s710 Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Is there any news/rumors about support for the geforce 500 series in mac os? I'm planning to buy a 27" apple display, which involves getting a new graphics card because my 8800gtx doesnt have any display port connectors. i dont want to get an 'old' 400 series card but rather get a 500 one (probably 570). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blade5502 Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Is there any news/rumors about support for the geforce 500 series in mac os? I'm planning to buy a 27" apple display, which involves getting a new graphics card because my 8800gtx doesnt have any display port connectors. i dont want to get an 'old' 400 series card but rather get a 500 one (probably 570). Will probably be supported with 10.6.7. Hope also for support soon because my graphics card makes trubles / crashes sometimes my Hackintosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radov4n Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Will probably be supported with 10.6.7. Hope also for support soon because my graphics card makes trubles / crashes sometimes my Hackintosh I don't think 10.6.7 will have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s710 Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Actually, it seems like at least the 580 is supported already: http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/11/upd...r-mac-os-x.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brockwitting Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Actually, it seems like at least the 580 is supported already:http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/11/upd...r-mac-os-x.html That post is incorrect as it was made before anyone had tested the 580. There is unfortunately no current support for the GTX 5XX series. I have a 570 and am patiently waiting. The best you can do is full resolution and multi-monitor support, but QE/CI are still impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangopeach Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 so along with the not all-the-way-supported gtx 580... it mentions GeForce GT 430, GTS 450, GTX 460, GTX 465, GTX 470, GTX 480.. you think those are a safe play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brockwitting Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 so along with the not all-the-way-supported gtx 580... it mentions GeForce GT 430, GTS 450, GTX 460, GTX 465, GTX 470, GTX 480.. you think those are a safe play? Safe is a relative term. They all work, but most have random kernel panics, and don't seem to provide full acceleration (it is hard to explain, it works properly on most cards, just not at the level of Windows performance. In most cases, the 2XX series outperforms the 4XX series) or OpenCL support. I personally bought a 570, as I believe true Apple Fermi support is not far off. Netkas, who has created some wonderful hacks for the OS X community, just posted a new blog post about the Fermi cards, and included a winky face, so I believe full card support is not far off. http://netkas.org/?p=599#comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radov4n Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I see - Graphics Drivers in today's 10.6.7 seed. I wonder.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangopeach Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Safe is a relative term. They all work, but most have random kernel panics, and don't seem to provide full acceleration (it is hard to explain, it works properly on most cards, just not at the level of Windows performance. In most cases, the 2XX series outperforms the 4XX series) or OpenCL support. I personally bought a 570, as I believe true Apple Fermi support is not far off. Netkas, who has created some wonderful hacks for the OS X community, just posted a new blog post about the Fermi cards, and included a winky face, so I believe full card support is not far off. http://netkas.org/?p=599#comments totally - i have been following the wink from netkas.. he's really bating us out now at 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breathless Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I am also eagerly awaiting support for my 560 Ti. I purchased it not knowing about the black screen issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brockwitting Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Well, netkas's support was a bust. It is just support for 4xx cards for real mac pros. We are back to square one. Does anyone have any ideas on how to go about a hacked driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breathless Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Nvidia just released new Quadro 4000 series drivers. Maybe these puppies can be modded to work with our cards... http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro-macosx...3v7-driver.html Direct Download Link: http://us.download.nvidia.com/Mac/Quadro_C....01.00f03v7.dmg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordreye Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Hey guys. I'm following this thread as I intend to buy a 580 (or a 6970) once they work. Netkas posted today that there's new fermi support in Lion DP2 so you probably want to check that out: http://netkas.org/?p=692 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rominator Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 If you add device id to NVHAL100, GTX570 is at least semi functional. (lion dp2) 560Ti is a better bet as I think the id is already there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brockwitting Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 If you add device id to NVHAL100, GTX570 is at least semi functional. (lion dp2) 560Ti is a better bet as I think the id is already there. Can you describe how functional semi is? Lol. I think I am going to try running Lion here in a day or two. I really prefer OS X as my main OS, but I can't really do that until Starcraft works with the GTX 570 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rominator Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Then you may want to wait. I am able to play Bioshock just fine, but SC2 gets stuck oading. I get a black screen with a nifty styllized green cursor that I can move around. I can force quit out but haven't been able to get past that. I am hopeful that others will recreate GTX5xx experiments, so far I am only one and drawing conclusions from my results is a bad idea. Would be nice if someone tried a 580. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radov4n Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I will build a thousand small churches in honor of first person to test gtx 580 on DP2. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rominator Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I reinstalled some things and now GTX570 working BETTER in Lion DP2. SC2 and COD4 now work. Where is someone with a 580? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M0rpheus Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I reinstalled some things and now GTX570 working BETTER in Lion DP2. SC2 and COD4 now work. Where is someone with a 580? Hey rominator, I recently bought 2x GTX 570 to replace my ATI 5870's and am trying to get them to work with Lion DP2. Never had the PCI CONFIGURATION error with ATI cards, did you get this issue with your GTX 570 at all? If so, how did you solve it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan2Delta Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Hey rominator, I recently bought 2x GTX 570 to replace my ATI 5870's and am trying to get them to work with Lion DP2. Never had the PCI CONFIGURATION error with ATI cards, did you get this issue with your GTX 570 at all? If so, how did you solve it? I would also like to know how Rominator or anyone else could install DP2 and getting away with "PCI Config Begin" With an ATI 5770 I get past the PCI Config Begin, but after a while the rainbow cursor is spinning forever on a grey background. There is no way I could successfully install Lion. I tried netkas chameleon boot loader as well, but it just reboots when a few lines had dropped on the screen. Yes, I am using -v -usecache and had added the dev ids to NVHAL100 No luck for me either with nvidia GTX 570 or ATI till now. I might add during all my tests the GTX 570 was installed into the PC all the time. It's water cooled so I didn't want to alter my PC too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netkas Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 pci configuration begin thing here, with gtx480, ohter card (like gtx285/5870) doesnt has this bug in very same pc with same hw/sw configuration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rominator Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Hey guys, to be clear I am using GTX570 in an actual Mac Pro. Since there is no EFI for this card, it is running using ATY_Init, just as if it were running in a Hack. With a Mac Pro, to use ATY_init you also need another Nvidia card in slot 3. I have never understood why this is, but I am certain that this is correct. So, I don't know EXACTLY how to get a Hack to run a GTX5xx card, but I am about 95% certain that if I can, you can. I would guess that following how others have gotten GTX480 and GTX470, etc going would be the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan2Delta Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Rominator, thanks for your information. With a GTX 570 I don't get past the PCI Config thing again. Edit: Oh, boy. I could install Lion DP2 by removing the directory com.apple.kext.caches located in System/Library/Caches Somehow NullCPUPowerManagement.kext wouldn't get loaded either, even by [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 1.7. That means ATY_initi.kext wasn't loaded properly all the time I tried, it seems. After loggin into Lion I noticed my custom DSDT (important for the RTC fix) won't get loaded, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radov4n Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=...60&start=90 That dude is claiming that 580 is working in DP2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan2Delta Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I can confirm my 570 is working and therefore I have no doubt the 580 will do the same. There are some hassles and constraints though. Read here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...p;#entry1672837 and here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...9135&st=940 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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