Catalyst in snow leopard

[samsc]

Well to get back on topic my first test results on snow leapord:
late 2008 8 core mac pro
8800 gt
ocz ssd
cat 167

using 720p files.. all around 150mb in size snow leopard allows for 1-2 more layers to be run... total of 7

I would say that so far it is a verifiable improvement... will test LFG cards next week if nobody beats me to it.

and standard definition?

[ajmaudio]

I'll let ya know when I get a chance

[SourceChild]

I have a few things on my touring systems which have limited playback (locking to interlaced and exact frame rates). However, I am successfully running my backup machines on Snow Leopard.

I tried to crash things today. I caused six crashes by running FX generator on multiple servers from a lighting desk. Obviously something I would never do during a real show. Each of the crashes were on the Primary Leopard systems and never a single crash on the Snow Leopard backup machines.

Although I don't have many regular SD test files, I loaded some of the original HES stock and was able to run 13 layers without frame drop at locked 29.97fps. I haven't tested yet at 25fps and won't with this configuration.

I am back in my office on Monday and will use some of my test servers to produce better reports. I'll be testing on one each of 2007 Pro (Mtron &x1900), 2008 Pro (OCZ & 8800), and 2009 Pro (OCZ 4870). I might try a Quatro FX 5600 also to see if there's a difference. However this is trivial for most of our applications.

[ajmaudio]

It would appear,through limited testing, that the lfg cards work fine in snow leopard. Haven't done anything crazy but all 8 of my inputs seem to play nice.. I did notice that some of the input fx had issues like leaving trails etc but this resolved itself after a reboot... not sure what to think. On a side note, turning on input fx did crash my leopard os on same machine... seems like I remember reading something about that.. whats the deal?