But, but, but...its so much easier to whine than to apply some critical thinking and actually understand what is being written...
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But, but, but...its so much easier to whine than to apply some critical thinking and actually understand what is being written...
Except that people have already verified that older machines have loaded the update and it has improved things.
Seriously, before whining people should:
a) See if their machine shows the update in Software Update
b) Load the update and check to see if there is improvement in the apps that apple said should be improved (which also means knowing specifically how performance was in those apps before the update)
Also, the "I see no improvement" posts are worthless - did you actually run the apps that are supposed to be improved and they behave the same as before, or do you see no improvement because all you've done since the update is fire up your web browser?
It was a while ago but it was from a mac porting company instead of cross platform steam. Unfortunate since that means there probably never will be a steam version for both platforms. Maybe for BS2...
FINALLY! My prayers (even though I don't believe in that stuff) have finally been answered. Gaming in Mac OS X is much, MUCH better. Frame rates are high. They still aren't as good as in Windows, but it's nice now. I'll still be booting into Windows for gaming on my MacBook Pro.
Tests
My wife's 21.5" iMac Core2duo 3.06 ghz with nVidia GeForce 9400:
Before:
After:
Not impressive right? HOWEVER, her machine was previously reaching Geekbench numbers of 4606 and after the update it hit 4720.
I'm not even sure why since the update was graphically related and that benchmarker doesn't really apply to graphics.
Now, the numbers I was getting with my Corei7 iMac 27" 2.8 ghz model prior to the update:
(Disclaimer: this was the numbers I was getting before I prematurely applied the driver in the updates for the Summer 2010 refresh
machines to my machines.
After todays update:
My geekbench numbers are now: 10061.
The after listed above is also consistent with the benches I was getting when I applied the ATI 4850 HD driver that was inside the Summer 2010 refresh Mac updates using Pacifist - they're virtually identical so we can presume the drivers in the Summer 2010 refresh update is indentical.
My wife's 21.5" iMac Core2duo 3.06 ghz with nVidia GeForce 9400:
Before:
After:
Not impressive right? HOWEVER, her machine was previously reaching Geekbench numbers of 4606 and after the update it hit 4720.
I'm not even sure why since the update was graphically related and that benchmarker doesn't really apply to graphics.
Now, the numbers I was getting with my Corei7 iMac 27" 2.8 ghz model prior to the update:
(Disclaimer: this was the numbers I was getting before I prematurely applied the driver in the updates for the Summer 2010 refresh
machines to my machines.
After todays update:
My geekbench numbers are now: 10061.
The after listed above is also consistent with the benches I was getting when I applied the ATI 4850 HD driver that was inside the Summer 2010 refresh Mac updates using Pacifist - they're virtually identical so we can presume the drivers in the Summer 2010 refresh update is indentical.
helped a bit,
installed on my hack pro, i7-975 + ati raedon 5870.
fps in tf2 went from about 55-70fps, to about 150-250fps though after update i noticed some strange random graphical glitches.
i'll check if it affects sc2, and if it affects fps in any other games
installed on my hack pro, i7-975 + ati raedon 5870.
fps in tf2 went from about 55-70fps, to about 150-250fps though after update i noticed some strange random graphical glitches.
i'll check if it affects sc2, and if it affects fps in any other games
ugh i hate you apple...
tf2 framerate before ~ 20
tf2 after 20....
so my 2 year old mac is worthless for gaming... thanks apple, thanks.
[late 2008 macbook pro unibody 2.53 ghz 9600m gt 512 mb (graphics on high performance) Suggested game settings accept resolution at second lowest and color correction off!]
i guess im sticking with my windows desktop...
tf2 framerate before ~ 20
tf2 after 20....
so my 2 year old mac is worthless for gaming... thanks apple, thanks.
[late 2008 macbook pro unibody 2.53 ghz 9600m gt 512 mb (graphics on high performance) Suggested game settings accept resolution at second lowest and color correction off!]
i guess im sticking with my windows desktop...
Awesome!!
My wife's 21.5" iMac Core2duo 3.06 ghz with nVidia GeForce 9400:
Before:
After:
Not impressive right? HOWEVER, her machine was previously reaching Geekbench numbers of 4606 and after the update it hit 4720.
I'm not even sure why since the update was graphically related and that benchmarker doesn't really apply to graphics.
Now, the numbers I was getting with my Corei7 iMac 27" 2.8 ghz model prior to the update:
(Disclaimer: this was the numbers I was getting before I prematurely applied the driver in the updates for the Summer 2010 refresh
machines to my machines.
After todays update:
My geekbench numbers are now: 10061.
The after listed above is also consistent with the benches I was getting when I applied the ATI 4850 HD driver that was inside the Summer 2010 refresh Mac updates using Pacifist - they're virtually identical so we can presume the drivers in the Summer 2010 refresh update is indentical.
Weren't there any previous graphics updates? This one says version 1.0 , is it the first time Apple releases a graphics-only update for SL?
If so, there might be a good chance they'll do that more often now that their graphics drivers have got more attention due to the massive arrival of games on Mac via Steam.
If so, there might be a good chance they'll do that more often now that their graphics drivers have got more attention due to the massive arrival of games on Mac via Steam.
Ugh.
Late 2008 Aluminum Macbook...
TF2, which was virtually unplayable before the update, is still unplayable. Possibly worse.
Thinking of pitching in the towel and downgrading to 10.4. I feel like graphics performance was better all around before SL came out.
Late 2008 Aluminum Macbook...
TF2, which was virtually unplayable before the update, is still unplayable. Possibly worse.
Thinking of pitching in the towel and downgrading to 10.4. I feel like graphics performance was better all around before SL came out.
I used to get them every month with my old G5 iMac. Direct from ATi too!
ATi stopped making their own drives as Apple wanted to release their own updates, well, they didn't really, they were bundled with OS X updates. Each OS X update the performance got worse.