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Leopard Technical Q&As: Graphics & Imaging
Mac OS X application developers can measure, evaluate, and optimize graphics performance with tools such as Quartz Debug and OpenGL Profiler, technology features such as multiprocessing, and APIs such as the vImage framework.
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Driving OpenGL Rendering Loops (HTML)
QA1385: Using Core Video display links (CVDisplayLink) or Cocoa timers (NSTimer) to drive an OpenGL rendering loop
 2009-05-01
Disabling Processor Cores on a Multi-Core System (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1141: Describes how to disable processor cores on a multi-core system for testing purposes.
 2008-09-16
Requirements for Quartz GL (HTML)
QA1536: Describes the requirements for enabling Quartz GL.
 2008-08-08
Synchronizing OpenGL rendering updates to the vertical refresh of the display (HTML)
QA1521: How to avoid tearing by synchronizing your rendering to the display VBL
 2007-07-16
Specifiying if the CPU or the GPU should be used for rendering. (HTML)
QA1416: Which processor will be used for rendering in Core Image and how to affect it.
 2005-08-16
How can I optimize a Quartz Composer composition depending on the hardware it runs on? (HTML)
QA1433: Explains how to design compositions that adapt to the hardware limitations.
 2005-06-01
Is ColorSync thread safe? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1261: Discusses ColorSync thread-safety issues.
2003-04-17
Quartz 2D Thread Safety (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1238: Explains the thread-safety issues for the Quartz 2D API.
 2003-02-25