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Apple Releases Snow Leopard Graphics Update
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Well I am curious about the details of the graphical update. I've read Valve's statement but I get the feeling there is more to it then that. Do you have any details on other areas the update has addressed that you can share with us? I'm strictly speaking driver design and implementation.
Faster, Stronger, Higher
iMac 21.5" core 2 duo October 2009, 3.06 GHz.
Per the above, I got a big increase from the software update. Unexpected.
iMac 21.5" core 2 duo October 2009, 3.06 GHz.
Per the above, I got a big increase from the software update. Unexpected.
10.6.4 was worse - it is actually a fairly common problem - mostly with the 2400 & 2600 20/24-inch iMacs...
I just tested out portal on my MacBookPro3,1 (2008 model?) and it didn't really show much improvement, but what it did show was it crashing finder and restarting while leaving the game running in the background.
Wowee!
Wow. Same machine as my wife's but maybe we need to reboot hers or try to reinstall because hers did not produce such an amazing increase in performance.
Fantastic.
Wow. Same machine as my wife's but maybe we need to reboot hers or try to reinstall because hers did not produce such an amazing increase in performance.
Fantastic.
Apple seems to eliminate any system older than 2 years from further support
I just downloaded and installed the updated, and my iMac came out mid 2007 (first C2D in the aluminum case).
installed it and restarted still have graphic problems-Playing portal the walls seem glitchy-btw this is late 09 mac mini
So what happens when a driver update pushes out a higher frame rate?
1.) Most gamers will be happy.
2.) Your Mac needs more power.
3.) It limits the life span of the GPU.
4.) You won't be happy for long after all?
Time for a Power Management change for the affected Mac's?
1.) Most gamers will be happy.
2.) Your Mac needs more power.
3.) It limits the life span of the GPU.
4.) You won't be happy for long after all?
Time for a Power Management change for the affected Mac's?
Absolutely excellent to see Apple acknowledging the work that Valve has done for the Mac platform.
Crazy, in my opinion, v-sync shouldn't even be an option, it should just always be on.
Patrick
What graphics card is in your iMac? The one in my wife's machine is a Nvidia GeForce 9400.
What graphics card is in your iMac? The one in my wife's machine is a Nvidia GeForce 9400.
Yep, everything is faster. Games run better, OSX feels less sluggish, everything feels and performs like it should. Bout damn time you release this update Apple!
Wow! The new graphics update made a HUGE difference in OpenGL testing on my Mac Pro 1,1! My graphics card is a PC version of the 512MB ATI Radeon 4870 that I flashed myself. Here are the before and after OpenGL tests:
Before:
After:
That's a 50% improvement almost across the board!
I also installed the Snow Leopard Graphics Update on my MacBOOK Pro (Core i7). It made virtually zero difference in the OpenGL test scores. Weird.
Mark
Before:
After:
That's a 50% improvement almost across the board!
I also installed the Snow Leopard Graphics Update on my MacBOOK Pro (Core i7). It made virtually zero difference in the OpenGL test scores. Weird.
Mark
Well just played Starcraft 2. It's still laggy on high settings but is playable on medium so it's an improvement. I guess the machine (see sig) can't handle the high settings, looks frigging gorgeous though! Still not bad on medium.
Download it from here:
http://www.realtech-vr.com/glview/download.html
It isn't particularly accurate given that for every one good way of coding for OpenGL there is almost an assurance that some programmer will choose the 4 other ways that are absolutely crappy in terms of performance - you're better off doing a real world test like running Media Encoder CS5 with an OpenCL machine to spot the improvements in encoding time or running a game that is graphics intensive to give the OpenGL improvement a major work out.
The improvement is across the board; the performance isn't just in the drivers but also in the OpenGL implementation itself - all of the drivers and OpenGL/OpenCL frameworks have been updated;the 'changelog' to me sounds more like 'high profile changes' rather than mentioning every possible change that has occurred within the update. This isn't new to Apple btw, their Combo update changelog never lists every single update - some of them only list something like 6 updates when end user testing spot bugs that have been fixed but not accounted for in the changelog.
Showed up on my Early 2010 Dell Vostro i5-750 Hackintosh. Hope this will fix the sluggishness in FarmVille.
It can
I have the new i7 2.66 MBP 17" with 8GB ram , Nvidia 330M and the 512GB SSD and it plays the game on high just fine under Windows 7 bootcamp. The machine you have is very similar to mine- should easily play SC2 under high settings. Better graphics drivers are still needed in OSX, however. The limiting factor for your graphics isn't your machine, its your software.
I have the new i7 2.66 MBP 17" with 8GB ram , Nvidia 330M and the 512GB SSD and it plays the game on high just fine under Windows 7 bootcamp. The machine you have is very similar to mine- should easily play SC2 under high settings. Better graphics drivers are still needed in OSX, however. The limiting factor for your graphics isn't your machine, its your software.