Hi You have made a very interesting point about OsX - I wanted to try It on hackintosh also but... you did it first.
The results are strange - according to many video on YT, an old 2,16 macbook (with 950) runs q4 far better than win based machine. According to a program alled OpenGL extensions Viewer a 950 on my Win 2008 (=Vista) machine has followin capabilities: Extensions: 56 GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1 GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_window_pos GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_cull_vertex GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_stencil_two_side GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture3D GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_WIN_swap_hint WGL_ARB_buffer_region WGL_ARB_extensions_string WGL_ARB_make_current_read WGL_ARB_pbuffer WGL_ARB_pixel_format WGL_EXT_extensions_string WGL_EXT_swap_control Core features v1.1 (100 % - 7/7) v1.2 (100 % - 8/8) v1.3 (100 % - 9/9) v1.4 (100 % - 15/15) v1.5 (66 % - 2/3) v2.0 (10 % - 1/10) v2.1 (0 % - 0/3) This program has a database with capabilities of different video cards - among them 950 on Apple and this is where it gets interesting: A 950 on Mac is said to have 87 extensions - among them 17 GL_Apple (so we can count those out) but still that is 14 mor GL functions among them the ones which belong to GL_ARB group. Im no guru - but I belive that they are (to some extent) necessary for OpenGl 2.0 On Nov 25, 7:39 am, Espionage724 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mac OS X Update > > I managed to play a copy of CS:S (non-steam) at the same speeds as if > it were on vista + modded drivers. The copy I had was being ran > through Cider (I believe). > > Linux Update > > I recently installed Ubuntu 8.10 and am installing World of Warcraft > in Wine to test it. Will give output later.... > > On Nov 20, 12:12 am, Espionage724 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Well my graphics card is most likely going to have a different output > > since my laptop isn't apple based. Apple laptops have their 950GMA > > limited to only 64MB. Spore also does run (not that well) on Mac OS X > > on my laptop also. Soon I may end up reformatting to go back to mac os > > x so when i do i'll give some updates... > > > On Nov 17, 5:30 am, Achill3s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, i have a MacBook (with the old GMA950), and in my opinion > > > crossover doesn't achieve the performance that you can when you run > > > windows xp. The GMA950 drivers for Mac aren't very good and therefore > > > have many games unsupported. Ex: spore (mac version) doesn't run on > > > the gma950 but it works on my windows xp (pc version) with bootcamp > > > (dual boot). As for crossover gaming, i wouldn't recommend it. I have > > > warcraft 3 for mac and for pc on my hard disk and when i run the pc > > > version on my mac side with crossover, i get approx 20fps (not to > > > mention a 1024x768 res). However, when i run warcraft for mac on my > > > mac, i get approx 50fps (@1280x800 res). Clearly, we mac users need > > > new GMA950 drivers (or mods XD). > > > > On Nov 15, 11:20 pm, Espionage724 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Yea thats my idea too. The only game that I only managed to run though > > > > on linux that was windows-based was WoW and I didn't try to enable > > > > vertexshaders (only can be enabled on Vista+modded drivers+reg mod) > > > > > On Nov 14, 5:04 pm, "micah taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Also, since Ubuntu and OS X both are based on the same thing (Unix), > > > > > in > > > > > theory you should be able to get the same results. > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 5:04 PM, micah taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Interesting. I am dual booting XP and Ubuntu and I would love it > > > > > > if I > > > > > > could get the same results as you get with OS X and others get with > > > > > > Vista+modded drivers. > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Espionage724 <[EMAIL > > > > > > PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > > >> Decided to give some brief input about the 950GMA on 2 OS's that > > > > > >> are > > > > > >> rarely (if at all) talked about on this site. Will someone find > > > > > >> this > > > > > >> useful? Maybe I have no idea though... > > > > > > >> Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard > > > > > >> Intel 950GMA > > > > > >> Hackintosh (OS X is running on a non-apple computer, illegal = > > > > > >> yes, do > > > > > >> i care = no :p) > > > > > > >> (Acer TravelMate 2480 latop with Mac OS X 10.5.4 installed with > > > > > >> Vanilla kernel and iATKOS 2.0 DVD) > > > > > > >> Ok, this card under OS X still isn't that great and depending on > > > > > >> your > > > > > >> device ID, you may have more issues with it then others. The OpenGL > > > > > >> effects made by the OS (dock, window animation, etc) work ultra > > > > > >> smooth. Games, some work better then others. > > > > > > >> Major discovery right here, if you run Crossover (windows app > > > > > >> emulator) under mac and you install a Source game (CS:S, TF2, etc) > > > > > >> then it will run. It will run as if you are using the modded > > > > > >> drivers > > > > > >> under vista which leads to the weird part, Mac OS X on a > > > > > >> unsupported > > > > > >> laptop can run a unsupported game faster then when the laptop has a > > > > > >> supported OS on it? Yep it's true I was really surprised to have > > > > > >> found > > > > > >> this out. So this card possibly either possess Software TnL in > > > > > >> either > > > > > >> the kext (driver) or it is Crossover that is doing it. Point is > > > > > >> games > > > > > >> that need H TnL will run somewhat decently in Crossover (if they > > > > > >> can > > > > > >> be ran) as if it was Vista + Modded drivers. > > > > > > >> What about certain Device ID's? Well there are different types of > > > > > >> the > > > > > >> 950GMA (mobile, desktop, some have different device id's, etc). > > > > > >> And OS > > > > > >> X is made to accept only 1 or 2 device Id's natievly. Others have > > > > > >> to > > > > > >> be modded into the kext file and then some will need other kext > > > > > >> files. > > > > > >> Point is it's not fun if your device id isn't supported :/ > > > > > > >> Linux > > > > > >> Intel 950GMA > > > > > >> Kernel is Unknown... > > > > > > >> Can't give much background information on this OS. I tried OpenSuse > > > > > >> and Runescape HD with the stock drivers. IT SUCKED. > > > > > > >> On Ubuntu, the card performed decently. WoW under Wine gave about > > > > > >> 15FPS highest though. Desktop effects worked ok on highest > > > > > >> settings. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "INTEL 9XX Gaming" group. 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