[Mac] Speed up WoW.

[Flying Piggy]

Hi all,

Here is a program i use to make WoW run much smoother when i have to many other programs running.
Its a freeware program and its very easy to use.
Its not a speed hack, its just used to make WoW and other programs run much faster than they normally would (it uses the "renice" command to do that).
The program is very useful to anyone with an old Mac which struggles to run todays programs.

Heres a screenshot:



Heres more on it:

Speed Freak, at a user-specified interval, reprioritizes applications so that the frontmost (or active) application gets more processor time than background applications. By default in Mac OS X, all processes have equal priority. By using Speed Freak, you override this default by increasing the priority of whatever application you are currently using, resulting in faster application performance. Speed Freak accomplishes this through the Unix "renice" command.

Speed Freak does not affect graphics card performance and will show little to no increase in 3D games. Although Speed Freak does not affect network performance, the increased CPU priority it offers should increase performance in internet applications. For example, web pages with complicated HTML should render faster but download speed will not change.

For more information, see the included "Read Me" document.

Tested with Mac OS X 10.4.10


changes with version 2.8

* Recompiled Universal Binary.

changes with version 2.7.1

* Fixed a problem with the Japanese environment.

changes with version 2.7.

* Bug fixes for 10.4.3+ compatibility.
* Added ability to run as another user. At this time, Speed Freak still requires an administrative environment. I'm currently working on this.

NOTICE: Speed Freak uses a Unix command which requires an account with administrative access.

KNOWN PROBLEMS :

* Will not accelerate Virtual PC

Download links:

Version 2.8 ( Mac OS X 10.4)

Version 2.5 ( Mac OS X 10.3, no longer supported)

Enjoy .

[Remahlól]

Nice program FP. Too bad I am not a Mac user.^^

Happy 800rep

[Igsy]

10.3 version!
Ahm Lurvvin teh piggey!

+rep

[Quafe]

nice find piggy! +rep!
i read somewhere that Leopard will double wow preformance ^^ but untill then...
thx alot!

[Mr. Moose]

I could use a PC version of this.!

Anyway nice contribution +rep

[Canttouchdis]

+Rep for joo piggy i love it!

[Bexy86]

I could use a PC version of this.!

Yep, me aswell

[steeve5]

Great Program ty alot this really helps +rep definetly

[Kaboose_1337]

lol is it just me or does it say fp is a lazy leecher?

[Quafe]

no... i see it also xD

[Flying Piggy]

lol is it just me or does it say fp is a lazy leecher?

no... i see it also xD

I can change my user title whenever i want.
I just wanted to be part of the 1337 LL group for a bit .

[Dragonshadow]

which version will work with leapord?

And 10.4.10?

[Quafe]

version 2.8 works with 10.4.10 and it should also work with Leopard

[ralfh]

Thank you for this share

[garfieldfan]

Very sweet share FP!