Now there is a method to activate the QE/CI on 8600GTS 256mb?

I am on a 8600M GT 256MB with same Hardware ID as Apple Macboo Pro's. I'm wondering this aswell....

Apples 8600 uses a different "BIOS" than the ones we use in standard PC. This is making it more difficult to get the drivers to work. Since PC does not have Apples EFI we have to translate all to BIOS codes. EFI is much different than BIOS so its not a simple update. Be patient and don't bug the people who are working on this, they need time to work on it , not time to read 200 e-mails a day to ask how far they are.

no news is good news yet.

I'm anxiously waiting this as well. After the new iMacs came out and it was revealed they used mediocre GPUs, I decided I'd give Hackintosh another try. I got everything working (after 2 nights of work) with Uphuck except my Windows RAID drives, with my 6800GT card.

Then I ordered a new 8600GTS, but only discovered after the fact it's not supported yet. It's a shame, it's fanless, and runs games much faster than my old card.

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i've done also a lot of attempts with 8500GT with no luck

http://www.macdotnub.info/downloads.php
did you try the experimental driver yet?

damn i did..
with the normal installation the system hangs at "login window application started..."
if i modify geforce,nvda50,nvdaresman with my id (0421) the osx boots ,it loads the nvidia kext (unknown card) but still no qe/ci enabled
i know that it loads the kext cause otherwise in "about this mac" it should say "kext not loaded"
the strange thing is that xbench gives me 200 result for quarz extreme and 100+ for opengl...!?
i need to enable the card to try final cut on this machine!! (q6600 oc to 3.2)
if it runs smoothly bye bye pc premiere etc etc

but i'm using 8.9.1 kernel (uphucks) 10.4.9 system
maybe update to 10.4.10?
the 9a527 DVD from kalyway was a lot buggy yet so i switched back to uphuck 's
i tried today to install macnub's but i get the "still w8ing for root device" ,i think is because of my p35 mobo
i'm so close to make this card work ....

Any news with Leopard?

I tried but nothing...

the only driver that recogniza my 8600M GT is the NVinject 0.0.13 but the system freez befor the login windows

Anyone has try this VGA with Leopard?

i did and it no go... but i am noob in mac world so who knows... here it stop loading whan 8600GT slow down fan speed (it sould do that whan it enter 3d mode) also -v i see that it say Nvidia unknown..

No point in trying that for me then. Also have that video card and I'm totally stumped here..

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Any news with PC_EFI?

i have that card (but i am unsure if it is 512 or 256 and GT or GTS).
it worked in Vesa mode (1024*768 no accel).

so i switched back to my good old 6200LE (piece of crap that is) .it works flawlessy with nvinject (TOH RC2, vanilla kernel, pc_EFI v8, p5K deluxe).
but 3D is a lagging behind a bit sometimes. i have to say my screen is 1920*1200 which is a very high resolution for such a budget card.

i'll try to swap that 8600GTS with a friend's 7600gs (i know i loose in terms of preformances, but it will work )

Good morning (well, it's morning over here ),

I've bought a 8600GT yesterday because it was the only passively cooled card available in the store around the corner. Stupid plan to buy it, because I'm reading on this forum that it's not supported. What do you guys say, should I visit again in a few months or is it a hopeless cause?

I have a 8600GT as well and I'm patiently awaiting driver support.

IF anyone is working on this or knows of a project doing so, can someone PLEASE post details...

I say that because there are a lot of people sayinh 'wait for driver' but there is no actual evidence of a 8600/GT/GTS driver in the works.

Thanks all and good luck.

Once again, if anyone has ANY details, please post here.

On the other hand, if there are no current plans to create drivers for the 8600, maybe I should just return it to the store and buy myself something more fancy. I know I'm not intelligent enough to write drivers myself, and I can't force anyone to do the work for me. If anyone is working on it, I'll be patient, but I have to be realistic as well. If noone has any plans to start working on creating drivers, I'll buy another card

i have a nvidia 8600 gt 512mb card, so basically it'll be a waste of my time to try to install leopard then.

That's what I've heard, haven't tried it yet because of all the negative stories. If me trying and failing has any use, I'll gladly put in a few hours of work, but I doubt it

Well, you're talking about Leopard, I'm talking about OSX altogether. You've got your 8600GT working in 10.4?

i just built this pc, im happy with my present card. if i can't install tiger / leopard, then i won't even try. not that big of a deal, im not gonna buy another card just to have an experimental hacked operating system.

Ah, okidoki, I misunderstood your previous post then.
I, however, might buy a HD2600 Pro and return my 8600GT. I'll have a few extra bucks to spend on beer, and I'll play a few games with a few less details, but OSX might be jolly nice

I have 8600GTS on my desktop and 8600M GT on my laptop (acer 5920). I've tried couple of times to resolve this issue with Nvidia 8600XXX - no solutions was found. I know that iBook Mac Pro have 8600M GT in configurations, so i think it's possible to hack an apple's...

Waiting for solutions for my Acer 5920

Thing is my card came with the computer, and I dont want to pay $500 to get a 8800....

I read that 8xxx series works whit Leopard 10.5.2, so don't worry and don't buy any expensive video cards.

Just trying to figure out if any advancements been made on this guy yet. Its been a while since things have been posted here so I am hoping someones come up with something



Thanks Much

http://scottdangel.com/blog/?p=21

worked for my silent 8600gt with 256mb ram... no bugs.

profiler shows:
Chipset Model: Graphics by NVIDIA
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0402
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: NVinject 0.2.1

I have an nvidia 8600 gt 256mb . managed to install leopard 10.5.2 but when u scroll windows or move them they miror or corrupt tried different injects and work arounds but no look so far will wait till a new driver is available if anyone knows any solution even if its long winded will give it a try and report results

Veggie, this might sound dumb to you but i am a newbie with mac/hackintosh, pls bear with me, so here it goes...

after downloading the v.41 i should install the package right? what options did you chose and what are the steps did you do after installation? do i have to edit anything or just reboot?

because it wont log-in to my desktop after i install that, i have to do "./removevideo" just to get back in and everything went back to generic...

Anyone have a confirmed working driver, for Leo4ALL, and a 8600GTS?
- Thanks

I don't know what is the status of this topic at the moment but one of my hackintoshes having 8600 GS up and running 10.5.5 only with NVKush. It works very slowly, but all things are there (QE/CI), even Dashboard ripples. If I try to inject those NVKush values at the boottime (device-properties) resolution changing works but no QE/CI whatever you do.

Guess this goes up once again!
I've got a EN8600GTS Silent from ASUS.
Tried loads of things, but didn't work!

Sys specs:

ASUS P5B Deluxe
Intel Core2Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz
ASUS EN8600GTS Silent 256Mb
2Gb Adata DDR2/800Mhz RAM

iDeneb V1.3 (10.5.5)
on Chameleon Kernel (At least if that's the kernel you see in the boot loader)
Currently running with QuartzGL enabled but no QE/CI

Maybe another card? but then again this one's working perfectly under linux and windows,
So the darn thing has to work under OSX86.

Havent seen scores on the benchmarker though.

Update

I found the solution to our problem!
the ASUS EN8600GTS will work when you follow the notes from wikipedia on the 8600GT.
Make sure you have Pacifist and OSX86 tools. And follow the notes EXACTLY like they were written.

Use the device ID noted with 0x in front of it.

Graphics by NVIDIA:

Chipsetmodel: Graphics by NVIDIA
Type: Beeldscherm
Bus: PCIe
Breedte PCIe-baan: x16
VRAM (totaal): 256 MB
Fabrikant: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Apparaatcode: 0x0400
Revisiecode: 0x00a1
ROM-revisie: NVinject 0.2.1
Beeldschermen:
PLE2200WSV:
Resolutie: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
Diepte: 32-bits kleur
Core Image: Hardwareversnelling
Hoofdbeeldscherm: Ja
Synchrone weergave: Uit
Online: Ja
Quartz Extreme: Ondersteund
QuartzGL: Ondersteund
Rotatie: Ondersteund

efiStudio has the 256mb and 512mb 8600GTS listed in its drop-down menu. You might want to try it:

http://scottdangel.com/blog/?p=30

I got my 512mb 8600 GT working with QE using efiStudio.

nVidia GeForce 8600 GT:

Chipset Model: nVidia GeForce 8600 GT
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0402
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: nVidia GeForce 8600 GT OpenGL Engine [EFI]
Displays:
VGA Display:
Resolution: 1400 x 1050 @ 75 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported
Display Connector:
Status: No display connected

emotional friend

I decided to put up a tutorial for my 8600GTS to help other people, including the kext files and such.
So expect it around this weekend

So how is it? ;-)

I cannot get my 8600gts to work right. I get full resolution, but there is something wrong with it. When I even try to use Keynote, it says that there is not enough VRAM. I have a 256mb card!

I have installed using iPC 10.5.6. Any suggestions?

yeah me too.. the iPC 10.5.6 installed succesfuly.. and i already tried NVinject 2.0.. but the QE/IC still not supported. my card is GeForce 8600 GTS.. please somebody help.. =(

I'm running into the same issue with the 8600 GTS right now now QE. Any guides yet?

I have a NVidia 8600 GTS Silent 256, and i have installed the Retail. All works, but when i play at some game, like world of warcraft, I have to reduce the graphic parameters, which has not had to do with windows.

How do I know which drivers I have installed? What are Natit, NVKush, NVinject? I have to install them?

It's what Leopard says about it (sorry for the Italian):

nVidia GeForce 8600 GTS:

Modello Chipset: nVidia GeForce 8600 GTS
Tipo: Monitor
Bus: PCIe
Larghezza Lane PCIe: x16
VRAM (totale): 256 MB
Fornitore: NVIDIA (0x10de)
ID dispositivo: 0x0400
ID revisione: 0x00a1
Revisione ROM: nVidia GeForce 8600 GTS OpenGL Engine [EFI]
Monitor:
Monitor:
Risoluzione: 1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz
Profondità: Colore 32-Bit
Core Image: Hardware accelerato
Monitor principale: Sì
Mirror: Spento
Online: Sì
Quartz Extreme: Supportata
Rotazione: Supportata
Mostra connettore:
Stato: Nessun monitor collegato

This works great, Thanks for the link.

GeForce 8600 GTS:

Chipset Model: GeForce 8600 GTS
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0400
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: nVidia GeForce 8600 GTS OpenGL Engine [EFI]
Displays:
DELL 2408WFP:
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-Bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected

yep i have no qe/cl etc either

i have run efi but no joy

Does anyone have anything for a G80 8800 GTS?

any noobie guides fo this card yet

i got it working just need qe/ci

i need ur advice about best and cheaper card for editing and make graphic on videos

u know i ll hv these specs
r suitable also for this aim


GIGABYTE EP45 – UD3R
Q 6600 Core 2 Qude 2.4 G / 8M PC 1066
XFX 8600GT 256MB DDR3
Kingston HyperX DDR2 2GB bus 1066MHz
Western Digital 500GB AACS 16M Cache SATAII
DVD W -ASUS X20 SATA
Power supply 500 w

your spec looks good, that should work fine.

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0400
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: CoreVidia 1.1
Displays:
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected
X233H:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-Bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported
QuartzGL: Supported


Ok, used the app "osX86 tools" to add an EFI string to com.apple.Boot.plist then removed NVinjectGo.kext and NVInject.kext. Now I have QE and QGL support! IMovie works great now!

I have an ASUS EN8600GT Silent with 512MB DDR3. I've tried a lot of packages. injectors and EFI strings. So far I've managed to get resolution changing but no CI/QE. Anyone had any luck with this card? And if so what version of OSX/What distro are you running. Also what packages did you use to get it working? My other specs are:
Asrock ALIVE NF6G-DVI Motherboard
AMD Athlon X2 6000+ @3GHz
2 x 1GB DDR800
2 x 80GB SATAII HDDs

If anyone had this exact card or an 8600GT could you please lend me a hand on getting it working. Also as far as I'm aware a GTS is a overclocked GT using the same core so any details from people with a GTS would help too.