10.5.2 makes your WoW go faster

I installed both 10.5.2 and the graphics update on two Macs. I forgot to benchmark the iMac before the update, but I ran Cinebench R10 on a 1.66GHz CD Mac Mini before and after.

With 10.5.1, it had an OpenGL score of 554.
With 10.5.2 no graphics update it scored 663 (ie. +20% over 10.5.1)
With 10.5.2 plus graphics update, it scored 710. (ie +30% over 10.5.1)

Of course this is just one benchmark, and on the Mini probably equates to an increase from 8 to 11 FPS in .

This have nothing to do with the Leopard Grapichs Update. I still havent installed the Leopard Grapichs Update and tested out the diffrence.

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It's the 10.5.2 update.

Can't wait to go home and check this out. I'm surprised I missed the update before heading to work today. =(

I just ran a call of duty 2 benchmark
one minute demo on beltot map, ran three times & averaged
:
GU = 10.5.2 after the graphics update

anti aliasing off, dynamic lights off, textures on normal
10.5.1 - 54fps
10.5.2 - 73.5fps
GU = 74.7

4*aa, everything on the maximum setting:
10.5.1 - 5.9fps
10.5.2 - 3.6fps
gu - 4.4fps


Interesting results, better performance at the bottom end but it seems to suffer when you stress the card.

Results were from a mac pro 2.66, 3gb ram, stock 7300gt.

I hoped this update would the issues present on the current 2.4 PTR patch in WoW, but it doesn't. Some 2.4 installations on older graphic cards and Intel Integrated systems are just broken.

Seems like Apple is taking games seriously now. When Steve came back to the company in 1997 he told that games where a serious business for Apple. After that he didn't talk about it anymore until the WWDC where people from EA and ID came onstage. The EA games later seemed almost a hoax and they sell really bad. Native OS X games sell much better and I wonder if EA is going to do more games for OS X. Think they already stopped again. We still didn't here anything from the ID game, except some criticism from their Chief on Apple's gaming strategy, maybe some issues developers walked into, including John Carmack.

Although I still don't see Apple releasing Mac OS X games until 2010 and taking games very serious, in the way of more support and attracting developers to the OS platform, I really think they are going to start it in an attempt to capture market share overseas.

Does the graphics update affect all Macs, or just those with fancy graphics cards? Any chance my 2 GHz 2 GB Mini would run WoW any faster? (Not that it would still be in any way playable.)

Still have the same FPS here.

EVE Online felt the love too. That's a good sign for all the other Cider-powered games out there.

Not just WoW ... Age of Empires III (all 3D with plenty of shaders, etc.) seems to be about 15% faster/smoother on my MBP C2D 2.16. Very nice!

What about Second Life?? SL needs love too, especially for Macbook Pros which lock up while playing due to the video card driver.