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e1ven on March 8, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Valve bringing Steam to Mac

World of Warcraft has been running on OSX for several years, and Apple has helped them to get better performance over time.

duskwuff on March 9, 2010 [–]

Indeed, a couple of OS X updates have mentioned OpenGL changes made specifically to boost performance in WoW. For instance, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1525 "... improves the reliability of OpenGL-accelerated graphics in Blizzard's World of Warcraft".

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