Graphical performance

hey,
a friend of mine has the new nvidia graphics card in his pro (256) and is getting poor performance in gaming..and other heavy tasks. is this a problem with the drivers?
thanks for all your comments

In a word… yes. Whether it's specifically the drivers or not remains to be seen but I can't see where it could be anywhere else.

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Improving graphics performance in DIAdem 11.0 Report?

Dear Forum,
when working on a Report layout, the poor graphic performance of DIAdem is a real problem for me.
For example, many diagrams with lots of data are on one page. One opens the proficiencies of one of the diagrams and changes e.g. the curves color or whatever and closes the dialog window. After this, the whole Report page is refreshed - wich takes up to one minute, depending on the amount of data displayed.
The strange thing is, when I close the given dialog window, and while the report page is being refreshed sent DIAdem to the taskbar and open any other application window, the process of refreshing the screen takes only 1 second instead of 30 seconds.
The question is: Is there a tweak to improve the speed how DIAdem refreshes the report page? Or is there any workaround other than switching applications during refreshing?
Thanks a lot.
Greetings from Germany
Oliver

Hello Oliver,
The easiest way to speed up the graphics performance in Report with large data files (or 3D graphs with lots of nodes) is to turn off the "Data Layer" (German: "Datenebene") in the "View" menu (German: "Ansicht").
That function basically turns off the display of all data in Report, but retains the axis systems, texts, etc., so you can still move them, place them and edit them without having to guess sizes. Once you're done with the report, simply turn the data layer back on and you're ready to create a PDF, print or save the result as an image file (JPG, BMB, etc.).
I think the performance difference you described (1 vs. 30 seconds) is due to the fact that once DIAdem has drawn a page, it retains an image in memory and will simply draw that image when you bring DIAdem to the foreground (or maximize it). After any edits you make to the report (e.g. change the color of a graph), DIAdem redraws the complete page from scratch, which takes much longer then just re-displaying an image that has already been drawn previously. Someone from the DIAdem R&D team could probably do a better job explaining this, but I think this is the explanation for the time difference in drawing.
Anyway, the "Data Layer" trick should hopefully solve your problem, let us know if that works for you.
Greeting from Austin, TX.
Otmar D. Foehner
Business Development Manager
DIAdem and Test Data Management
National Instruments
Austin, TX - USA
"For an optimist the glass is half full, for a pessimist it's half empty, and for an engineer is twice bigger than necessary."

T520 - 42435gg / Sound stutter and slow Graphic performance with Intel Rapid Storage AHCI Driver

Hi everybody,
I have serious Problems with my 42435gg
Any time I install the Intel Storage AHCI Driver (I've tried plenty of different versions) which is suggested by System Update I experience a horrible Sound stutter and slow Graphic performance in Windows 7 64-Bit.
The funny thing in this case: If the external e-sata port is connected the problems do not occur. If the port is unused again, the stutter begins immediately.
The only thing I can do is using the Windows internal Storage Driver with which I am not able to use my DVD recorder for example.
The device was sent to lenovo for hardware testing with no result. It was sent back without any repairing.
Anybody experience on this?
Kind regards,
Daniel

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Hi all
my iMac has a strange problem and I need to understand how to fix it.
First of all, this my configuration:
iMac 27'' - 2.8 ghz - 12 Gb RAM - ATI 5750 1GB GDDR5, Mountain Lion 10.8.2
The problem is simple. After a while, the graphic performance slows down quickly with fluctuant speed (fast then slow, then fast...). I've noticed that in 3D games, in Photoshop and in other applications that uses GPU or intense graphics operations (also Finder animation like window animations)...
I can't understand if it's a hardware failure (but note that Apple made me an AHT just a couple of days ago, during the 1 Tb Seagate Hard Drive Replacement Program and nothing was found) or a Software problem... But OSX is a fresh install, for example...
Is there a way to check GPU deeply?
Please help me, i'm really hopeless

It certainly sounds possible that your video card is failing. You might want to reboot from your Original Installation Disk and run the AHT (Apple Hardware Test) or the Extended Apple Hardware Test to check for hardware failiure.. Other than that, time for a trip to the Apple Store for a check up.
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Graphics performance - external monitor

Hello everybody.
I've run into a problem..
When I add an external monitor to my rMBP 15", the graphics performance is reduced by quite a bit. Example: when I play League of Legends on my built in monitor, it runs smoothly at 60fps with almost the highest graphic settings. But when I play it on the external monitor, with the lid closed, it's going at 30fps with the lowest graphic settings.
Here's the twist..
I bootcamped it, just to test if there'd be any difference. And surely, there was. Suddenly I could play with the highest graphic settings at 60fps on my external monitor.
Here's my setup:
MacBook Pro Retina 15", mid 2012.
Asus VE278Q
The monitor is connected with a HDMI cable.

I have the same hardware, a rMBP with the quad 2.6, 16 gigs of ram and the NVidia 650. I don't have the problems you are describing but I play different games - mostly borderlands, so perhaps that makes a difference.
The first thing I would suggest is to use something other than an HDMI cable. I can't remember the details but I recall reading that the throughput of the HDMI is limited, especially compared to thunderbolt, so I would try switching first. Of course you are roughly quadripling the pixels you are pushing when you go from 1440x900 (native retina) to 2880x1800 .... so that could be it, and I would also try to scale the external monitor 1440x900 ... and see what happens.
Lastly, most games run a lot faster under windows than OSX. Sad but true. I sometimes run the same game on my server ( a proliant with a Xeon quad @ 3.3 ghz with either a decidedly low end GT630 video card. It smokes the retina MBP, badly for whichever game I have ever tried. They look better, they run much faster. That said, I still like to game on the Mac and only use the Server when I need a third machine when my daughter comes to kick my butt. I personally will take the ease and elegance over the speed, since the rMBP is fast enough.

Adjust Graphics Performance on 2009 13" MBP

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The problem is OS X Lion chiefly, it's a new buggy operating system that third party programs are not all quite in tune with it yet.
The second problem is you got the 2.0 Ghz model, which the card scores a 18 on the Open Gl tests.
The HD 3000 Intel integrated graphics scores 11, so you see your descrete card isn't all that much more powerful that crappy CPU graphics.
The 2.2 Ghz and the 2.3 Ghz, the descrete graphics in there scores 30 on the Open Gl tests, so it's much better.
But compared to a Windows 7 desktop with a graphics card you can replace over and over, there is no comparison. And the Mac Pro is more of a CPU powerhouse than a graphics powerhouse, as there are hardly any third party cards for it.
So if you want to 3D game on a computer, you really need a Windows 7 64 bit tower, with expandable RAM to at least 16GB, 4 GB by default.
One doesn't buy a Mac or any computer laptop to serious 3D game (heat, cooling and battery limit), at least not for long.
http://www.cbscores.com/index.php?sort=ogl&order=desc

How about the Graphic Performance?

Hello all!
May someone can help me to get that clarified ...
I have a MacMini with Thunderbolt connection. Latley I started to use RC Flight simulator which challenges the video card of my MacMini pretty much.
How about a Thunderbolt Display? Will TB just "substitute" my current HDMI-Connection or will some computing power be "outsourced" to the display? In other words: will the graphic performance of my MacMini improve using a TB-Display or does it stay the same because the build in video card is still "in charge"?
Thx for your help!

No question the Thunderbolt is without doubt a fantastic display, however to answer your question I'm personally experiencing a performance drop (see my very recent thread in this forum).
One of my reasons for finally getting the Thunderbolt Display was to enjoy some proper gaming on a big screen for 3D games both within OS X and Bootcamp. Even when I match my MacBook Pro 17" unibody's (early 2011) top resolution with the Thunderbolt Display for a like for like comparison, I get a performance drop which I was hoping would never happen. I was hoping that with the MacBook Pro in closed 'clamshell' and thus the MacBook Pro switching it's own display 'off' and presumably diverting all of the GPU's performance power straight to the Thunderbolt Display via it's direct fast Thunderbolt bus; that it would at the very very least match the performance when using the MacBook Pro's own display, but currently I have to choose the 'very low' graphics setting on some games to maintain a decent frame-rate for smooth game play.
Mybe this is not a permanent Thunderbolt Display problem/fault and might be resolved at some point by means of a software, display driver or display/thunderbolt/GPU firmware update. If that be the case then I'll know there's hope at the end of the tunnel. Understandably I wasn't expecting my MacBook Pro 17" early 2011 to perform miracles with it's graphics performance anyhow, but it's 1GB Graphics adapter isn't all that bad either and is a half decent card that can give acceptable results. But If you where to match the resolution of the Thunderbolt Display to that of the MacBook Pro for comparison for yourself and then run a 3D game like say 'Dirt 2', you will soon realise there are slight performance issues; unless of course I'm doing something wrong.
Here's hoping this may only be a temporary drawback for the Thunderbolt Display with 3D applications/gaming.

[SOLVED] [QEMU] Improve graphics performance/resolution

Hi,
I use qemu's kvm feature and successfuly installed Windows 7 in it.
Everything works quite well except the graphics performance being very poor.
When I move the cursor it starts flickering ('lagging') and I can't set the resolution fitting my laptop screen with a native resolution of 1366x768. (So currently using 1024x768 in the VM)
I start qemu with -vga vmware.
command I use for starting qemu:
qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -machine type=pc,accel=kvm -cpu host -vga vmware -full-screen -k de -usb -usbdevice tablet -m 3072 /path/to/image.qcow2
Is there a way to fix this??
Last edited by kanikuleet (2013-04-15 10:49:36)

Finally got it working now, performance is surprisingly good!!!
I used to have Windows 7 Home Premium, then I discovered you cannot remote-connect to Home Prem as this version lacks that feature
So I got me Ultimate 64bit and it works.
I start the qemu vm with:
qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -machine type=pc,accel=kvm -cpu host -nographic -k de -usb -m 4096 -net nic -net user,hostfwd=tcp::3389-:3389 /home/kanikuly/Pictures/ISO/Win7Ult64Bit.qcow2
and rdesktop with:
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10.6.7 Serious Graphics Performance Trouble

Hello.
Today I updated my MacBook from 10.6.5 to 10.6.7 using the Combo Updater as well as doing a few other system updates. Already since 10.6.4 my graphics performance had worsened considerably as I had what appeared to be overheat trouble with the GPU after 15 minutes of gaming at most, making the FPS drop from 60 to 15 randomly.
With the update to 10.6.7 I now can't even exceed 20 frames per second in the first place anymore. Games in which the error occurs: FlightGear 2.0.0 pre3, Redline 1.0.5
Apart from in games, my Mac generally gets "stuck" particularly often, no matter if it's supposed to move a 15 MB video file into trash or if I'm editing a couple of images with Gimp.
What could cause this and how could the error be solved?
Hardware:
MacBook Aluminium Unibody 13"
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 Ghz
2 GB DDR3-RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB (shared)

Found this on another discussion forum.
These are the .kext and other files which needs to be replaced. You should back up before you install any packages:
/System/Library/Extensions/GeForce.kext
/System/Library/Extensions/GeForce7xxxGLDriver.bundle
/System/Library/Extensions/GeForceGA.plugin
/System/Library/Extensions/GeForceGLDriver.bundle
/System/Library/Extensions/GeForceVADriver.bundle
/System/Library/Extensions/NVDAGF100Hal.kext (if it exists)
/System/Library/Extensions/NVDANV40Hal.kext
/System/Library/Extensions/NVDANV50Hal.kext
/System/Library/Extensions/NVDAResman.kext
/System/Library/Extensions/NVSMU.kext
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In the "Contents" folder that's shown, navigate to "Packages".
Inside that you'll see three .pkg files: Display Driver.pkg, OpenGL Driver.pkg, and Video Driver.pkg.
Each of these hopefully installs without a hardware verification check.
There is another solion given by edit setup checking algorithm:
Simply locate "distribution.dist" inside driver package,
then delete part of program with "unsupported_title" and "unsupported_message" strings, save and install.

CS6- Sluggish Graphics performance

Hi;
I just installed Photoshop CS6 on a Windows 7 64-Bit system with an ATI 5870 Graphics card and the latest ATI 12.4 drivers. Graphics performance seems to be noticeably worse than CS4 that I upgraded from.
   The very first thing I tried was pasting a copy of an open Desktop Window (Alt-Printscreen) into Photoshop (File/New then paste). Then I simply alternated between 'Fit on screen' and 'Actual Pixels' to watch the magnification change.
'Zooming' performance seems noticeably slower/jerkier than with CS4.
I played around with the 'performance' options and I discovered that the fastest setup seems to be when I go to Graphics Processor Setting and uncheck the 'Use Graphics processor' box (It was checked by default) . Then, things seem pretty snappy. The zoom doesn't seem to have much of any 'animation' as it changes level.
The next quickest seems to be when I leave the 'Use Graphics processor' box checked, but change the 'Advanced settings'/Drawing Mode to 'Basic' (down from the default 'Advanced').
Here, the zoom seems to be smooth, but seems to have a little bit of an 'animated' appearance as it is growing or shrinking (as it changes the zoom level). The worst performance is the default drawing mode of 'Advanced'.
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The ATI 5870 isn't too shabby of a video card, and I expected better with CS6.
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My CPU is an Intel I980X (3.33 GHz) 6-Core system, in case that helps.
   Thanks;
     -Greg

I rolled back the drivers to the AMD 12.2 Catalyst video driver version and things do seem much improved.
With only limited testing so far, things now appear to be (mostly) at least as fast as without the 'Use graphics card' option checked.
I say mostly because with the graphics card being used, I now see some short 'delays' in some actions that aren't there without it. For example, starting CS6 and then doing a 'new' followed by 'paste' seems to have a little delay in there that's not present without the use graphics card option. (Maybe it's initializing the card, I don't know).
It seems like the graphical effects for things like 'Iris Blur' look fancier with the graphics card being used, but so far it's not clear if they are actually any faster/more responsive. 'liquefy' looks very smooth with or without the 'use graphics card' option.
At least performance is no longer absolutely horrible (using the 'Graphics acceleration')... . I'll have to try it out some more.
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GPU/CPU Temps and Graphics Performance Questions

I am also experiencing some similar oddities with my 15in UMBP. As background on my setup I am running 10.5.7 (the problem began before the update) and I work in an air-conditioned office with a cooling pad for my frequently "toasty" MBP. I have noticed that my temps are significantly higher while running on the NVIDIA 9600M GT vs. the 9400M, and also I use iStat to monitor my system.
Here's the problems. With only Mail, iChat, Safari 4, and iTunes running (87-93% idle) I frequently see temps hit 150-155 F for the GPU 145-150 F for the CPU. While running on the 9400 with the same applications (87-92% idle) I see temps from 90-95 F for both GPU and CPU. When I had first gotten my MBP I used it mostly with Aperture 2 and I thought it was strange that I couldn't tell the difference in performance between the 9600 and the 9400. Later I tried to use it from time to time in Win XP (bootcamp) for gaming, but it would get so hot that i could hardly touch the keyboard and the graphics performance wasn't nearly what i thought it should be. In fact I was only able to run games slightly better than on my company provided Dell Inspiron D620 (old POS). On the Mac side I tried to test out the performance of my GPU by setting the graphics in X-plane just to the point that with the 9600M GT enabled the program wouldn't tell me that I had too many graphics options turned on. After getting that dialed in I switched over to try it with the 9400 and the performance was nearly identical, and maybe even a little better... I'm not a genius when it comes to computers by any means. I don't know very much about what kind of performance I should be seeing from these two cards, but I would think that the 9600 would greatly out perform the 9400.
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http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/istatpro.html
I turned it on a few hours ago and the temperature of one of the cores reached 70 degrees C and the fan speeds all went up to around 3000 rpm. I'm just going to leave it off for now and take it in to get serviced. Only problem is I have to make an appointment and who knows how long it will take to get it in. Hope it works out for you.
Kyle

Improving Video/Graphics Performance

Okay, so one cannot upgrade one's iMac graphics card. Any other strategies to improve video performance? I have done the obvious like closing all other apps and maxing out RAM (4GB).

Thanks Dan but maybe I didn't make myself clear. What I'm interested in is whether or not one can expect a noticeable difference in video graphics performance between a 20" Cinema Display and a 23" Cinema Display, when connected to a Mac Mini Core Duo.

Bootcamp w. XP Pro SP2: Ultra-slow "sticky" scrolling and graphics performa

Hi,
unpacking my Uni-MBP 15" today was unfortunately sofar the best part of owning a new Mac:
After installing and running Xp Pro Sp2 with Bootcamp, I'm quite disappointed:
Scrolling pages as well as general graphics performance is - sofar- horrible.
It also looks like there is no good driver easily available to correctly support the 2 graphics cards of the system - neither on the OSX DVD nor Apple support or Nvidia ( I tried all the downloads)
XP advanced display settings tells me that it doesn't know what cards are installed (set to an unknown Plug and Play VGA adapter).
I am sure there is somewhere a helpful post, but I couldn't find it - therefore:
HELP! How do I get decent graphics performance in XP with my MBP???
Thank you for your help!

Hi,
unpacking my Uni-MBP 15" today was unfortunately sofar the best part of owning a new Mac:
After installing and running Xp Pro Sp2 with Bootcamp, I'm quite disappointed:
Scrolling pages as well as general graphics performance is - sofar- horrible.
It also looks like there is no good driver easily available to correctly support the 2 graphics cards of the system - neither on the OSX DVD nor Apple support or Nvidia ( I tried all the downloads)
XP advanced display settings tells me that it doesn't know what cards are installed (set to an unknown Plug and Play VGA adapter).
I am sure there is somewhere a helpful post, but I couldn't find it - therefore:
HELP! How do I get decent graphics performance in XP with my MBP???
Thank you for your help!

Graphics performance worse after most recent update

I just ran the most recent MacBook Pro update and now my graphics performance in WoW is terrible. It has rendered the game unplayable. It's probably a good thing, mind you, because I spend too much time playing anyway. But still, it shouldn't have made performance worse.
Any way to go back or fix this problem?
Thanks!

I sent an email to Blizzard last night, but I wouldn't expect a reply or a patch for a while. I'll keep everyone posted.
Unfortunately, I think the only way to go back to the previous drivers would involve re-installing the system from the disks that came with the machine, then doing every update save the last one. Sounds like a pain. I'll probably just wait for a Blizzard patch and get some more work done in the meantime, now that WoW is out of the picture!
Are you going to send a bug report to Blizzard. They'll probably jump on it more quickly if a few of us step up. . .
Gotta get that WoW fix. . .
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Hi all
I've been working on an animation project (using Carrara), and initially thought that bad colour banding in shade areas was due to the program.
Now I have tried a simple grey scale in Photoshop, and find that if I adjust the brightness, the same horrible banding occurs. It has a posterised/insufficient colour depth look to it.
I don't recall this occurring before I changed to Snow Leopard; the change in gamma makes me wonder, but I really don't know what might be occurring.
Does anyone have any observations? Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere - I did search.
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I don't have a solution but I have issued a ticket with Blizzard. I would suggest you do the same as well. If enough WoW players are experiencing this problem then Blizzard will be more likely to fix it, or file bugs with Apple.

Dedicated graphics shuts down (?) ... stuttering videos and low framerate graphic performance

Hi,
Since quite some time now I have an issue with my macbook pro that seems to be related to the dedicated graphics card and/or the dynamic switching from integrated to dedicated.
The computer runs fine and then suddenly, while watching a flash video, a high resolution html5 youtube video, or playing the video game hearthstone the frame rate of the video / video game drops dramatically.
The only fix is a reboot of the computer and then it is fine again for some time.
It might be related to the power management as it seems to occur more often when on battery or when the battery is low.
I have gfxCardStatus 2.3 installed and when this happens it still tells me that I am running on the dedicated graphic card.
Is that a known problem and is there a fix to it?
I tried to turn off "automatic graphics switching" in the energy saver settings. But this did not help.
specs:
Macbook Pro 15inch Mid 2010
8GB RAM – 2.66 GHz i7
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 512 MB graphics
OS X 10.9.5
Thank You!

The model identifier 6.2 MBP that you have has experienced GPU problems. There was a replacement program, but that has expired.
I suggest that you make an appointment at an Apple store genius bar and have the MBP evaluated for FREE. Mention the GPU issue because there is a special test for it.
If it turns out that the discrete GPU is the problem, then you can download this application which will allow you to disengage the discrete GPU and use only the integrated one. This will compromise graphics performance.
https://gfx.io/
A permanent solution would be a logic board replacement.
Ciao.

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