Core Animation requirements

[yadmonkey]

I haven't been able to find any system/GPU requirements for Core Animation. Seems like it does significantly more than Core Image so I'm guessing the requirements have been upped, but so far I'm coming up blank. Anyone know?

 

[Eidorian]

I'm sticking with it's an extension of Core Image.

 

[yadmonkey]

It just seems unlikely to me that with all of the new visual tricks in the OS, the massive bump in system requirements, plus the new "core animation", that the video card requirements will remain the same.

 

[Eidorian]

It just seems unlikely to me that with all of the new visual tricks in the OS, the massive bump in system requirements, plus the new "core animation", that the video card requirements will remain the same.

What massive bump in requirements for Core Image?

 

[SmurfBoxMasta]

Core Animation
Core Image
Core Audio..........

all seperate API's, even though sometimes they will be utilized in conjunction with each other to accomplish certain tasks.....

 

[yadmonkey]

Thanks for that Smurf!

Eidorian, I appreciate your chiming in and I hope you're right! That said...

What massive bump in requirements for Core Image?

I think you misunderstood me. The massive bump I was referring to was in system requirements - the 567 mHz bump from 10.4 to 10.5 (compared to the bumps from 10.3 to 10.4 and from 10.2 to 10.3, which I believe were 67 mHz each). So my point is that with this in mind, it just seems likely that the video card requirements for some of these Core API features will be upped as well, particularly for the new Core Animation.

I wouldn't be surprised if some video cards which supported Core Image will not support Core Animation, but it seems the available info is negligible.

 

[Eidorian]

Leopard runs fine on slower Macs. It's Apple that created an imaginary minimum requirement for performance.

The base operating system only need a Mac with a PowerPC G4. The GUI will be much more responsive when you add a video card with Quartz Extreme and Core Image support.