I can attest that StarCraft 2 seems to be running fine on ultra for me, granted I have a early 2009 macpro with ATI 4870 and 10GB ram.
I've noticed a bunch of people complaining on using low settings and what-not even on macpro's so I figure people should know that there are mac users enjoying SC2 at it's fullest potential. Granted the quantity of RAM I have may be the reason... it does seem to be significantly higher than other people that posted specs.
I can attest that StarCraft 2 seems to be running fine on ultra for me, granted I have a early 2009 macpro with ATI 4870 and 10GB ram.
I've noticed a bunch of people complaining on using low settings and what-not even on macpro's so I figure people should know that there are mac users enjoying SC2 at it's fullest potential. Granted the quantity of RAM I have may be the reason... it does seem to be significantly higher than other people that posted specs.
I tried playing the shipped version of Starcraft 2 on my 2008 Mac Pro, 8GB RAM, with the Nvidia 8800 card, and the performance was atrocious. Ran the game via Boot Camp on Windows, using the same hardware, and it was perfect.
The problem seems to be the Nvidia drivers, which would explain why you aren't having the same problems.
I just wish there was a greater selection of Mac-enabled video cards to choose from. I would love to get a better video card from ATI but there don't seem to be any on offer in the Apple Store that are a step up.
I tried playing the shipped version of Starcraft 2 on my 2008 Mac Pro, 8GB RAM, with the Nvidia 8800 card, and the performance was atrocious. Ran the game via Boot Camp on Windows, using the same hardware, and it was perfect.
The problem seems to be the Nvidia drivers, which would explain why you aren't having the same problems.
I just wish there was a greater selection of Mac-enabled video cards to choose from. I would love to get a better video card from ATI but there don't seem to be any on offer in the Apple Store that are a step up.
I know there are issues, but I have a 9600GT 512mb, with 4gb ram, and 3ghz duo, and I run StarCraft 2 fine in medium mode.
It WAS slow but then I remember to go to "energy saver" in the "system preferences" and select Higher Performance. Then everything was ok. (on medium).
Try that if you haven't already but i will say the game still runs worse than I would have thought.
What settings are you using in Boot Camp? low, medium, high or Ultra?
I see the same graphics corruption, but usually only when I am running VMWare. Third-party applications may well be guilty of something. I never had the graphics will remain on display, even if it is always a moment and then disappear completely.
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The next bug fix and maintenance release for Apple's Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard operating has progressed through the company's internal verification process and will soon make its way to developers for broader testing.
People familiar with the matter say a limited number of developers are expecting the first external pre-release builds of Mac OS X 10.6.5 over the next 48 hours. A wider release accessible to all paid Apple developers could come as early as this weekend.
Though it's unclear just yet what enhancements Apple's planning to incorporate into the release, graphics driver and OpenGL performance is expected to remain a priority in 10.6.5, as it has in previous Snow Leopard updates.
After installing Mac OS X 10.6.4, released last month, users began reporting an assortment of graphics issues ranging from choppy video performance to sporadic corruption issues within Safari.
For their part, game makers Blizzard and Valve have both suggested that graphics issues related to some of their newer titles may be due to changes in the OpenGL implementation that shipped as part of Mac OS X 10.6.4.
"The recent 10.6.4 update from Apple has noticeable performance issues for NVidia graphic chip owners running high performance games," wrote a Valve support rep. "If you wish to avoid this, you should consider waiting to install the 10.6.4 update until Apple has had the opportunity to address this issue."
An example of graphics corruption in Safari after installing Mac OS X 10.6.4.
A pair of discussion threads (1, 2) on Apple's official support forums offer a rundown of other graphics issues reported by users.
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I've noticed a bunch of people complaining on using low settings and what-not even on macpro's so I figure people should know that there are mac users enjoying SC2 at it's fullest potential. Granted the quantity of RAM I have may be the reason... it does seem to be significantly higher than other people that posted specs.
I can attest that StarCraft 2 seems to be running fine on ultra for me, granted I have a early 2009 macpro with ATI 4870 and 10GB ram.
I've noticed a bunch of people complaining on using low settings and what-not even on macpro's so I figure people should know that there are mac users enjoying SC2 at it's fullest potential. Granted the quantity of RAM I have may be the reason... it does seem to be significantly higher than other people that posted specs.
I tried playing the shipped version of Starcraft 2 on my 2008 Mac Pro, 8GB RAM, with the Nvidia 8800 card, and the performance was atrocious. Ran the game via Boot Camp on Windows, using the same hardware, and it was perfect.
The problem seems to be the Nvidia drivers, which would explain why you aren't having the same problems.
I just wish there was a greater selection of Mac-enabled video cards to choose from. I would love to get a better video card from ATI but there don't seem to be any on offer in the Apple Store that are a step up.
I tried playing the shipped version of Starcraft 2 on my 2008 Mac Pro, 8GB RAM, with the Nvidia 8800 card, and the performance was atrocious. Ran the game via Boot Camp on Windows, using the same hardware, and it was perfect.
The problem seems to be the Nvidia drivers, which would explain why you aren't having the same problems.
I just wish there was a greater selection of Mac-enabled video cards to choose from. I would love to get a better video card from ATI but there don't seem to be any on offer in the Apple Store that are a step up.
I know there are issues, but I have a 9600GT 512mb, with 4gb ram, and 3ghz duo, and I run StarCraft 2 fine in medium mode.
It WAS slow but then I remember to go to "energy saver" in the "system preferences" and select Higher Performance. Then everything was ok. (on medium).
Try that if you haven't already but i will say the game still runs worse than I would have thought.
What settings are you using in Boot Camp? low, medium, high or Ultra?
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The next bug fix and maintenance release for Apple's Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard operating has progressed through the company's internal verification process and will soon make its way to developers for broader testing.
People familiar with the matter say a limited number of developers are expecting the first external pre-release builds of Mac OS X 10.6.5 over the next 48 hours. A wider release accessible to all paid Apple developers could come as early as this weekend.
Though it's unclear just yet what enhancements Apple's planning to incorporate into the release, graphics driver and OpenGL performance is expected to remain a priority in 10.6.5, as it has in previous Snow Leopard updates.
After installing Mac OS X 10.6.4, released last month, users began reporting an assortment of graphics issues ranging from choppy video performance to sporadic corruption issues within Safari.
For their part, game makers Blizzard and Valve have both suggested that graphics issues related to some of their newer titles may be due to changes in the OpenGL implementation that shipped as part of Mac OS X 10.6.4.
"The recent 10.6.4 update from Apple has noticeable performance issues for NVidia graphic chip owners running high performance games," wrote a Valve support rep. "If you wish to avoid this, you should consider waiting to install the 10.6.4 update until Apple has had the opportunity to address this issue."
An example of graphics corruption in Safari after installing Mac OS X 10.6.4.
A pair of discussion threads (1, 2) on Apple's official support forums offer a rundown of other graphics issues reported by users.
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