Rammjet Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Will this work on a ATI Radeon 9200 card? Anyone with a an LCD monitor can disable Beamsync. However, you must first have QE/CI before you can get QE2D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interinv Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 - To enable Quartz Extreme 2D, use QuartzSimple or type the following in Terminal: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver Quartz2DExtremeEnabled true (to disable it, change "true" to "false") the right command is: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver Quartz2DExtremeEnabled -boolean true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asapreta Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Will try now on 10.4.8 and see if got some improvements. Thanks for the "new" commands, make it easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graphic Design Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Disable BeamSync can make everything better for CRT (same the way it make for LCD) or not? If I use the CRT monitor, should I disable BeamSync? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abubin Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Disable BeamSync can make everything better for CRT (same the way it make for LCD) or not? If I use the CRT monitor, should I disable BeamSync? Yeah, I would like to know answer to this question too as I am using CRT monitor. Also, by running those commandline method, that means I can include them into my mac startup script? Where is this startup script? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 No, BeamSync is needed for CRT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.NetRolller 3D Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Does the BeamSync trick work with analog-linked LCDs or only those with DVI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasim Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 i disabled beam sync didnt get any performance boost in real world dont know about benchmark i did it so i can play video DVDs properly framerate is still less in my DVD playback in using geforce 6600gt 128mb agp i have qe, qe2d and CI enabled even im using AGP gart is there any way to make DVD plyback smooth, i dont have any software to benchmark my computer plz help... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 is there any way to make DVD plyback smooth What kernel are you running? In Terminal, type: uname -a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasim Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 every thing is running fine but DVD videos are running slow in dvd player never tried games except chest that runs properly but doesnt look so sharp may be game is like dat, i have attached my xbench results plz compare and if it can be be improved plz support my hardware is AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 754, K8ne deluxe mb, Geforce 6600GT 128mb agp, 1 gb transcend and seagate sata hard drive... AMD_system.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasim Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 What kernel are you running? In Terminal, type: uname -a im running 8.8.1 semthex:/nebukadnezar/BUILD/obj/Release_I386 i386 i386 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 im running 8.8.1 semthex:/nebukadnezar/BUILD/obj/Release_I386 i386 i386 I was looking for the date on the kernel. If it is early Nov, then you might want to upgrade. Kernel beta8, the current stable version, is dated Nov 27. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasim Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 I was looking for the date on the kernel. If it is early Nov, then you might want to upgrade. Kernel beta8, the current stable version, is dated Nov 27. Darwin wasim-altafs-computer.local 8.8.1 Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.1: Sat Dec 9 22:18:27 AZOT 2006; semthex:/nebukadnezar/BUILD/obj/RELEASE_I386 i386 i386 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wow Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 (edited) To speed some things up i read this topic and decided to try your commands. in terminal: first sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver Compositor -dict deferredUpdates 0 i give my password then: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver Quartz2DExtremeEnabled -boolean true again i give my password i check the results in plist editor pro and quartz enbled is "yes" and the "0" is stil a "1" Although qe2d is enabled, xbench went from 56 to 63 thats 12% increase, but its not as much as i expected. 1 hour a headache and lots of tries further. Al i can say is there happens strange things and i give up. Terminal says disabled but plist editor pro says its enabled?? Saving with plist editor is imposible its only good for reading (great!) After i reboot i run xbench and get a 55 score, then i start plist edit with recent file windowserver.plist and its says its enabled?? i dont do anything but when i run i run xbenxh again i get 63, like plist editor unasked edit and saves the plist. To many un explainable things here, i give up. Edited January 7, 2007 by wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobNyc Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 WOrks for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyJAT Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 So, how can I test if Quartz Extreme 2d is enabled or not?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0mputerNick Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 So, how can I test if Quartz Extreme 2d is enabled or not?? yes, i had the same question, how can you tell if QE2D is enabled and Beam Sync is disabled without having to run QuartzSimple or something else that might enable the beam sync again. I have ran both the command line commands, do they have to be run every boot? or are the permanent? if they need to be ran at every boot how would one go about doing that if it requires sudo and a password? thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu.Walker Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Wow it is faster, posting a before and after xbenches. I'd say 5% faster on Quartz and a huge 33% boost in 2d UI acceleration. Not bad! It's a keeper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Make sure you are using Xbench 1.3 or newer. Versions prior to this didn't turn off beamsync while testing so the results are artificially adjusted down if your machine/graphic card is fast enough. (This doesn't mean it will make your system faster.) As of version 1.3, beamsync is turned off during testing. (Having it on during normal use is unlikely to make much difference as most monitors are a minimum 60 Hz anyways.) Enabling Quartz2D is another story and will likely produce better fps. As Apple improves its implementation it is likely they will enable this feature as default at some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimb0z Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Darn! What a performance boost! Xbench Score W BeamSync: 26.63 Xbench Score W/out BeamSync: 96.25 ..and no wonder the graphics (sharpness) improved too. Thanks so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu.Walker Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 To autoload Quartz2DExtreme (Q2DE) on startup: [must have QE/CI working initially] In Terminal: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver Quartz2DExtremeEnabled -boolean yes Test by rebooting and checking System Profiler. If it does not autoload, change: -boolean yes to -boolean true And for BeamSync: I thought there was a way to permanently disable beam sync... There is a way, but be warned, but disabling beam sync brings a whole lot of bugs. Even on LCD'S Specially Office. Corrupted Text etc sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver Compositor -dict deferredUpdates 0 Just a rehash of whatever's already under this topic. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icyderguru Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 if i disable beamsync with "sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver Compositor -dict deferredUpdates 0" it is smooth but a little bit stuttering if i disable beamsync with quartzsimple it is behaving as it should - whats wrong? - i would prefer not opening quartzsimple every boot another problem seems to be that some programs switch the beamsync settings - then it is a little bit stuttering - then i have to open quartzsimple again and disable beamsync and it is working again - strange isnt it? if someone has a solution for my problem please go ahead thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Can you add quartzsimple as login items, or create a script that loads it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T. Firefly Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jul_k Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 sounds very interesting! is the main link still supposed to be active? if so could it get fixed again? thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts