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[PunkNugget]

To ANYONE reading this:

I wanted to find out which is the best card to use for rendering in Photoshop, Final Cut Pro 7 & Motion? This is to get the shortest times possible. I'm not a gamer, just a Mac app user.

I've just purchased a XFX 6870, but haven't received it yet (it's still shipping). After doing some searching I found out about the GTX 285, GTX 470 & 480 is basically faster for rendering times for PS, FCP 7 & Motion.

From the forums here though it also seems that the:

- GTX 285, works just fine.
- GTX 470, has "some" issues (but they look correctable so you can still use that card).
- GTX 480, seems to have the most issues, BUT it looks like CMF (forum memeber) got his working. I'm wondering how?

I use a 30" Dell monitor (2560 x 1600). If you think the 470 would be the better and more reliable (safer) choice then I will do that. My system is maxed out with everything, including a Silverstone Tek 1500W Power Supply. So it's maxed and ready for upgrades and water cooled. I thought I would mention this as others have said "...do I have enough power?..." and yes I do, (hope this info helps).

I appreciate anyones help very much !!! If you cannot help, can you point me in the right direction to find the best solution for the 480 to work before I buy this thing. If you think the 285 or 470 is a better choice, I am open to suggestions. Although I do want the best card, I don't want future problems that come with having the "best" card. I look forward to that solution as well? Again, thanks for whatever anyone can do to help... PNugg... :-)

[rominator]

CUDA fix for 10.6.8

http://www.nvidia.co....19-driver.html

With latest drivers, we finally have OpenCl and CUDA all working in Fermi cards with legit, official drivers.

[cmf]

PunkNugget, on Jun 26 2011, 08:50 PM, said:

- GTX 285, works just fine.
- GTX 470, has "some" issues (but they look correctable so you can still use that card).
- GTX 480, seems to have the most issues, BUT it looks like CMF (forum memeber) got his working. I'm wondering how?

what issues? afaics gf100 based cards still work the best (no freezes, opengl/opencl/cuda working), although lion seems to fix a few issues (freezes) on lower end cards and supports gf110+ based cards.

[georgegeorge]

rominator, on Jun 28 2011, 04:49 PM, said:

CUDA fix for 10.6.8

http://www.nvidia.co....19-driver.html

With latest drivers, we finally have OpenCl and CUDA all working in Fermi cards with legit, official drivers.

Does the preview window in Final Cut Pro properly display video with 10.6.8 drivers?

[llambda]

Is there a trick to booting with the model identifier set as MacPro4,1 or 5,1?

I cannot and have never been able to boot with that model identifier.

Any help is most appreciated!

[Diwad]

why do you want it?

[magnifico]

Help please ,
i've a gtx470 Zotac Amp , why my result in opengl is slow ? ( 35,50 Fps )
Whyle the old Gtx 9800 the result is (38,70 )
Thank's

[llambda]

Diwad, on Jul 2 2011, 02:36 PM, said:

why do you want it?

Because ven with the updated drivers, my card is not performing well. Games such as L4D2 and Borderlands are laggy and don't play well. I assume this is because the card is never being used at full power due to the fact that AGPM isn't being loaded. Maybe this is the wrong assumption?

[Diwad]

Did you try apgm from snow leo 10.6.0? Im using it with model identifier 5.1.

Here you have it: http://cl.ly/0E0Y042M2M2T0i1m111g

Replace it with this one and run kext utility over S/L/E

[Thireus]

Kext still not loading.

[llambda]

Diwad, on Jul 4 2011, 03:31 PM, said:

Did you try apgm from snow leo 10.6.0? Im using it with model identifier 5.1.

Here you have it: http://cl.ly/0E0Y042M2M2T0i1m111g

Replace it with this one and run kext utility over S/L/E

I still cannot set my model identifier to MacPro4,1 or 5,1: the boot hangs when I do this and never recovers.

[bottswana]

Hey guys.
I've got my GTX 470 working fine with Graphics Injection. It has 2 DVI  and 1 HDMI, however, the secondary DVI connector dosen't work.
System Profiler shows 2 connections, so I assume its detecting the main DVI and the HDMI.
Is there any way around this? I would really like to be able to use both DVI connectors.

[rominator]

bottswana, on Jul 10 2011, 10:46 AM, said:

Hey guys.
I've got my GTX 470 working fine with Graphics Injection. It has 2 DVI  and 1 HDMI, however, the secondary DVI connector dosen't work.
System Profiler shows 2 connections, so I assume its detecting the main DVI and the HDMI.
Is there any way around this? I would really like to be able to use both DVI connectors.

You probably need to change NVCAP string.

Other option would be to ref lash the card ROM with a more Mac-friendly set of monitor definitions

[bottswana]

rominator, on Jul 11 2011, 04:02 AM, said:

You probably need to change NVCAP string.

Other option would be to ref lash the card ROM with a more Mac-friendly set of monitor definitions

Flashing the card is not something I would want to do.
How would one go about altering this NVCAP string?

[Krazubu]

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Flashing the card is not something I would want to do.
How would one go about altering this NVCAP string?

You DO need a modified ROM, that's not possible through NVCAP or other OS side approach.
However this doesn't necessarily mean flashing as you can load an alternate ROM using Graphic Enabler or NVEnabler

[Thireus]

Krazubu, on Jul 12 2011, 12:13 PM, said:

However this doesn't necessarily mean flashing as you can load an alternate ROM using Graphic Enabler or NVEnabler

So you mean, by telling Chameleon RC5 to use custom .rom file, the card will act as it it was flashed by the desired custom BIOS? Even if the card is running with an original BIOS?

[bottswana]

Krazubu, on Jul 12 2011, 11:13 AM, said:

You DO need a modified ROM, that's not possible through NVCAP or other OS side approach.
However this doesn't necessarily mean flashing as you can load an alternate ROM using Graphic Enabler or NVEnabler

Awesome.
Could you possibly point me in the direction of some more info on this? I'd really like to get my second screen working

[T a D]

Here's a data point for everyone:

1GB Gigabyte GTX 460
Chameleon RC5-svn-r1138  - Graphics Enabler=Y
OS X 10.7 Lion GM

Everything seems to be working fine on the graphics front, ripple effect in Dashboard (when not a Space)

So far no kernel panics or random lockups like I had on Snow Leopard (10.6.7 or 10.6.8).  I have stopped running the iTunes visualiser all the time as well.  Games (Portal 2, Assassins Creed) all run well with no noticeable problems.

Stock kexts except for FakeSMC.  ModelIdentifier set at 3,1

System: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P (BIOS F12B), Q6700 @ 2.6GHZ, 4GB RAM

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[mitch_de]

Thireus, on Jul 12 2011, 12:19 PM, said:

So you mean, by telling Chameleon RC5 to use custom .rom file, the card will act as it it was flashed by the desired custom BIOS? Even if the card is running with an original BIOS?

Dont hope to much using ROM file loading with chameleon.

I tested 2 Geforce cards with such rom file loading. Both ROM files were loaded and used.
BUT: Has no effect , at least not on GPU+MEM Clock (which were both OCed in that files) - and i also think it has no effect at all.
Only flashing that both rom files real on the cards changed the behavior (GPU+RAM Ghz).
You can try that chameleon rom loading , its easy and harmless but may not have an effect.

[errorlogin]

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