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NVIDIA Graphics Update 2009 Improves Cursor Movement, HD Playback

Unfortunately, the HD trailer of Tales of Despereaux appears just as choppy or choppier with the update on my MBP. Oh well. It could well be the trailer itself, since other 1080 trailers play back fine. Who knows?
 
glad to see this update. i have a friend who just bought his first mac - a new uni-body macbook. i'm sure he will like to see this update. i'll be sure to tell him to install it
 
Update on MacPro?

I went to run the iLife Media update and iDVD update and I also had the Software Updater pull the nVidia 30" update. I have a ATI 1900 and a 30" Cinema Display. I ran it and so far no issues? Anyone else see this?
 
Whoa....

Drumjim85 said:
sorry arn, the white plastic macbook now also has NVIDIA graphics (NVIDIA GeForce 9400M). Not just the unibody.
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When was this announced?! Last I saw they were shipping 2.1GHz/Intel GMA X3100. Now I see the new 2.0GHz/NVIDIA GeForce 9400M in place of it.

Did Apple sneak this one under the radar or did I completely fail to notice?
 
This update can also be made to work on the 2008 Mac Pro with 8800GT. It refuses to install, but if you open up the installer package and copy the extensions yourself they work.

Before:
com.apple.NVDAResman (5.3.6) <81 80 18 6 5 4 2>
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal (5.3.6) <82 5 4>

After:
com.apple.NVDAResman (5.3.8) <66 65 17 6 5 4 2>
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal (5.3.8) <67 5 4>
 
SydneyDev said:
This update can also be made to work on the 2008 Mac Pro with 8800GT. It refuses to install, but if you open up the installer package and copy the extensions yourself they work.

Before:
com.apple.NVDAResman (5.3.6) <81 80 18 6 5 4 2>
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal (5.3.6) <82 5 4>

After:
com.apple.NVDAResman (5.3.8) <66 65 17 6 5 4 2>
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal (5.3.8) <67 5 4>
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Moving extensions like that is kinda scary when you're booted off of that volume. Then again the package installer does it too.
 
A mobile GPU and desktop GPU are not the same. For a start they are normally up to twice as fast. It is like the Core 2 compared to a Xeon, both are similar but one is a lot faster.


SydneyDev said:
This update can also be made to work on the 2008 Mac Pro with 8800GT. It refuses to install, but if you open up the installer package and copy the extensions yourself they work.

Before:
com.apple.NVDAResman (5.3.6) <81 80 18 6 5 4 2>
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal (5.3.6) <82 5 4>

After:
com.apple.NVDAResman (5.3.8) <66 65 17 6 5 4 2>
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal (5.3.8) <67 5 4>
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installed the update. it is kinda useless to me since i dont use either..but i guess i hate having non up to date software if it doesnt hurt. :cool:

system works fine so far..
 
NVIDIA Graphics Update 2009 1.0

NVIDIA Graphics Update 2009 1.0

About NVIDIA Graphics Update 2009
This update improves cursor movement when using the Apple Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adapter with the Mini DisplayPort enabled MacBook Air, MacBook and MacBook Pro. It also improves playback of HD video running on systems with NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT or GeForce 9600M graphics.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/firmware_hardware/nvidiagraphicsupdate2009.html

...or in Software Update.
 
Frankly, I am getting very sick of Apple targeting movie watchers and music listeners only and no one else (may be movie editors too). Are people buying Apple hw only for watching movies? Why bothering about quad cores, OpenCL, 64bit kernels for these people?

The performance with this update has not improved: it is as lousy as it was 20 minutes ago. The bugs, like the screenshots on battery power with the 9600 on unibody MBP, are still there. Bad 2D system animations are still bad.

What's happening?

thistle
 
lordthistle said:
Frankly, I am getting very sick of Apple targeting movie watchers and music listeners only and no one else (may be movie editors too). Are people buying Apple hw only for watching movies? Why bothering about quad cores, OpenCL, 64bit kernels for these people?

thistle
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I guess it is because Apple makes money on selling/renting out HD-movies and music... After all, money's what it's all about for them.
But the Dual-Link adapter is extremely expensive, and a fix to what many report as a "dead product" should be good for none-movie-watchers too..
 
peepboon said:
I have juse installed the update and now my external monitor keeps on flicking. It seems to have trouble finding/locating the signals from the MacBook...

Anyone else with the same problems?
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I have the same problem, with a 20" Samsung and a 2.0Ghz MacBook. The external monitor will come on for a few seconds, before going blank for a couple of minutes, and flashing on again.
As you say, it's as if the MacBook's signal isn't being picked up, or isn't sending it out properly.
Are you using the VGA adaptor? The screen was flashing off every half an hour or so, but now I'm starting to wish I hadn't updated...
 
lefse said:
I guess it is because Apple makes money on selling/renting out HD-movies and music... After all, money's what it's all about for them.
But the Dual-Link adapter is extremely expensive, and a fix to what many report as a "dead product" should be good for none-movie-watchers too..
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Unfortunately, I know you're right, in fact in some places apple is defined as the "entertainment gear producer".

I included movie editors in the list of targeted users (in the previous post) because of the dual-link DVI.

- thistle
 
SimonTheSoundMa said:
A mobile GPU and desktop GPU are not the same. For a start they are normally up to twice as fast. It is like the Core 2 compared to a Xeon, both are similar but one is a lot faster.
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You think I have incorrectly replaced a desktop driver with a mobile driver? That's not how it works with Nvidia. They have a unified driver model where there is a single driver that behaves differently depending on the id string on the card.
 
clayandthat said:
I have the same problem, with a 20" Samsung and a 2.0Ghz MacBook. The external monitor will come on for a few seconds, before going blank for a couple of minutes, and flashing on again.
As you say, it's as if the MacBook's signal isn't being picked up, or isn't sending it out properly.
Are you using the VGA adaptor? The screen was flashing off every half an hour or so, but now I'm starting to wish I hadn't updated...
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I am using the VGA cable. It blanks for a good few times before it shows the desktop for like a split second. I can tell its having a hard time finding the signal because my Samsung monitor is trying to find the signal in analogue and digital source. It searches for it automatically.

What a pain... how long do you reckon we have to wait for a fix? A bit silly of them to release a driver which has this problem...
 
I have an iMac with NVIDIA 7300 GT and this update refuses to install. Weird. Also the update does not appear on Software Update.

Edit: I just remembered they made MBPs with 7300 GT. This update is probably not meant for iMacs.
 
lordthistle said:
The performance with this update has not improved: it is as lousy as it was 20 minutes ago. The bugs, like the screenshots on battery power with the 9600 on unibody MBP, are still there. Bad 2D system animations are still bad.

What's happening?

thistle
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Very true. 20 minutes wasted. I still have the screenshot bug
 
lordthistle said:
Frankly, I am getting very sick of Apple targeting movie watchers and music listeners only and no one else (may be movie editors too). Are people buying Apple hw only for watching movies? Why bothering about quad cores, OpenCL, 64bit kernels for these people?

The performance with this update has not improved: it is as lousy as it was 20 minutes ago. The bugs, like the screenshots on battery power with the 9600 on unibody MBP, are still there. Bad 2D system animations are still bad.

What's happening?

thistle
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Can you explain the issues you are seeing??? I seem to have no issues with screentshots or 2d animaitons, stacks, minimizing, etc...
 
Mac Pro Nvidia card

I sure hope they will update the drivers for the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB , it still not able to do full hd playback on a 30 inch cinema display without choppieness and trouble like that, come on Apple/NVIDIA.
 
boer said:
I have an iMac with NVIDIA 7300 GT and this update refuses to install. Weird. Also the update does not appear on Software Update.

Edit: I just remembered they made MBPs with 7300 GT. This update is probably not meant for iMacs.
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The Mac Pro and iMac shipped with a 7300 GT.
 
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