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    Apple releases Graphics Update

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by altecX, Aug 17, 2010.

  1. altecX

    altecX Notebook Deity

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    The Snow Leopard Graphics Update contains stability and performance fixes for graphics applications and games, including fixes that:

    - Addresses frame rate issues occurring in Portal and Team Fortress 2 by Valve, on iMac (Late 2009 and Mid 2010), Mac mini (Early 2009 and Mid 2010), Mac Pro (Early 2009), MacBook (Early 2009 and Mid 2010) and MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) or MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010) models.

    - Resolves an issue that could cause Aperture 3, or StarCraft II by Blizzard, to unexpectedly quit or become unresponsive.

    - Resolves an image corruption issue that may occur when disconnecting and reconnecting external displays while the system is running.

    For more information about this update, please visit this website: About the Snow Leopard Graphics Update

    Download: via Apple Software Update.

    Restart required after installation.
     
    altecX, Aug 17, 2010
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  2. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    To bad I can't even launch steam because they broke it on a update.
     
    Seshan, Aug 18, 2010
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  3. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    weird... steam is launching just fine for me.. heck they just asked me to do a hardware survey
     
    doh123, Aug 18, 2010
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  4. ajreynol

    ajreynol Notebook Virtuoso

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    I can now run StarCraft II at max resolution 1920x1200 at medium/high.

    am satisfied. before this update, I could only run at 1680x1050. I hope they continue to work on their drivers, though. they could be much better than they are.

    also, Steam working just fine for me. fwiw.
     
    ajreynol, Aug 18, 2010
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  5. jjahshik32

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    Just did the update for my 17" i7 2.66GHz Macbook Pro and it seems alot faster in the GUI department!
     
    jjahshik32, Aug 18, 2010
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