
Dec 11, 2003, 04:33 PM
Hee hee.

The 7500 uses the RADEON driver (it is the same chip, only manufactured using a better process).

The 9000 uses the RADEON 8500 driver (it is the same chip, only manufactured using a better process and with a few corrections).

Don't worry - I think we will be seeing some nice improvements.