[geeks] nVidia 8800GT for Apple Mac Pro

Shannon Hendrix shannon at widomaker.com
Wed May 21 19:35:52 CDT 2008


On May 21, 2008, at 14:33 , Mark wrote:

> The windows have to be composited and rendered off-screen to make  
> Spaces and Expose as snappy as they are, I think, and to make the  
> fluid movement between windows and desktops work correctly. That's  
> my take at least.

Also, even with an 8800GT on a Mac Pro, you can make Spaces get jumpy.

It just takes a lot more effort.

One sure way to hurt a Mac is to run GoogleEarth.

Google really has not done a good job with the Mac port.  It's a  
horrible hog for such low-level 3D usage.

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