Anyone know if they plan on fixing OpenGL? Scores have dropped to almost half using xbench and don't tell this Ee, computer certified past IT person it doesn't matter. It does.
Example
past MacBooks
openGLscores;
70%
110%
140% switch from intel to nvidia gma
171% you could now run motion on a MacBook but still no gamin
two weeks later Pple release, quietly 1300x or x1300 and the score goes from 171%!down to 70% and yew, you guess it, no more motion on a MacBook. I don't have a MacBook but was fumed.
Why? Because other than motion it affected nothing else, you could still not play games nor run autocad,lol but it affected motion only.
So what did apple do when it came out with a better nvidia chip that ran motion, it removed FireWire and fanboys said it was a space issue. The mac, formally pc switchers knew better, there was plenty of space so in time the brought FireWire back so it threw the fanboys theory under a bus.
So waiting to see if they fix OpenGL as even the macpro have lower numbers then 10.5.8 does or 10.4.11. The better the OpenGL the better ven the screen redraw meaning no glitches when recording in 2d Logic. Yes it can be hard to wrap your head around as science is not for everyone but slow openGL has a snow ball affect on overall system performance.
Will benchmark all the various os's and post it here in a few minutes
Posted from iPhone. Sorry for spelling and grammar.
EDIT UPDATE: Okay, here is just a few examples, I ran xBench 3 times, normally divide by 3 to get an average, this time, I chose the highest as I have a wedding to attend at 4:00 Pacific.
Example for Audio,
FPU combined with CPU, but leans more on FPU, determines how many virtual instruments you can use, example, Addictive Drums or EWQLSO (Orhestra Plug In)
10.5.7[/B]
CPU Test 145.70
FPB (I will use this from here on out as this means Floating Point Basic)=132.7
FPL (Floating Point Library) 146.86
OpenGL= 152.13
So this says the macbook 2.4 is 46% faster with 10.5.7, now to the next OS
Opps forgot
10.4.11
CPU=124.25
FPB= 135.41
FPL= 88.63 (this libray number is important as you'll see as we get to Snow Leopard, two different Hard Drives, same system)
OpenGL=136.37
10.5.8
CPU 146.82
FPB=133.17
FPL=146.56
OpenGL: 147.67
10.6.1 System 1 (yes I have snow installed twice, once with migration, once clean)
This is migration system where it copies all my programs'
CPU=163.87
FPB=130.72
FPL=260.71 HUGE JUMP, but not exactly what is needed for plug-ins or virtual instruments, but still very high and hope apple can take advantage off, haven't seen a great performance enhancement. Best was 10.5.8, lots of plug-ins.
OpnGL= 77.69, worse then a macbook when they took it down from 171% to 70% just to kill of MOTION users as you could never play games on it anyway, very greedy, as they still don't get the PRO SUMER in Audio/Video is a much larger market base and would sell millions of machines that were better than iMac and under a <ac Pro and that's without mentioning the sales the gaming would have as they make up more money sold then music and video combined. Apple has lost it sometimes, me thinketh.
10.6.1 CLEAN INSTALL
CPU 165.32
FPB= 133.45
FPL = 262.07
OpenGL:83.49
The good news though is that some other benchmarking programs show that in 64 bit mode, that a 2.4 is the same speed as a 2.8, but with Apple being Apple, let's see, would they rather give you a speed bump via software that almost increases by 20% or sell you a new machine? Another example, friend took computer to Apple store, was told his Powerbook G4 needed a new logic board as the tests all came back normal. Especially the RAM.
Knowing better, I removed the RAM he purchased, and sure enough, no problems, Apple sales people, be it Genius or trainers, are geared toward getting you to buy a new machine, even though they don't see a dime in commission.
It's part of their job, but more specialist's though.
STRANGE DAYS INDEED....
PEACE
