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From: Chris Ridd on 16 May 2010 11:21 On 2010-05-16 12:44:05 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh said: > On Sun, 16 May 2010 00:43:22 +0100, Andrew Collier > <spambucket(a)intensity.org.uk> wrote: > >> In article <17aqu55b76q935iqnm89ornt0l5st6dpo3(a)4ax.com>, >> Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: >> >>> Apple's history of updating each particular video driver >>> once (or never) will probably change, for a start... >> >> Not sure what you mean, here. The Apple's graphics drivers are updated >> very frequently, and have been for years. It perhaps isn't very visible >> though, as they're rolled into OS updates. > > I knew they were in the updates, but I'd understood them to be to > support new cards in new model Macs, rather than to update the drivers > for existing ones - except in the occasional case of bugfixes. I don't > recall seeing anything like "New driver for nVidia 7600 cards with > performance enhancements" in the release notes. That sounds horribly detailed for Apple release notes! Brad Oliver has posted interesting stuff re graphics drivers in the past. <http://www.brad-oliver.com:8081/~boliver/blog/> He ports games, and worked for Apple recently. -- Chris |