Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

barefeats

macrumors 65816
Original poster
Jul 6, 2000
1,058
19
If you read the documentation on 10.5.6 Update, one improvement reported in the Apple Support document is "general improvements to gaming performance." (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3194)

I benchmarked five games on both a Mac Pro 3.2 (GeForce 8800 GT and Radeon 3870) and MacBook Pro 2.8. Those tested include CoD4, ET:QW, Halo UB, Prey, and WoW.

The only performance improvement I measured was with CoD4 on the MacBook Pro -- 15% faster.

I'd love to hear if any of you have measured specific improvements in average frame rates of a particular game I did not test.
 
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.