i used the leaked ones.
Having no Problems detected until now
I just setup my mac 4 weeks ago and have an up to date backup so i just thought "um... do it" ^^
here's my test with my 13" MacBook Unibody first generation with 9400m
almost no changes with the new drivers
But i'm VERY happy with the results in my iMac.
For example WoW run ok (everything max no FSAA), still MUCH better than with windows 7 and now i can play with 2 - 4x FSAA mostly smooth.
Can't wait to see the first final release of the coming updates. As far as i know it's not the only one we can expect in near future
Later this evening or tomorrow i will test Starcraft 2 and TF2.
But Starcraft has an "intern" bug with the Shaders on Mac OS. At least i read it. They are working on it.
Blizzard Blue Post:
Having no Problems detected until now
I just setup my mac 4 weeks ago and have an up to date backup so i just thought "um... do it" ^^
here's my test with my 13" MacBook Unibody first generation with 9400m
almost no changes with the new drivers
But i'm VERY happy with the results in my iMac.
For example WoW run ok (everything max no FSAA), still MUCH better than with windows 7 and now i can play with 2 - 4x FSAA mostly smooth.
Can't wait to see the first final release of the coming updates. As far as i know it's not the only one we can expect in near future
Later this evening or tomorrow i will test Starcraft 2 and TF2.
But Starcraft has an "intern" bug with the Shaders on Mac OS. At least i read it. They are working on it.
Blizzard Blue Post:
right now, the Mac client is seeing some pretty major performance issues due to bugs with both the nVidia graphics drivers in 10.6.4. Snow Leopard, and a bug within Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty.
The Shaders, Lighting, Shadow options eat up all of the available video memory, or VRAM, very quickly. This results in the computer paging out to the standard RAM and to the Hard Drive to store the shader details, which is much slower than VRAM. This makes the game slow to a crawl.
I personally recommend capping the frame rate of Starcraft 2 so your computer doesn't overwork itself, wasting resources on the shaders, leaking all of the VRAM and overheating itself in the process. See below in "Things to Know Before Changing Any Settings" for more information on how to do this
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Limiting the in-game frame rate to 30 or 40fps will help keep your Mac cool and prevent overheating. The Macbook Pros especially tend to run a little bit hot being in that nice tiny form factor. To limit the frame rate, type in and save the following into the Variables text file:
frameratecap=30
frameratecapGlue=30
"30" being the value of whatever number you want to cap it at. You will find the Variables text file under:
“/Macintosh HD/Users/TheUserYouInstalledSC2Under/Documents/Blizzard/StarCraft II/Variables.txt"
To see the current frame rate while playing the game, hold down Control+Option, and tap the F key.