I think the 10.6.5 IOKit and the kernel can be more optimized for better OpenGL driver support.
And thanks for your comments, they are very helpful!
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And thanks for your comments, they are very helpful!
Mr. RF
it isn`t
see:
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1024x768
no benchmarkmode
no anisotropy
no multisample
I guess all the people who voted positive must have a VERY VERY new Mac seeing as they didn't update ANYTHING newer than 2009. Screw everyone else. They don't need a graphics driver update because their drivers are SO much newer than 2009 Macs....
No performance gain for an early 08 mbp. My reason for waiting had more to do with the fact that a few early 08 mbp seem to stop working after the update. It wasn't the case for me, but it is for a few others.
Just Updated...Killed my Macbook Pro (2.2)
I just updated to the Snow Leopard Graphics Update...my macbook pro (2.2) aluminum monitor don't work anymore.
I try to connect to dvi out...still doesn't work.
I can back up all my files by hitting T while connecting to my Mac Pro.
I can restart and boot up fine...but no display.
Can anyone help?
I just updated to the Snow Leopard Graphics Update...my macbook pro (2.2) aluminum monitor don't work anymore.
I try to connect to dvi out...still doesn't work.
I can back up all my files by hitting T while connecting to my Mac Pro.
I can restart and boot up fine...but no display.
Can anyone help?
I guess all the people who voted positive must have a VERY VERY new Mac seeing as they didn't update ANYTHING newer than 2009. Screw everyone else. They don't need a graphics driver update because their drivers are SO much newer than 2009 Macs....
My brother's late 2008 Unibody MacBook got the update.
My late 2008 unibody MB received the update and I got a massive FPS boost in COD4.I guess all the people who voted positive must have a VERY VERY new Mac seeing as they didn't update ANYTHING newer than 2009. Screw everyone else. They don't need a graphics driver update because their drivers are SO much newer than 2009 Macs....
Steam, I could assume that Valve has some input in this update.:
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Yes, I have an early 08 MBP (8600M GT with 512MB). TeamFortress 2 is SO much smoother. I don't have any hard numbers to back that up, but I can tell you that after playing for hours at a time before this update, and now playing after this update, there is a very nice performance increase.
I found what I was looking for. There is a Mac Games section on here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/101/
Links to Starcraft 2 threads:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/993641/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/978222/
Alas the problem persists for me:
Mac Pro, early 2008 (3,1)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Apple 30" Monitor, 18GB RAM etc.
Still get freezing/screen flickering randomly (having to manually reboot - usually 3-4 attempts) and I still have the problem of my Mac randomly not returning from sleep.
Very disappointing and hard to get work (Music & After Effects) done.
Mac Pro, early 2008 (3,1)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Apple 30" Monitor, 18GB RAM etc.
Still get freezing/screen flickering randomly (having to manually reboot - usually 3-4 attempts) and I still have the problem of my Mac randomly not returning from sleep.
Very disappointing and hard to get work (Music & After Effects) done.
Thank you much. I idiotically installed the update without thinking when I got home (about 5 minutes ago), so I can't run any tests (TF2 FPS before and after update) like I wanted. At least someone with a similar machine to mine (I have 256MB, not 512) has seen a performance boost. We'll have to wait for someone else to post hard numbers so we can see the actual difference.
I'm pretty interested in seeing any numbers on this too!
MacBook Pro 3,1
- 2.4 GHz Core2Duo [4 MB L2, 800MHz Bus]
- 4GB RAM (DDR2 SDRAM)
- 500GB - 5400 RPM H.D.
- Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT 256MB
- 15 inch screen running at 1440 X 900
I'm interested in buying SC2 but wish I could try it before I buy it, I'd like to see how will it would run.
Edit: Here's my results AFTER the update, I forgot to try before :-(
Conditions:
- Running on battery (not plugged in)
- No other apps running (besides Finder, system services/daemons)
- was not a fresh boot, machine has been up for a few hours doing various tasks
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I kinda wished I had a bigger machine
On that Mac mini they must have down clocked int in some way because the only way I can reproduce such numbers on my MacBook is when I run it on battery mode where as when I have it hooked up to the power the scores shoot up to 700-800 1.1-2.0. I am assuming that when it goes onto battery mode the power management is more aggressive thus crippling the performance for the sake of long battery life. I wonder therefore that because of the mini-Mac's constricted size whether Apple has aggressively down clocked it to reduce heat and power consumption.
I think the 10.6.5 IOKit and the kernel can be more optimized for better OpenGL driver support.
And thanks for your comments, they are very helpful!
We can only live and hope - but with that being said if the balance is between performance and battery life I'd sooner have battery life. The IOKit is pretty awesome (after studying it) considering the flexibility and ease of use it gives developers - hopefully 10.7 will herald a move to a 64bit kernel.
Apple seems to eliminate any system older than 2 years from further support
Available for my Mid/Late 2007 MacBook Pro.
I ran Portal and noticed performance increases. I can turn Shaders to High and enable Motion Blur and it runs pretty similar to Portal on Windows with the same settings.
COD 4 actually looks better after the driver update. Better texture optimisation?
COD 4 actually looks better after the driver update. Better texture optimisation?
Wow, well I deleted the lines I entered to cap the FPS and yes I am happily playing Starcraft 2 on the default settings of mostly high with the shaders at medium. Fantastic.
Sigh.
Reminds me of the ridiculous benchmark for Logic Pro: every track with an EXS24 software instrument and a space designer, pure brute force that just shows what the GPU can do and not really indicative of real life use - some apps will work better than others.
Even if he gets 200 fr in 3.3.1 as you say that's still 200 frames per second, faster than the human eye can track.
Reminds me of the ridiculous benchmark for Logic Pro: every track with an EXS24 software instrument and a space designer, pure brute force that just shows what the GPU can do and not really indicative of real life use - some apps will work better than others.
Even if he gets 200 fr in 3.3.1 as you say that's still 200 frames per second, faster than the human eye can track.
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I foolishly installed it, then realized it would do nothing for my older machine. Well, it has done something, made the playing of audio & video pretty screwed up! Some take forever to load, others stop & start, while others won't load at all.
How can I remove this update? And where is the voting for this? All I see is the results..... thanks.
How can I remove this update? And where is the voting for this? All I see is the results..... thanks.
Isn't it just?
Only other thing is you might want to make sure vertical synch is ticked in the graphics options. There were rumors that without vertical synch the real-time cutscenes would put an excessive load on the video card.